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(A8NU.AL REPORT. OF TIIE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR E~OED 30rn JCNg, 1933.) [ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, lOTH NOVEMBER, 1933.]

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To His ExcELLENCY THE GovERNoR,

1'he Trustees of the Au stralian ~Iusomn l1 ave the honour to submit to Your Excellency their seventy ninth Annual Report, being thflJt for the year ended 30th June, 1933.

1. TRUSTEES.

At the December meet ing of the Board, Mr. F. S. Mance was re-elected to the office of President. Dr. T. Storie Dixson, Official Trustee, died on 9th December, 1932. He was elected trustee on

4th October, 1898, and on lOt.h October, 1919, became an Official Trustee on his appointment as President of the New South Wales Medical Board. He was Acting President of the Board in 1918, and on 6th December of that year was elected President, continuing in that office unt il 31st December, 1925. Dr. Dixson took a keen and active interest in the affairs and work of the lVIuseum, and was largely responsible for the initiation of the system of lectures in the institution. By rceolution the Trustees placed on record their high appreciation of the distinguished services rendered to t he Museu1n by the late Dr. Dixson, and their sense of loss sustained by his death.

On his appointment as President of the New South Wales Medical Board, Dr. R. B. Wade, Ch.M., F.C.S.A., took office as an Official Trustee, and was welco1ned by the President and Trustees at Board Meeting held lOth February, 1933.

Mr. E. C. Andrews and Dr. G. A. Waterhouse completed their report on the question of transferring the s€ction of Mineralogy and Petrology to the Mining lVIuseum.

Professor W. J. Dakin and Dr. G. A. Waterhouse, with the Director, represented the Trustees on a Committee appointed by the Public Service Board to draw up a scheme of grade examinations for professional officers of the Museum.

Leave of absence was granted to Mr. E. C. Andrews, Co1nmonwealth delegate to the Pan-Pacific Science Congress, Victoria and Vancouver, R.C., fron1 7th April, 1933, and to Dr. C. Gordon MacLeod, who is visiting Europe, from 12th May, 1933.

A list of the Trustees as at 30th June, 1933, appears in Appendix A.

2. CHAN&E OF TITLE.

Advice having been received from the Under-Secretary, Department of Educatio1~, that inquiries had been made into the question of changing the na1ne of the Museum so as to avoid any conception that it is a Commonwealth instit ution, a reply was made confirming the decision expressed in a let t er to the Under-Secretary, under date 12th August , 1929, namely, that the present name is preferred.

3. BY-LAWS AND RuLES.

The Trust ees adopted an1endments t o the By-laws, which were approved by the Governor-in-Council, gazetted, and laid before Parlia1nent on 22nd June, 1933.

The amendments to the By-laws provide, inter alia, for an alteration in the hour of opening on ordinary week-days, which is now, on grounds of econo1ny, fixed at 12 noon, in lieu of 10 a.m. This change permits the attendant staff to devote more tin1e to ueoessary cleaning work, and allows of a reduction being n1ade in the number of attendants employed. The alteration took effect from Monday, 8th lVIay, l 933.

Amended Staff Rules and Instructions were adopted by the Trust ees and subn1itted t o the Crown - olicitor for opinion and advising.

4. STAFF.

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It is with regret that the Trustees reoord the deat h of W. W. Thorpe, Ethnologist and Numismatist, thich took place on 2nd Septe1nber, 1932. The late Mr. Thorpe entered the serviee of the Trm;tees on B~h October, 1899, and at the time of his death had rt longer period of service than any o ~her officer of the Museum. The Trust ees placed on record their high appreciation of the long and faithful service of Mr. Thorpe, who was regarded both in Australia and abroad as one of the leading authorities on the ethnography of Australia and the Western Pacific . .

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The qncRtion of filling th(\ vacancy on the f:taff oau.;:;ed hy thr cle~th of ~It. Thorpc was con~idercd, a,ucl the Public Rervicr Board approved of t he appointn1cnb of Miss Elsie BNunel1, B. A., Dip. Ed., as s~cond­class scientific assistant in ethnology, under the Director. Miss Bramcll entered upon her dut1es on 27th F ebruary, 1933.

The Public Service B oerd ~djusted t he working hours of mechanics and men ~t~en~ants fro~ 40. to 41 hours per week , and adopted a regulation providing for leave to members of.t he Sc1ent1fic Staff Jn h eu of \\Ork perfor1nrcl on Raturd.ays and holi day~, such lrnve not to exccr (l five ''orking clays per annum .

. \.list of the sta'fl' ~ppcar~ in Apprndix B.

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Mr. T. H. Guthrie wa · ~ppointcd for a tenn of five years an 1-Ionorary Assistant Lepidopterist .

The Trustees decided to make appointments as H ononHy Officers tenable for five years, holders to be el ig1blr for re-appointlnent at t he end of that period .

Lisb~ of t he Honorary . 1taff and Honorary Corregponclents will be found jn Appendices C and D.

6. FIELD W ORK AND GROUP ExHIBITS.

The Trustees gave special con. idcretion to field \\ork and collecting, and. to the ~onstructi on of additi onal group exhibits. The groups approved of comprised a platypus habitat exhib1t and a caves exhibit, work on which is now proceeding. Field work in connection with these exhibit~ was U~.tdertaken at Bu.rragorang Valley . where preliminary observations 'vere made regarding the ne~tn1~ h~·~~nts of ~he platypus by Messrs. Troughton, Grant, and Wr1ght, ~,nd sketches were prepared by MJSs E. K 1ng, Art1st, and at the Belubula Caves, where materials and data for the cave exhibi t were obtained by Messrs. Hodge~ Smith, Clutton, and l{ingsley.

Messrs. MeN eill and Ired2Je visited N ewca~tle. to report on da1nn.ge by marine borers to the hu1k " Success," Explosives Branch, Departm.rnt of Mines.

Mr. I-I. 0. Fletcher ~t.e"Olnpaniecl Mr. \V. E. Srhevill, l\1useum of Comparative Zoology, H arvard University, to the P eak Hill and l\iolong distr icts, on ~, search for fossil fishes and corals, and Dr. Anclerson and Mr. Fl etcher exa1nined a deposit of fossil bones near Molong, where they made a collection.

Mr. R. 0. Chalmers spent about a. month in t he Cox River area, n1aking geological observatjons and collecting rock specimens, and, l2ter , visited the Garrawi.lla di9trict, where he obt~jnecl a large collection of speci1nens of stilbite.

Mr. I\:. C. Mci\.eown accompanied 1v.fr. H. J. Carter: H onorary Entomologist, and Mr. J. W. T. Armstrong on i'.. col1ecting trip to the N anclc·war R anges, \Yhcre he secured a collection of ]nsects and other

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A party, consi.'ting of Dr. AnderHon and Mrssrs. Fletcher and Clutton, visited Cuclclie Spring~, near Bxcwarrina., where about five weeks were spent excavating in search of fossil vertcbrateP, a large collection of hones being obt.ainecl.

7. LIBRARY.

i\..cces ·ion~ tota1lerl 415 volumes, besid0s a large number of part~ a.nd reprints.

Mr. Ernest V.l unrlcrlich, :F. R.A.S., presented a number of volumes issued by the British Rchool of . ..t.\..rchaeo1ogy in Egypt. supplen1ent.ing: a larger gift of tht' s~.nv~ srries 1nacle previously by this generoDs donor. Mr. D . G. Stead presented a valuable collection of reprints, odd volu1nes, and parts .

• 1upplementary entries ·were prepared for inclusion in the " Catalogue of Scientific and Technical

Periodicals in the Libraries of Aust.r alia," published by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.

Considerable use of the Library has been n1ade by students, workers from overseas, a.nd by other scientific jnstitut.ions in the State and rlsewhere. The press and writer f: h2,ve freely availed then1selves of the resources of the Library. .

New exch~ .. nges have been entered into, ~,!ld son1e progress ha~ been made with binding, though n r;t to t he ext ent desired.

As in previous years, Mr. R ainbow has devoterl a considerable portion of his tin10 to editoria] dutit:~s and supervisio~1 of th~ printing of publicatjons .

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8. P UBLI CATIONS.

Volume XVIII of the " R ecords o£ the Australian Museum " was completed during t he yeat , and or ·the" Australian Museum lV!agazine," parts 11 and 12, of Volume IV, anrl parts 1 and 2, of Volume V, \Vere issued. Oonsid ~ration has been given to the pr0paration of an il1ustratecl guide to the collections and exhibits.

