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South Australian Naturalist 
VOL. XIV. ADELAIDE, FEBRUARY, 1933. No. 2 
FIELD NATURALISTS’ SECTION 
0F THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF S.A. 
ANNUAL MEETING, Qtth AUGUST, 1Q32. 
Address by the Chairman, Mr. E. H. Ising. 
1 do not propose to make a review of the year s work m our 
Section, as the Hon. Secretary does that in the Annual Report, 
but I wish to stress t!ic objects for which the .Section was founded 
and point to some of tlie brandies (jf natural history which can 
be studied. 
Among the items of information on the back of our pro- 
gramme card you will find that ‘‘this Section was founded in 1883 
for the ] tirpose of affording observers and lovers of natural history 
regular and frequent opportunities for discussing those special 
subjects in which they are naturally interested; for the exhibition 
of specimens and for promoting observation in the field by means 
of excursions to various collecting grounds around the metropolis.” 
The Section has always provided, at some expense, these 
opportunities for discussing natural history subjects and for 
visiting the collecting grounds but the opportunities have not 
always been accepted and to-day we liave not the number of in- 
dividual workers in natural history that we might have. 
When Dr. Fenner gave his annual address, he pointed out 
that only a small proportion of members were actively engaged 
in some natural hlstoify work. The proportion fe still only 
:small and 1 wish, and I am sure many of our members do as 
well, that more would take up some definite line of study. With 
the idea of helping members to choose some subject T am now 
giving a list of some of the branches which are waiting for workers. 
The field is illimitable but members do not need to be ap- 
palled by the scope for study in nature but to select a subject or 
branch for which they feel adapted. 
