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Title: Transactions and proceedings and report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide, South Australia
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Philosophical Society of Adelaide, South Australia
Subjects: Philosophical Society of Adelaide, South Australia Science
Publisher: Adelaide : The Society
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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xxxiii. to xxxvii. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 355 viii. CONTENTS (Continued). Page. Cheel, Edwin : Notes on Three Species of Melaleuca. Plate xxxviii. (Communicated by J. M. Black) ... ... ... 368 Etheridge, R., jun. : The Cambrian Trilobites of Australia and Tasmania. Plates xxxix. and xl. ... ... ... ... 373 Ashby, Edwin : Descriptions of Six New Species of AustralianPolyplacophora (Four Acanthochitons and Two Callisto-chitons), with other Notes. Plates xli. and xlii. ... ... 394 Chapman, Prof. R. W. : Physical Properties of Some South Australian-grown Pines ... ... ... ... ... ... 405 Miscellanea 418 Abstract of Proceedings ... ... ... ... ... ... 421 Annual Report 432 Balance-sheets ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 434 Donations to Library 436 List of Members ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 445 Appendices : — Field Naturalists Section: Annual Report, etc. ... ... 448 Thirtieth Annual Report of the Native Fauna and Flora Protection Committee ... ... ... ... ... ... 450 Index 453
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The late Sir E. C. Stirling, Kt., C.M.G., F.R.S.,M.A., M.D. (Cantab.), F.R.G.S., C.M.Z.S. 1 THE Transactions OF The Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated.) Vol. XLIII. Obituary Notice. with frontispiece. It is with profound regret we refer to the death of oneof our most eminent and helpful Fellows, the late Sir E. C.Stirling, Kt., C.M.G., F.R.S., M.A., M.D. (Cantab.),F.R.G.S., C.M.Z.S. He was elected a Fellow on October 4,1881, a member of Council in 1882, and a Vice-President in1883. Resigning this post in 1884, because he was leavingthe State, he was re-elected in 1885 a member of Council, in1888 Vice-President, and in 1889 he was chosen President.Directly his term of office expired he was again made amember of Council, and was repeatedly re-elected until 1900;so that he was in office for about eighteen consecutive years. From the first he took an active and prominent part inthe affairs of the Society; in fact, we find him in the chairwithin about four months of his electio
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