A list of papers and ar ticle3 pr0pared appears in Appendix E . •

9. EMPIRE MusEuMs SuRVEY. Mr. F. 8. Markham and Professor H. 0. Richards, as a delegation repreRenting the Museums'

Association, visited the Museum on 4th February, 1933, later proceeding to Brisbane. On their return they carried out an inspection o£ the Museum and its work on 19th-20th February, and interviewed members of t he st aff. A short statement regarding the history of t he Museum, its work and collections, was prepared for the <Je!cgation hy the Director.

10. E xHIBtTI ONS.

A nun1ber of specin1ens were lent t o t he Rangers' League for its Bushland Exhibition held 19th- 24th Sept€lnber, 1932, and also to the Fisheries and F auna Exhibition, lVIclbourne. Miss J. K . ... L\.llan was granted special leave to v.isit Melbourne in connection with t he latter, ancl while there delivered a nu1nber of talks jn conn.cction ·wit h t he exhibit~.

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The Trustees approved that an additional supply of showcards be provided for display in tram cars and a fresh contract was entered into extending front 1st July, 1933.

Steps have been taken to keep the work of the Museum. before the public by means of press paragraphs, radio talks, and special displays, a case being installed in the entrance hall for the reception of exhibits of topical interest . An exhibit of insectivorous birds anr1 their stomach contents, and casts of snakes, were sho·wn at the Easter Show of t he Royal Agricult ural Society, and talks were delivered by Mr. J. R. Kinghorn.

12. L ECTURES.

P opular Science Lectures and School Lectures have been continued. and were V\rell attended. The total attendance at lectures during the yea.r was as under :--

AtJGendance. 10 E venjng Lectures ••• • • • • • • • • • • •• • •• • • • • •• • • • 2,171

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Many requests for lectures are received from soci0ties, clubs, and other organizations; on account of. the expense involved these are not regarded as official, but in most cases n1cmbers of the scientific staff v olunteer their eervicos, the lectures being delivered n1ainly in t he evening.

D etails of lectures and attendances will be found in Appendix F.

13. BuiLDINGs AND EQUIPMEN,r.

Before his death Dr . T. Storie Dixson presented a very fine 1nicrosoope with a large battery of lenses and accessories as well as a collection of slides. Three new entomological cabinets and two metal showcases for better display of t he collection of meteorites have been installed. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining small supplies of locally 1nade glass containers of a kind suitable for pennanent storage of specimens, t he Council for Scientific and I ndus"brial R.esearch was approached with a suggestion that concerted action might be taken by universities and museums, and larger orders placed with Attstralian glass manufacturers, so as to avoid the necessity of import ing supplies. This matter has been referred to the Standards Association.

Mr. Vi. E. Schevill, having completed field work in Austra]ia, was good enough to present t o the Trustees on behaH of the Museum of Con1parativo Zoology, H arvarcl University, a Ford Utility Motor Truck. This gift has proved a very useful adjunct to field vvork and excursions.

The ever increasing need for additional storage space pro1npted the Trnstees to apply for a gTant of funds by the Comn1onwealth Employ1nent Council for the erection of pern1anent storage accommodation. The appeal was unsuccessful.

The Public Works Departn1ent has contjnuecl to n1ajntain the buildings in repair, special works carried out including repairs to tile floors and roof, repairs to lavatories, in1provements and additions to the Mineralogist's laboratory, and painting of external woodwork and structures.

Plans have been prepared by the Public Works Depart.m'3nt for t he erection of a motor garage, the cost to be met from the Vote of that Department.

14. FINANCIAL.

During the year the T.custees have continued to ex.ercis·e strict econon1y, and the funds appropriated by Parliament have been expend0cl with every care. The total net expenditure fron1 Consolidated Revenue, excluding the Statutory Endowment of £800, was £15,934 14s. 2d., COlnpared with £17,334 6s. 4d. in t he year 1931- 1932. The net expenditure fro1n Trustees' Account Funds, including the Statutory Endowment of £800 totalled £1,408 18s. 5d. compared with £755 Ss. for the previous year.

The cash balance in the Trustees' Account at 30th June was £562 9s. 3d. as against £851 3s. at June 30th 1932.

To the Council for Scientific and I ndustrial Research the Trustees n1acle a donation of £10 towards the cost of publishing a supplement to its " Catalogue of the Scientific and Technical Periodicals in the Libraries of Australia."

The Trustees adopted a programn1e submitted by the Director for expendit~re fron1 the Trn~tees' Funds to meet the cost of constructing additional habitat groups, and for field work, hbrary books, cabntets, and show cases. The following ite1ns were provided for :

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The nun1ber of visitor<J totalled 220,650 which is considcra blv less than the total for last year. Statistics for the years 1922- 1933 are appended: "

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1927- 1D28 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 204,437 75,895 280,332

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1029- 1930 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 209,685 68,746 278,431

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1 G. THE Cor.LECTIONS.

· Jlla1nmctl." (E. Le G. Troughton in charge). A nUinbcr of donations were received from the Taronga Park Trust, ancl kangaroos and r.. nat.ive bear wer·3 presented by Mr. Noel Burnet, K oala Park. An interesting seri0s of kangc1roo 1nic0 frorn South AuHtrali~ \vas presented hy Professor A. N. Burkitt, T:us~ee, and a collection of nlarflupialn, rod0ntR, n.n.d bats, represent ing seven genera fron1 the Her~an1~sburg chs~r~ct, Central Australia , was ob~·n j n"d by lVfr . II. 0. Barry when a lllt'lnber of the Sydney Un1vers1ty Expocht1on to t hat area, and prn-:cnted to th0 lVhu~cn1n. Specinv~n n of b~ndicoots, and a fruit bat frorn Papua were prcscntrd by Mr. l\f0]bourno Ward, and a pure bren A.lsatian clog, " The Great Rang," was presented by lVIr. and 1\'[rs. Egcr~on-Trevor; thi:> Rpcci1ncn "\\ iJl be tmcful for con1parison and 1nay be mounted for exh ibit io~l. .A. fin(\ Rpecinl0n of '1\ger C.1t fronl vVoodford, Blue l\Iounlin.in~, waH presented by :Nl r . T . Roberts.

PurchasrR included an interesting sp~?cinln.n of nn.il-tailccl wallaby £ron1 Burk cJGown, and a striped po ·.:surn (nactylopsila) from Bellendcn Kor, Qg,irns di3trict, Nor t-.h Queensland.

Collecting activit i0s were concentrated in sttpplying C)llecting cans, gear, and in!)tructions to several voluntary collectors in ren1ot0 locali t.ic~ . Cans were provided for lh ir>q C. \Vcdgwood at Vulcan (Manam) I sland, off New Guinea; l\1r. J. li . Tvdd at New· Bri~r..in; D.t. I. IIogbi'l, SJlornon Islands, ancllVIr. F. L . S. Tiell, Tanga., Bis1narck Archipelago, all research workers in Anthropology, under the auspices of the Australian National Research Council. Spccinvm.s obJain.0d by t hen1 ·will be of great value to the Museu1n, and will also be the 1n(\ans of correlating n!l.t.ive nan10s of anim'lls and scientific nomenclature. A can was also sent to Mr. F. B. S. Hislop, Bulo1o Goldfields, N·~w Guin0a, who is an experienced collector and whose act ivit ies willuncloubtedly h0lp to build up our collection of New Guinea man1mals.

Enqui!.'ir:.s have been n1ade n.ncl in'3truc'.iions sont with a view to securjng specimens of the rare Queensland wombat., which is of particular interest and possibly in danger of extinction.

The Mue.eum party to the :Nlurru1nbidgee Irrigat ion Area secured eighteen n1ammals, r epresenting several spcci0n of marsupials, and three g0nora of bats. Advice r egarding field collecting was supplied to Universiby collectors and gear supplied to them.

lVIuch aseistance was afiordcd to other instit utions and to public departn1ents. Thus crania were identified for students of the Department of Zoology) and specin1ens of fetal marsupials and general data were suppl ied for research workers in the Departmont of Anatomy, Sydney University. Rodents were identified for the School of Public Hoalth and' Tropical lVIedicine, and fragments of bone, teeth, and crania were reported on at tho rt.:qucct of the Curator of the Technological Museum. Identifications and information were afforded to the Depart ment of Agriculture and the Chief Secretary's Depart1nent. Facilit ies were given to lVIr. Geoffrey Bournc, Univernity of Western Australia, enabling him t o examine our spirit collection of Australian mamn1als in connccJjion with research on the adrenal and other gJands. Assistance and advice O!l field work we~e given to n1~mbers of tho H arvard University Expedition. There was the usual wido range of enquiry fron press and public regc1rding marsupials, hybridisation, pests, and other subjects. A ncrios of brief popular descripti.:)ns of 1narsupials was prepared for t he Scouts and Guides Magazin(\ .

The usual fun1iga.tion of t he exhibited and r-tored collection<> was carried out, and 34 n1ounted sprci1nen~ were treated, and sever2,l now exhibi~·S puJ on view. In all, over 170 skinf.3 were dealt with by 1'ho taxjdcnnic;ts. Exhibits were prepared n.nd arran3cd for the Bushland Exhibition held at t he Blaxlaud Gn. ll0riefl} and othr,r material was provided for educ~tional work.

Early in the year, lVIr. Troughton's t0rn1 as Presiclcnt of the Royal Zoological Sooity of New E'out h Wales wag concluded by the d0livory of an addrcsr.> on " Australian Furred A.nitnal:--_; : Th(\ir Past, Present, ancl Future,'' et the Annual G0n0ral M~~cting, which was attended by His Excellency the Governor. During part of i hc year, 1Vfr. Troug}J1 on also acted as H onorary S"cretary of the Zoology s~cti on of t he Australian and Ncvv Z0aland Af:~oci~tion for t he Advn.1wen1.ent of Science.

An in1portant work in COlU Hf' of pr<\para.t ion is a " Ch0c k Li:-:;t of Australian lVIanunals, '' by Mr. Troughton and Mr. Tonl I redaJc. in which the variouo.; genera n.ncl species arc brought tog0thcr in one vohune. A popular work on AuBtralian 1nanunals is also nearing co1upletion, which, in conjunct ion with the systernatic work, should advance bo~h popular and technical knowledge of the subject.

Skeletons (E .. I.J? G. Ttoughton. in char~e). D~nations. include~ .an aboriginal skull fron1 Quibray Swamp, I\.urnell chstrwt, nnar Syclnr;y, show1ng an lnt.ereAtlng dent1t1on, presented by l\1r. Alexander fb.ndr rson; skulJs of Babirusn. and 1nonkeys fron1. S ~unat.ra, by ~fr. E. \V. Narclin; a skull of Prcjvalski's horr:w, by t he Taronga Park Trust .

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Crania of Tas1nanian aborigines were forwarded for research purposes to t he National Museum, Melbourne, of Bettongia to t he Queen Victoria Museum, L!tunceston, and t he skull of a chimpanzee to New Zealand.

Gallery arrangement, labelling, and fu1nigation received attention, and 34 crania were cleaned and prepared by the art iculators.

. B1:rds (J. R. I{inghorn in charg0) . Acquisitions for the year tota1led 385, of which 188 were collected In t he Murrun1bidgee Irrigation area by Messrs. Kinghorn, McKeown and Barnes, 40 by Mr. Troughton. at Lord Howe Island, and 16 at Cuddie Spring~, near Brewarrina, by Dr. Anclerson and. 1\1essrs Fletcher and Clutton.

Over 1,300 skins were t reated in t he taxidorn1ists' workroon1, in0luding acquisitions, mounted specimens, and r estorations. The L ord H owe Island Group was t horoaghly overhauled and renovated, the older skins being replaced by fresh 1naterial, and t.he exhibit ion series gen0rally was reorganised, and the collections in t he basement re-arranged to 1nake additional space for large birdf) . The reference collections have received attention from t in1e to ti1ne by Assistant Taxidl3rmist; \f\T. Barnes, who re-organised the reference collection stored in gallery oases.

Additional specimens were sent to t he Teachers' Collrge, and to the Broken Hill Technical College, and exhibits were shown at t he Bushland E xhibition, t he Royal Agricultural Sb.ow, and the Mt:\lbourne Fisheries and Fauna Exhibition. '

Birds were lent. to n. number of finns and soci0ties for special exhibition, and artists, ar t students, and phot ographers 1nade use of 1nountod spcoim0nR.

Informat ion and advice have heen given to the Oni0f S3crctary's D 3partml3nt, t he Depart 1nent of Agriculture, the Customs Department, regarding exporhation of fauna and other m~tters, and data regarding Austra.lian birds have.?een supplied to th0 Colonial S::tgar R ofini.ng 001npany, D .1lgcty & Oo. , the Depart1n0nt of Agnculture, Ha wan, and other bodies.

During t he year , Mr. Kinghorn has delivered over fifty lectures and eighteen broadcast talks. l-!'3 was invited by t he Agricultural Bu~eau t o lecture at the North-western District Conference, and. also at the State Conference, on t he subject of the value of birds to Agriculture.

A report by l\ir. Kingh orn on the Distribution, Mjgrat ion and E cono1nic status of the Starling was completed and forwarded to t he Under-Secretary, Depart1n0nt of Agricultur·~ . 4~ resume of t h0 report will be published in t he Agrimtltural Gazette.

Reptiles and Bat1·achians (J. R. K inghorn in charge). During t he y·3ar, 484: spcci.m0ns were added to t he collection, about 200 being collected in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area; 70 speciml3n5 were collected at H ermannsburg, Central Australia, and presented by Mr. H. C. B:nry, and about 20 1izard3 and sJlakcs from the Atherton Tctbleland, Queensland, were presen·)cd by Mr. No0ll\'f0'Qc:km :.n.

The reference collect ions were examined and attended to twice during the yeat, and one leaking tank was repaired. The reptile gallery war; completely overhauled , and a number of C3.sts were recolonred or repaired. Mr. \V. Barnes, Assistant Taxidermist, attend0d to t h0 1nounted exhibits.

Many detailed examinations of species were 1nade for workers in oth0r n1useun1s, b oth in Australia and abroad, and several hundred inquiries u.nd letters were answ~rcd. Speci<tl exhibits w·~re sent t o t he Easter Show of the Royal Agricult ural Society, to the Bushland Exhibit ion, and to the Fish eries and F auna Exhibit ion, Melbourne. A number of lectures and radio talks were delivered by 1\ir. Kinghorn.

Fishes (G. P . Whitley in ch arge) . Over 600 fishes w~~re presented d1tring tho year, including an Oar Fish (Regalecus) fron1 Port l{embla, Queensland fishes collected by Mr. F. A. McNeill whilst on annual leave, a series from Victoria presented t hrough Mr. D . J . P othecat y by tho VictoriJ.n Fisherman's League, and N eoceratodus reared fr om t he egg by Dr. T. L. B::tnoroft. This year, t hrough scarcity of fish in readily accessible areas, t he t rawling vessels have been led to exploit fresh fishing grounds in Victoria, Bass St rait , and New Zealand, and depths of 150 fat ho1ns, cast of Sydney, are now being explored.

A.s a result of this extension of activities, many rare fishos have boon acld·)cl to the Museum Collect ion, chiefly through the continued interest of Captain l{. Moller and Mr. A. Ward. Mr. Melbourne Ward has presented many spccitnens, the fruits o£ his energetic collecting in New Guinf"a, New South 'Vales, and Victoria .

No lengthy collecting trips have been ntade t hi ; year, but various nv.nnbers of t ho staff have ob ~ained fishes from metropolitan beaches and rock pools. Mr. l{inghorn and p :1rt y ob tain0d smn ') fresh -wa.ter :fif{hes at Yanco, New Sout h Wales.

By exchange, we received a series of Japanese snapper fr01n the l-I ayaton1o Fisheries Inst it u te, also some four-eyed and other fishes from the California Acad~my of Scion.ces. Poly1l0sian fishes have been received. for identification fr01n the Auckland Museum and t he Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen.; also sharks and Lutjanidae from the Queensland Museu1n, and some t ropical fi.sh0G fron1 t he S ::>u~h Australian Mu3eu1n for study and report. A. large collection of fishes front Low Isles and North-w0st I slet, Qtleensland, was presented to the Brit ish Museu.m (Natural History).

Some specin1ens of snapper were purchased in t he Sydney Fish l\1arkets for exchange wit h the H ayaton1o Fisheries Instit ute, Japan.

Throu~h the kind efforts of Professor Atnf"nl iva, t he ren1ca.incl('r of the Sco1nbroicl fishes, forwarded for examination by the late Dr. K. l(ishinonye, were received back fron1 J ap11. M. Paul Chabanand, Paris Museunt, still has the bulk of the soles fron1 t he Australian l\1Inseu1n Collection.

A few 1noulds of fishes have been prepared, but in. t he interest:; of ocon01ny no oolonr<'cl casts have been made this year for exhibit ion. S01ne in1proven1en.ts have been eftectecl in t he Lung-fish Group, and special exhibits were, from ti1ne to tin1e, put on view in the Main H~U, such as Whiptail fro1n Tas1nania, deep-sea fi shes oollected by the " Dana " Expedition, and fishes from the Great. Batrier Reef.

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Cells and tanks were replenished with spirit or formalin, and the general good condition of the stored collections was maintained.

All the year's acquisitions have been r<'gistered and catalogued. l\1any individuals and institutions have received assistance with loans or gifts of specimens, advice

or in{onnat'ion, identification of specimens, 1nany inquiries being dealt with da~ly . Amongs~ tho~e t.o whom assistance has been given may be mentioned the Director -General of Pu?hc H eahh; F1shene~ Branch, Chief Secretary's Departn1ent; Technological Museum; Rod Fishers' S~c1ety; TarongvJ Zo?logwal .P~rk and Aquarium; Zoology and Anato1ny Deparbnent.s, and School of Pubhc Health and Tropwal Med1r1ne, University of Sydney.

Specin1ens of eels and lantern fishes were sent t o the Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen. Many press inquiries regarding fishes have been answered, and aquarists have been given information

regarding gold fishes and disease of aquarium fishes. A manuscript check list of the fishes of New Zealand was prepared for the ic~thyologist o~ the

Wellington Museum, New Zealand, and information. regarding sharks and sh~rk t raged1es was furn1.shed to Dr. V. M. Coppleson, who included in it an exhaustive article· in the Med1cal Journal o.f Austraha of 15th April, 1933. The preparat ion of drawings for this paper was superintended by Mr. vVh1t ley.

Insects and Arachnids (A. lVIusgrave in charge; K. C. McKeown and Miss N. B. Ada:ns, Assistants, .Dr. G. A. Waterhouse, Honorary Entomologist) Total acquisitions number 10,899, of whwh 5,538 were presented, 5,324 collected, and 37 purchased. The principal acquisitions were Victorian insects and spiders by Mr. Musgrave, material from Yanco collected by Messrs. J. R. Kinghorn, K . C. McKeown and W. Barnes; collections made by Mr. Mci(eown at Garrawilla, the Comboyne, and in the Nandewar Ranges, New South Wales ; insects from J. W. T. Arn1strong, Nyngan; a collection of parasitic H ymenoptera from the Depart-­ment of Agriculture, New South ""\\Tales.

The collections are in good order. Mur h t irne has been devoted to the registration and labelling of specirnens received during the year, n1uch of this work having been perfonned by lVIr. McKeown, who has registered the n1aterial, and Miss Aclams, who has carried out the mounting and labelling. Two new 48-drawer cabinets have been added to accon1modate the rapidly increasing collections.

Nun1crous inquiries were received regarding spiders following on the death of a woman from spider bite, and assistance was given t o the Police Depart rnent. Captain Frank Hurley prepared at the Museum a cinen1a film relating t o the poisonous spider Atrc(,~C, a copy being presented by him to the Museum. A special exhibit of poisonous spiders was prepared and shown in the Entrance Hall for about a month.

Inforn1ation relating to speciruens or literature was supplied to the Departruent of Agriculture; l\1.r . I. W. Evans, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; M.iss V. Irwin-Smith ; Mr. H. J . Carter; Miss L. E. Cheesman ; Mr. T. C. Roughley, Technological Musetun; Mr. F. H . Taylor, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine; Mr. G. H. Hardy, Uuiver~ity of Queensland.

Dr. Waterhouse, Honorary Enton1ologist, has frorn tirne to time received important information from General Evans regarding type specirnens in the British lVIuseun1; this infonnation will be utilised in future papers on Australian butterflies. A now cabinet has been installed and has greatly relieved the congestion. The whole o£ the family H esperiidCE (Skippers) has been transferred to the new cabinet, in which the Australian species occ.upy thirty-eight drawers. The farnily LyccenidCE (Blues) is in process of transf~rence to the cabinet forn1erly occupied by the Skipp('rs; this work will be completed in about three months.

During the year 5,254 registrations have been made, co1nprising 4;997 :fro1n the Water house Collertion, 74 purchased from 1\tlr. G. Lyell, 40 others purchased by the lVIuseum, three specimens presented, aJnd 140 old Museu1n specimens (re-registered). So far over 10,000 specim.ens of the \Vaterhouse Collection have been registered.

Dr. Waterhouse reports that l\tliss N. B. Adarns haB again rendered ver~ able assistance in the work of registration, her work being always carried out in a very capable and efficient rnanner.

Conclwlogy (T. Iredale in charge: l\liss J . Alla11, Assistant) . The rnost notable accessions were the series collected by Mr. Melhonrne Ward at Port Moresby and Sarnarai, Papua, and at Rabaul, Mandated Territory; these collections have thrown light on the range of conunon Queensland shellR. Captain K . Moller of t he trawling fleet has rna.intained hi:' in!uerest and presented 1nany spccin1ens trawled off the New South Wales coast, including so1ne int ereRting new species.

The specimens in the ga11ery have been reviewed and re-arranged and the exhibits arc now greatly in1pro'ved. Tn conjunction wit h this re-2 .. rrangernent 1nany spccin1ens have been withdrawn fro1n the Ehow cases and incorporated in the reference collection, and the latter has been continually revised. The collection of spirit specin1ens has also received attention through Miss Allan's studif's of nudibranch rnollu f:cs.

Assistance has been rendered to the Hunter District Vv,. ater Board, the Veterinary Branch, Depart1nent of Agriculture, and to various University students, while nun1.erous visitors have been attended to. Mr. H. Bernhard of Rockha1npton, Queensland, has sent several parcels of shells for identification, and Mr. H. S. l\1ort has been a regular visitor.

No extended field work has been l;nder takcn during the year, but several short excursionf: have been made to JJong Reef, Narr~brcn , 1 o Bott l(\ and Glass RockR, Port Jack~on, aPcl to oth~r placeR in the neighbourhood of Sydne,v.

. . O"vjng to the 1~1any inquiries :c~arding the idcntificat ion of Australia~1la~1d shells it bccarnc necessary to revww all t he spcmes, and a prehnnnary account was prepared for pubhcatlon. The species have been. indexed, a bibliography prcpartd and a check-liFt is now in hand. The work on the Low Isles Mollusca has been continued an<l the :first portion of the Larncllibra:nchiata is now ready for printing, six quarto plates, with a,bout 250 fjgureg, having been drawn by l\1iHs Allan. "

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J\tliss Allan has cont,jnued her work on tl1e Nudibranch molluscs nnd has "ritten a nu1nber of alticlcs on then1. During a visit to lVl elbourne to asRist with the Fisheries anrl Fauna Exhibition, Miss Allan coll.ectecl o~ ~he Victorian. coast and al8o worked through the f:ca-slugs in the National Museum , lVIelbourne, bes1des enlisting a nu1nber of Victorian naturalists as collectors for this ~Iu~eum, notab1v Mr. D. J. P othecarv, Secretary of t he Victorian Fishennen's League, and Mrs. 1\tJ. E . Frearne, who have si1ice forwarded valuab.le n1a teria 1 .

. ~?wer lJZ?'eftebrate~ (F. A. l\1cNeill in charge; A. A. Livingstonc an<l W. Boarcln1an, Assistants).­AcqulElt~o~s show a cons1derable advance over last year·s total. They include Decapoda fron1 lVlr. C. E. II.a~t, Bnt1sh Solon1on Islands; Decapoda and Echinodenng,ta collected at Lord H owe Island by lVIr. A. A. L1v1ngstone while on annual leave; invertebrates collected in the Yan.co district lJy lVIr. J. R. Kinghorn and . party; invertebrates fron1 the \Vhitsunday Group, Great Barrier Reef, collected by Mr. McNeill; Ech1nodermata fron1 the British Sol01nons, by R . Gaskell, fr01n Papua by Mr. 1VI. Ward, fron1 Port Denison, Queensland, by lVIr. E . H. Rainford; Sponges fron1 the Sydney district, fron1l\!Ir. D. G. Stead; earthworms from numerous localit ies in New South Wales, by lVIr. J. C. Wiburd and Mr. M. E. Gray.

By an arrangen1ent with Mr. Bearup of the School of Public H ealth and Tropical Medicine~ University of Sydney, it was possible to obtain identifications of unnan1cd Nematodes. Extensive 1naterial, forming the residue of the unnan1ed Antarctic n1aterial collected by the Ma:wson Expedition (1911- 1914), was a sse1nbled, listed, and despatched to the University of Adelaide for exan1ination by Professor T. H aJrvey J ohnston.

Further progress has beenn1ade in the checking and revision of t he reference collection of Asteroidea. Sin1ilar improven1ents have been made in the collection of Oligochrota as knowledge has progressed in the determination of obscure species. lVlany determinations of species of the Decapod Crustacea have been made or verified during t he progress of work on t he collection 1nade by the British Barrier Reef Expedition at Low Isles.

The Rpirit collection has been regularly attended to and the dry cabinet collections fumigated. Special displays of Barrier R eef specin1ens and an exhibit illustrating the plague of crabs at Con1er

I nlet, Victoria, were shown in the Entrance Hall, and a nu1nber of specimens were sent to lVIelbourne to the Fisheries and Fauna Exhibition. Speci1nens in connection with the destruction of wharf piles by marine borers were submitted by the Sydney Harbour Trust and examined in association with Mr. R . J ohnson.

At the request of Dr. H. Lyn1an Clark a collection of the Asteroid genus A nthenea was forwarded to the Museu1n of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., for study in connection with his work on the echinoderm fauna of Australia . .

Various inquiries have been attended to, particularly on the econ01nics of the Great Barrier R eef. The recent appointment of Mr. lVIcNeill as a member of the Nature Study Bulletin Committee of the

Education Gazette will entail t he occasional provision of articles on marine zoology, as well as work in an advisory capacity.

In D ecember and J anuary J\fr. lVIcNeill v isited the islands of the Whitsunday Group: Queensland, on extended leave, and made a specialised collection of the fauna of the area, which was previously poorly r epresented in t he l\1useunL In another trip to the sanlC group in l\1ay, 1933, on annual leave, he was accompanied by Mr. A . ... 4... Livingstone, where the work was amplified and 1nany photographs were obtained for lecture purposes and illustration of articles. Several lectures were d0livered by lVIessrs. :WicNeiH, Livingstone, and Boarcln1a11 during the year.

Etltnoloqy (C. Ander&on in charge; lVIiss E. Bra1ne1l and F. D. lVIcCarthy, Assistants). Acquisitions during the year nun1bered 888 specin1ens. These included eighty-three specin1ens fron1 Crocodile Island, North Australia, presented by Miss 0. La1nbert, 115 fron1 1\ie]a.nesia, by lVIrs. G. C. Lister, seventy-two from the Upper Fly River, by l\:Ir. D . G. Stead, and a native gold 1niner's equipn1ent fron1 Sun1atra by 1\tlr. E . W. Nardin.

Mr. William Dixson has continued his Yaluahle gifts, pro~enting a series of thirty-one specin1ens fron1 Central Australia and t he collection of t he late W. Robertson, comprising 156 specimens fron1 various parts of Australia . From the Technological Museum, Sydney, was received a donation of eighty-six ~pecimens from Australia, Melanesia, and Polynesia, and a series of Palroolithic stone in1plen1ents.

Purchases included a Mahratta shield of rhinocer os hide fron1. north -west India, a Solornon Island food bowl, and a collection of specimens fron1 New Guinea and lVIicronesia.

Notable additions to t h e gallery exhibits include two carved lVIaori house boards (Pou Pou), which have been placed on view at the main entrance, and a grave post fr01n lHelville I sland, ~orth Australia, the latter kindly lent by the Australian National R esearch Council, through Dr. A. P. E llnn.

Work has been concentrated on a re-arrangen1ent of the exhibited collection, to allow of t he display of 1naterial fron1 Polynesia, lVlicronesia, New H ebrides, and New Caledonia, areas not previously represented,. :- h:o to allow for the incorporation of 1nany new specin1ens.

The completion of this scheme will p ern1it a contprehensive display of the 1un.terial culture of Oeeania, : 1 c1 representative tribes of An1er ica and Africa.

The storage of the reference collection is being im.proved. During the year, a ll the specintens suspended front the roof of the sheds have been taken down, cleaned, and placed on the rack.· provided for then1. Plans are being prepared for the better storagr of bow:->, arrows and spears, and the storage of t he N ew Guinea and Solon10n Islands collections has been re-arranged. Negotiatious ha.vc been initiated for the transfer of the Papnan {){ficia l Collection to Canberra., F ederall'apital Territory. 'fhis will afford nlore space for storage.

Small collections of bows, arrows, and spears vvcre preE::entecl to the Wallcra wang, Lindfield, and First Portland Troops of Boy Scouts, an<l specin1cns for window display were lent to Messrs. Angus and Robertson. An exhibit of Australian and New Guinea 1naterial was n1ade at t he Bushland Exhibition, held in September , 1932.

Information on various matters " ·'as supplied to newspapers and ot.hers.

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Numismatics (C. Anderson in charge ; Mies E. Bramell and F. D. McCarthy, Assistants). Coins presented during the year numbered 247, among the donors being Miss E . Norrie, Messrs. J. Spink and Son~, I.Jondon, and Messrs. E. J. Devcry and J. R. B. Stewart.

Following on recommendations made by a Rub-co1n1n it t ec, consisting of Dr. Abbott, Dr. MacLeod, and Dr. Anderson, a classified list of the collection was prepared and typed, also a list of duplicates for exchange and of numis1natic literature in the library . The card catalogue of t he collect ion is now complete, and a list of essent ial works of reference has been submitted wit h a view to t heir purchase. A temporary exhibit of counterfeit coinR was made, based on specimens k:indly lent by t he Bank of New Sout h Wales.

Palaeontology (0. Anderson in charge; H . 0 . Flctcher , Assistant ). Accessions regist ered during the year numbered 1,107, and included 966 donations, 118 collect ed, 15 exchanged, 8 purchased, and 634 specimens t ransferred fron1 t bc Depar t ment of Mines. A large collect ion from Silurian beds at Cootalnlindra, New Sout h WaleR, was presented by Mr. W. E. Wi1liatns. This included a number of the rarer pelecypods and brachiopocls of t he period. Some of the forms wer e new to New South Wales, some arc probably new species.

Additional rackwork for the storage of specimens has been erected, and the collection of fossil invertebrates is being centralised. Cataloguing of t he collection has proceeded as fast as possible, consistent wit.h the de1nands of other urgent work.

lVIuch time has been spent during the year in re-arranging the exhibit ed collection, and this work is still in hand. All the original specimens have been removed from table cases. These latter have been kalsomined in a more attractive colour, and carefully selected specimens, accompanied by instructive labels, have been. installed. Identification and cat aloguing of t he collection of v ertebrate fossils has been continued, but there is still much work to be done in the section.

Acco1npanied by lVIr. W. E. Schevill, Museu1n of Comparat ive Zoology, H arvard University, Mr. Fletchcr spent a week in the Peak Hill, Cudal, and Molong districts investigating the limestone outcrops for fossil material, of which a good collection was made. Later , Dr. Anderson and Mr. Fletcher visited Molong and investigated an occurrence of fossil vertebrates in a limestone cave, from which a representative series of fossil marsupials of various species was obtained. In J\~ay and June, 1933, six: weeks wer~ spent at Cuddie Springs, near Brewarrina, by a Museum party . Extensive excavations were made, and a large collection of fossil bones, marsupial, bird, and rept ile, was secured.

Mineralogy (T. Hodge-Smith in charge; R. 0. Chalmers, Assistant ). During the year, 925 specimens were registered, the most important acquisition being the collection presented by the Broken Hill Proprietary Block 14 Company Limited. This collection consist s 1n ainly of large museum specimens, and contains a fine series of Broken Hill Cerussite. Anot her important donation is the A.B. Butler Collection, presented by lVIrs. E. Butler. A small collect ion was present ed by Mr. W. B. Wall, and some fine specimens of l\1:anganhedenbergite, Sturt ite, and Mangano-calcite were presented by the Zinc Corporation, Ltd., Broken Hill. As in past years, some valuable material was obt ained by exchange wit h Mr. M. Mawby and l\1.r. J. J. Johnston. An excellent suite of Victorian zeolites was received in exchange with the National lVIusoum, Melbourne, and Mr. S. R. Mitchell.

Purchases include a large collection of n1inerals, 1nainly from New England, and a fine specimen of dyscrasit e from Broken Hill. The entire collection is in good order and card-catalogued throughout. Collections have been supplied to four schools during t he year and gallery de1nonstrations have been given to students of the Sydney Technical College.

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The laboratory and workroo1n has been ent irely re-arranged, providing better working accomn1odation. ·

Petrology (T. Hodgo-Smit h in charge ; R. 0. Ohalmers, Assistant ). Acquisit ions registered during the year totalled 443, and included a large series of rooks fron1 t he Cox River , collected bv Mr. Chalmers and a series from the Shoalhaven River , collected :1nd presented by l\Ir. l\1{. D. Garretty. " A fragment of a meteorite which fell at Dja.ul, Mandated Territory of New Guinea, was presented by Mr. H. L. Oameron. The _fragmo.nt is a.ll that was found, and constit~tes t ho first record of a n10teorite fall in the Territory. An 1nte.rest1ng senes of fw~ed country rocks and non sh~le, fron1 the IlBnbury Met eorit e craters, Central A\lStraha, was secured by exchange with t he Kyancutta Museum.

. Two new metal. show-cases for the n1et eorit e collection have been provided, a ncl have made it possible to d1splay the collect1on to much better advant age. The museum now has representatives of thirty-six Australian and seventy-six foreign, fall~ .

About half the collection of rr>eks is properly stored and catalogued, and storage boxes for the remainder are under construction.

The Com1non Seal of the Mus~um was hereunt o affixed by order of the Board this Fourteenth day o£ November, 1933.

(Signed) F. S. MANCE, President.

W. T. WELLS, Secretary.

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TRUSTEES OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEU!\I AT 30rR JUNE, 1933. Crown Trustee-

Mr. James MoKern.

Statutory-His Honor the Chief Justice. 'rhe H on . the Colonial Secreta.ry. The H on. the Attorney-Genera.!. The Hon. the Colonial Treasurer. The Auditor-Genera.! (Mr. J. Spenco). The President of the Medioa.l Board.

Appointed-The H on. the President of the Legislative Council. The Crown Solicitor. The Surveyor-General and Chief Surveyor (Mr. H. B. Mathows, B. 1\.) . The Hon. the Secretary for Public Works a.nd Minister for Railways. The Hon. the Minister for Education.

l!~lcctive Trustees-Dr. G. H. Abbott, M,B., Mast. Surg. Mr. E. C. Ant}rews, B.A., F.G.S. Mr. G. M. Blair. Dr. C. GordoJl MaoL~od, M.B., Ch.M. Dr. G. A. Waterhouse, B.E., F.E.S. Mr. F. S. Mance. The Hon. F. E. Wall, M. D., M.L.C. Professor A. N. Burkitt, M.B., B.Sc. Hon. H. M. Hawkins, M.L.C. Professor W. J. Da.kin, D .Se. Mr. F. W. Marks, F.C.A. (Aust.). Sir Charles Rosenthal, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., V.D .

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STAl!'.B' OD' TilE AusTRALU.N MusEUM AT 30ru J uNE, 1933.

Director . • • . . • . • • . • • . • • . . • . • • . • • . • • . • • . • • . • • • • • C. Anderson, M. A., D. So.

Administrative Staff-Secretary •••••••••.••.•••••.•••••.••••• W. T. Wells, A.I.A. V. Clerk ... ..• ... ..•.....•....... .. ... ..•. .• R. D. Gill, Clerk -Stenographer .................. Miss Q. E. Joh~tq~e.

Scientific Staff-Anthropology ..................... .. .... Miss E. Bramell, B.A. Dip. Ed., Assistant.

F. D. McCarthy, Cadet Assistant. Zoology ......... ......... ............... J. R. King horn, Ornithologist, Herpetologist.

E. Le G. Troughton, Mammalogist. A. Musgrave, Ent<;>mologist. K. C. McKeown, Assistant. Miss N. B. Adams, Assistant. F. A. McNeill, Lower Invertebrates. A. A. Livingstone, As~:?istai\~· W. Boa.rdtn~, l\,ssi13tan,t. T. Ireda.le, Oonchologist. Miss Q. M. J. 4J]~n, Assistan t . G. P. Whitley, Ichthyologist.

Mineralogy .............................. T. Hodge-Smith., .1\{inera.lo~ist, Petrol1) ;ii~ . R. 0. Chalmers, Cadet,

Palaeontology ........................... H. 0. Fletoher, Assistant Palaeontologist.

Library Sta.ff-Libraria.n ................ '",., ......... W. 4. Rainbow.

Propa.ra.torial Sta.ff-Articulator •••••••.• .... ••.•••••••• •••••• G. C. Clutton. Assistant Articulator ••• ••• ... • ••. •• J. Kingsley. Taxidermist........................ ...... H. S. Grant. Assistant T~xidermist ............... J. H. Wright •

W. Barnes. Mechanical Sta.ff-

Chief Mechanic ..................... "• T. A. Henson,, Assistant Meohaaio ................ H H. Ja,(}kso&,

Attendants and Geueral Staff--Chief Attendant ••• . • • • •• • • • • • • . • • . • • T. A. Murphy. Attendants ..•.••.• , •••.•••••.•• , •••••••• E. T. Hill.

D. Ma.ssey. w. A. Moo\fa.y, H. W. Si:Min. J. Molver. Mi93 q. Barnes

Night Attendants ,._~,··••·•., ..... ,n f. lJ. H~lings~ T. Glazeblvok.

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Ho~onAnY STAB'B' OF TnE AusTRALIAN Mus EuM AT 30Tu JuNE, 1033.

_Professor T ITarvoy Johnston, M.A., D.Sc., H on. Zoologiat. Edw. F. Hallmo.nn, B.Sc., Hon. Zoologist . A. F. Dr.ssot Hull, Hon. Ornithologist. G. A. Watorhouso, D.So., B.E., Hon. Entomologist. II. J. Co.rtor, l3.A., Hon. Entomologist. E. A. BriggE~, D.Sc., Hon. Zoologist. W. S. Dun, Hon. Palaeontologist. H. Loighton Kestovcn, D.So., M.D., Hon. Zoologist. 1\Ielbourno \Vnrd, Hon. Zoologist. Ceo. A. Thomas, Hon. Archreologist. IL A. Hindwood, Hon. 01'nithologist . T. H. Guthrie, H on. Lepidopterist.

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Sir Sam·.1ol Hordern. 1\Jiiss Eadith Walker! Dr. C. Phillips. Mr. R. R. Dangar .. Dr. R. H. Pulleine. Mr. R. H. Dangar. Sir Arthur Rickard. Mr. J a.mes Burns. Mr. E. H. Rainford. Mrs. M. J. Waiierhouf3e. Mr. T. E. Rofe. 1\Tr. :i\Iclbourne Ward. Dr. G. A. Waterhou'3~.

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PAPERS AND ARTICJ,,ES PREPARED DURING THE YEAR.

"Austra lian Furred Animals : Their Pl1'5t, Present, a.nd Future." E. Le G. Troughtort, Anst1·alian Zoologist., VII, 3, 1932. ~' A R evision of the Rabbit-B:tn~licoots, FC1,mily Pera.me~idce, ge::1U3 iJiacrotis." E. Le G. Troughton, Aust1·alinn Zoologist,

VII, 3, 1932. ~'The Correct Cencri0 N.:t.m} for t h3 Gcampu3 or K.i.Um· vVh'l.lc, ani the so-calle::I Gramp~ts or Ri·Bo's D\>lphin." T. Iredalo

and E. Le. G. Trough ton, Records, Aust. j}tfu.s., :X. fX, 1, 1933 . "The Starling: Its Distribution. and Suggestions for Control." J. R. Kinghorn,, A.gric. Gazette, New South Wales, 1 July,

1933. ~'Studies in I chthyology, No. 7." G. P. \;vhit ley, R ?-:-ord:;, A ust. Mus., XIX, 1, 1933. ~'Marine Zoogeograpbical Regions." G. P . \Vhltley, A.ust. Nat., VIII, 1932. "Blandowski." T. Jredale and G. P. \Vhit ley, Yict. Nat., XLIX, 1932. "Sun Fishes." G. P. \iVhitley, Vict. Nat. , XLIX, 1933. '

1 The Story of R arotonga.." G. P . vVhitley, Attst. Mus. lJ!Ictg ., IV, 12, 1932. "A Ra.re Fish (Regalecus pa~~(ic·us) ." G. P. Whitlej, Au,st. lJ!Ius. J,!fa .. J., IV, 12, 1932. "The Natural Hist ory of Rarotong«." G. P. Whit ley, Aust. Mus. Jllag., V, 1, 1933. "Ernst J ohanne3 Schmidt-an Appreciation." G. P. vVhit ley, Aust. ];Jus. 1~1ag ., V, 2, 1933. " George Tobin - A Neglectoi Naturalist ." G. P. vVhitley, A ttst. 11-Ius. 1Uag. , V, 2, 1933. :~ Bibliog~aphy of Att':~ tralia.n E:1t')m0logy, 1775-1930." A. Iv!u~grave, R0yal Z')()loJica.l So\!iuty of New South vVale3, 1932. f5 Spider Bite (Arachnioism} : A Survey of it3 0 Jcurren:)e in Au3tralia , W'ith C.:tse HL'5tories." N. \Vilson. Ingram and A.

Musgrave, Medical Jo1trn. of Attstralia, II (20th year ), l, 1933. "Food o.f the Trou t ani Macquarie P erch in Australia." IC C. Mcl(e:nvn, for Records Aust. J,fus. '~Food of Birds from S()uth-we3tern New South vValeJ." K. C. McK e:>wn, tor Records A ttst. lvfous. "The Bent-win,g Swift Moth." A. Musgrave, A·ust. ~~Ius. lt1ag., IV, 12, 1932. "Aquatic Insects ." K. C. Mcl\:eown, Aust 11--I us. ]!Jag. , V, 1, 1933. "The :Matern.al In!3tinct in, Insects." K. C. McK.eown, Aust. lvlus . .J.If ag., V, 1, 1933. " Silk Culture." K. C. McKeown, A·ust. lll us. iYiag., V, 2, 1933. "Sy.::;tematic Notes on Australian Land Shells." T. Iredale, Records 4.ust. M·us., XIX, 1, 1933. " Opisthobranchs from Australia,." Miss ,J. K . Allan, Records Aust. Ll1us. , XVIII, 9, 1933. "Australian Sea Slugs." Miss J. J<. Allan, Vicf.. Nat. "The Octopus and its Allies ." l\1iss J. K .. Allan, Vict. Nat., XLI X, 1933. "Sea Hares." M:ic3s J. K. Allan, A.ust. lllus. ]Jag., IV, 12, 1932. " Our Native Slug." J\'fiss .J. K. Allan, A·nst. j)fus. Ma . .J., V, 1, 1933. , .. Shells in the vVatorhouse Collection." Miss J. K. Allan, Aust. 111us. 111ag., V, 2, 1933. " The Blue-bottle-Nature's Ship of the Sea." F. A. McNeill, Horticultural and Nat;ure Study Bulletin, Education Gttzette,

New South Wales, XXVII, 5, 1933. "Studies on Fresh-water Sponges from Australia, No. 1." N . Gic;t Gee, Records A1tst. JJtf'lts., XVIII, 9, 1933. "Some Specie~ and Genera of the Astorinidoo." A. A. Liviugstone, Records A ust. J,:lus. , XIX, 1, 1933. "A New JJiediaster from Qae3nsland." A. A. Livingstonc, Records Aust. 1llus., XIX, 1, l9:-l3. " Leeches." \V. Doardman, .Aust. 1ll tts . 1llag., V, 2, 1033. " Boa B!A-,r.:; ~twl th')i r Allies ." A. A. Livin_s.stono, .Aust. Jlluo. MctJ., V, 2, 1933. " Ethn0 lo~ic.tl Not.EH, No. 5." \V. \V. 'fhorpJ {th~ la~e) an 1 JF. D. :NlcOnxthy, Recorcts Aust. J.llus., XlX, l, 1933. "Ar.~ca, Betel, and Lime-:1 Primitive Narcotic." F. D. TVIcCarthy, Aust. 1¥Ius. ]!Jag., V, 1, 1933. "Tln Fu3sil Ma,mm:tls of. Austrctlia. ." C. Au.derson, Proc. Linn. Soc. New 8outh Wales, LVIII, 1933. "Biographic:1l N.>tic3 of W. W. Thorrn." C. Anderson, .1ust. M ns. lvla,7., IV, 12, 1932. cc Biographical Notice of Dr. T. B~orio Dixson,." C. Andorson, A ust . .J~fus. JJfa.g., V, 1, 1933. "1\:erg uelen l slanrl: I ts Animals Etnd Plants." H . 0. Flotcher, A ttst. llftts Mag., IV, 12, 1932. ''A Meteorite from New Ireland,, T. Hodge-Smith, Aust. M lttJ lYlarJ., V, 2, 1933.

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APPENDIX F.

L ECTURES DEr..IVERED DURIN£1 THE YEAR 1932-1933.

Popular Science Lectures.

Subject . •

" ! Rlands of t he R oaring Forties"

" IJord H owe I sland. as I Saw It" • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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" A Naturalist in t he W arrumbungle.s " .... ........ . .. .... .... .

" Bird Facts and F allacies " ........ . . .. . . ............ . .... ....... .

"Nature, the JVIaster Sculptor" .................... .............. ..

" The Stor y of Oul' Mamma.Js " .... ............................. .. .

" The 'Vork of t he Mawson Antarctic E xped.ition " . ..... . ..

" In,scct H omos an,d Their Builders " ................ .. . .. . .. . ..

" The Nepean River and Its Natural History" .......... .... .

'' The First. Naturalist s in Australia " .. .... .. .................. .

10 Lceturc3

Other L ectu.res i n the lvi usewn.

" Ancestry of Man " "

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' ' Extinct .... L\.nimals '' · .. . ......................................... . . . . (Sydney Kin,dcrgarten, Training College Students .)

" A t lia Ab . . )) ..c.1..Uc:> ra n or1g1ne3 .• . .....• . ................ . .... . . . •... . .. .

,, l~gypt ,, .. . .. . ... .. ... . ... .. ......... . ........ . ... .. ... . ..... . ..... ... . (Sydney Kin,rlergarten Tr11.ining College Students .)

'' The Huma,n Slreleton.'' .. .. .. .. . .. . . ... . . . .. .... .. .. . .. . . . . ... . .... .

Lecturer . Attendance.

H. 0. Fletcher ... ....... ............ ..

T. Ircdale . . . .. . . .. ... .. .. . ....... .. ... .

A. Musgrave . .. . .... ......... . .. . . ... . .

(J. R . l{in.ghorn . .......... ..... ...... ..

T. H odge-Smith .. .. . ............... .

135 397 182 282 251 203 E . Le G. Trough ton ................ ..

H. 0 . F leteher .... .............. .... ..

K. C. McK.eO'\\·..:n .............. . .. . .. . . . .

.... ~. Mu~grave .... ....... . .............. .

G. P . "\i\'hltlev . ....... ...... . ...... .. . ..

To t~a l ................... .. ... .. .

C. And er son

C. An,derson

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F. D. McCa.r thy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . Miss E. Bramell . . ............. ... ..... .

C . ... t\.nclersou .. . .. . ... ... .............. .

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(Dulwich Hill St . J ohn First Aid Class .) ~

6 Lecttlres . . . .. . . ....... . ........... . .. . To~al • • • • • • • • • • • • t • • • • ~ • • • • • • ' • •

SchotJl Lect~tres . •

" Sh I ~f '' ore .~ .. e . .... . .. . ... .. . ... .. . .. .......... . .. .. . ..... . .. . ........ . Vv. B:>n.rdmn.n . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . ' . . ' . . . . . (' R 1·1 '' c p ~1 es . .. . ..... ................. . .. ...... ... . .. . .... . ..... . . .... . . ,J. R. I{inghorn .. . ....... .. . ... ..... .. .

" F ' h '' IS es . .. . ....... . . ... . .......... . ....... . ..... . ... .. ................ . .. . .. . . G. P. VVhitley ............... .. . ..... . c< F" h " " . 1 s e~ ............. . . .... .. .. . .. . ..... . ..... . ................... . .. .. . G. P. Whit ley .......... .. . ...... . ... .

":Mammals" • • • • • • .. • • • t • • t • t t • • • t • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • t • • • • E. Le G. T rough ton ... ........... .. ..

" I .... t ,J S 'd " 11se ... ~ s al'\•. ~ • p1 crs .... . .... .. ..... . .. . ..... ... .... . . ... ....... . A. MuJgravo .. : .... .. ..... . ......... .. . (( B' d " l f .s .. . . .. t ••• t •••••••••••••• • •••••••••••••• •• ••••• • • • • • •• ••••• • • •• • •• J. R. Ki.11 ?;horn . ................... . . ..

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8 Lectu1·os . .... . .. . .... ................ . To ta 1 ..... .. .... . .. . .... ... .... .

U no.fficial L ecl?M·es.

(:Mainly Evlniog LeJtures delive.rea ou t side the Mu3e;Im.) •

" ·~or' -wos'j Tsh~\ Capri-::orn Grou p" .. .. ..................... .. (R')yal Z·1ological So~i0;y ol N .S .\V., M.'.ri::lc Se 1tion.)

F. A. lVf()N cill . ' ... ' .. ...............•

'' Tile Gr·o ... t:. Ba1 .. ric:· R,eJf '' ..... . ...... . .. . .... ..... .. . ... ........ . Vv. B :>:trdman • •• •• , • • • &. < ...... ·' .. ....

(R.S.S. I m po:i..ll L:ng J. J of Ausbra.li t , G Jsf.:>r J B.::-a::lCh ). c< '~' h,..., Q J• .... ,_.., R.1-rr1·c·.· R ........ , F." L .. v., _ - '-' ••• • • • •••••••••·• • •• • ·••·••••• • •••••·•• J • • • • • • • • • ' # • • • • • • • • • • • •

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" T~1e Grov~ B a.rrio:· Rc )f" .. .. .. . .. . .. ... . ... .. ... .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. F. A. MeNeill (Arts 8t.aioJ.~S (GeJg.raphi0 S:) ·::> ic~y}, Sj l ny P.livo_·si ty).

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" Au3tralia n Furre·l. Animah " . .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. . . .. .. . . .. . .. E. L '.) G. T.nu,gh.t0n ................ .. (Pre ;idonti:1l Ad~lrcs3, R oyal Z ) :)bgi~:tl S·Jcio~y of N.S .\IV.).

" T ' ' xr ,J 1 ..:~ "'r . " no ·v on·.Lor :a.n ~ or .:L".!m:1n1a . .... . . ..................... ... .. (The Ove:·se.ts Loagne .) •

" Fh~V.) E 1rly A•utr~"'.li -1·"1 ~atur111i-rL3 " ... .. .... . ............ .. (R.oy<d Z:>Ohgica,l 8Jcic'y of N .S.,\' ., MJ,ri :w Hl: !tb .l).

" o~~· A•1'3tr.1lL~n lVf.1:n:n~h " .. . ........... ... ... .... .. .... ..... .. .. (Masonic LJd30 H !lr n')n,y, No . 5).

''CJr,.tl JanJ Sho1l<s'' .. . ......... ......... .. . .. . .......... .. ...... .. . (Presbyterian Kin~l0rgar ton. T v:who:·.'> ).

'' 1\e:'macluc Ist'lllLC1s '' . . .... .. ... . ..... .... ........ , ..... .... ..... . .. , (Clr>ck Club.)

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APPENDIX F-continued.

Uno fflcial Lectures- continued.

Subject. Lecturer. Attendance•

" The Great Ba.rrier Roof " . .. . . . . .. . . .. .. . . . . .. . .. . . . . . .. .. . .. . . . W. Boo,rdman . .. .. . . . .. . .... .• .... . .• 200 (Entrance Progress Association,, Wyong).

'' Lord Ho we Island '' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. T1,odale ..... . ......... .. . .. .... ... . .• (Overseas I.eague ).

" The Great Barrier R eof " .. , ...... ........... .................. . F. A. lVfcN eill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . (Radio Station. 2GB, Dalwood Homes).

" Proposed Antarctic Exploration, " ............................. . H. 0 . Flet.cher • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (The Clock Club- ·Lunch Hour Talk).

" The .An.tarctic Continent ,, ...................................... . H. 0. Fletcher • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (The Briars' Cluh, Burwood).

" Work of tho 1\'lawRon Expedition, ... ...... .................... . (The Lotus Club).

H. 0. Fletcher • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

'' Lord Ho we Island , ' . .. . .. .. .. . . .. . .... ............... . . ........... . T. Iredale .............................• (Rationalist Association of N .S. W.)

"A Nat.urali~t in. the Santa Cruz Group , . . .. ... ... . .. . . .. .. .. E. Lo G. Trough ton ................. . (Masonic Lodge vVelfare).

" The Great Barrier Re et , , . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . T. Iredale . .. .... .. ............... .... . . (St. Paul's Church, Cha.tswood ).

"lVl:arin,e Zoological Work in N .vV. Au~tralia ,, . .. . . . .. . .. . . . . A. Livings tone ...... .. ............... . (Royal Zoological Society ot NJ''.\V .. 'l\Iarine f>ect ion).

" The Great Barrier Reef , , .. .. ........................ ... ....... . T. Ireclalo • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (Manly lVlusio(l.l Society).

" The Great Barrier R eef , ' .............................. ........ . T. Irodale • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (St. Georg~'s Church of England, Carlton).

" The Great Barrier Reef ,, ................... . . ....... . ......... . T. Iredale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . (Young Men's Club, Sydney).

"The Great Barrier R 3ef ,, .. ...................... ............. .. ,V, Boardman • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (Presbyterian Men's League, Chatswood).

'' Features of the Great Barrier Ree{ ,, ............. , . .... .... . F. A. MoN tsill • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (E. M. Em bury Organisation Members).

'' Not Quite Fi~he:s '' .. . .. . .. ....... .. . .. . ............... .. . . .. . ... . . (Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W., Marine Section).

G. P. "'hitley • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

'' Pigeons and Dove~ ,, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Ire dale ........•...... ... ......... ..• (Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W., Avicultural Section).

'' The Great Barrier R eo£ ', . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • F. A. 1\trcN eill ....................... . (Overseas I .. eague ).

" Th~ Great Bftrrier Reef " .. .. .. .. . .. . .. . .. .. .. . . . .. . .. . .. . .. .. .. F. A. ~lcN eill (St. Matthews' Ohurch Fellowship, Bot,any).

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" The Great Barrier Reef ,, .. . ........... .. ........... . .. . .. ..... . (St. David's Church, Arnc]iffe).

" The Great BR.rrier Reef " ...................................... . (St. Matthews' Chu.rch Committee, Manly).

" The Great. ;Barrier Reo£ ,, ..................................... .. (Kindergarten Training College).

" The Great Barrior Reef,, (Paltie's Club).

" The Great Barrier Reef , (The Lotus Club).

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" Furred Animals of Australia " ............................... .. (Headquarters 9th F iold Brigade).

T. Iredale • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

T . Iredale • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

H. 0. Fletcher • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

F. A. I\1cNeill • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

F. A. MeN eill • •• • ••••••••••••••••••••

E. Le G. Trough ton ................. .

'' Parrots '' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. ll'O .. la le ... .. . .. . . .. .. . .. . .....•.....• (Royal Zoological Society of N .S.W., Buclgerigar Club).

" The Grefl.t Barrier R et::f ,, ...... .. ............................. .. F. A. M oN eill • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (St. J ohn's C. o£ E. :Men's Club, Campsie).

" Autarct.ic l~xploration " ...... . .. ...... .... ..................... . . (The X Club).

H. 0. Fletoher •••••••••••• ••••••••••••

" Australia's Legacy o.f Animal Life ,, ...... ......... ..... . ..... . (The Legacy Club of Sydney).

E. L~ G. Troughton .. .... .... ...... ..

'' Shells'' .............................................................. . T. Irorlala • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (Naturalists' Society of N.S.,Vales).

" Broad tail Parrots ,, . . .. .. . . . .. .. . . . . .. . .. . . .. .. . . .. . .. . ... . .. .. . .. . T. Irodale (R oyal Zoological Society of N.S.vV., Avicultural Section) .

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" E t' t B' d " T. Irodale ... x 1nc rr s ......... .... .. ............ .. . . .. .. . ................. . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (Manly Debfl.ting Society).

"Australia's Legacy of Animal Life ,, (Legacy Club- Br t,adcasted).

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" The Great Barrier Reo£ ,, (The X. Club).

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5 Lectures-Embury Expeditiort, Ftayman Is. ·~•••4 •• • · ·· · · · F. A. MeN eill · ·· ··•· 4• ···· · ··~·····~· 300

3 Lectures-Embury Expedition, l:Iayma.n 1s. It. (), Fletcher 180

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7 , ••••••

15 , • • • • • •

21 , • • • • • •

22 , • • • • • •

26 , • • • • • •

27 , • • • • • •

5 April ••• • ••

4 " • • • • • •

6 , • • • • ••

18 , • • • • • •

18 ,, •• • •••

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4 May • • • • • •

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28 , •••• ••

6 June • • • • • •

6 " • • • • • •

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15 , • • • • • •

28 , • • • • • •

29 , • • • • • •

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APPENDIX F continued. •

Unojficial Lectures continued. •

Subject. Lecturer . Attendance.

" The Octopus and tts Allies " . . ......• . ... . •........• . .•. . ... . ... (R oyal Zoological Society of N .S.W., Mar ine Sectio~) .

Mi'3S J. K. All&"'Il ..•..•..•..•..•..• .•• 25

" R t " aro onga ... . .......... . ............ . .. . ............... . ......... . (Geographical Society of N .S.W.).

G. 1?. ~llitle~ ....................... . 200

20 "A Naturalist in t he Warrumbungle Moun,tains " ......... A. Musgrave ..................... . .... . (Royal Zoological Society of N.S.W., Ornit hological Section).

50 " A Naturalist with t he A.I. F ." .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. .. . .. . . . . .. . . J. R. K.inghorn . . .... . .. ... . ..... .. ... . (Northern District Inter-Ipstit ute Coun cil, Eastwood).

"R t " aro onga .. . . . .. ... . . ... .. .. . .. .... . .... ....... . . ... . .. . .... . .. . . . (The Old Sydney H ospitallers ' Club).

G. 1?. Whitley ... . .. . .. . ... ...... . . .. . 40

'' The G·reat Barrier R eef '' . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Iredale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . 80 (Presbyterian l\1en's League, F ive Dock ).

" The Great Barrier Reef " (K ooroora Olub).

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

" The Great Barrier R eef and Islands of Queencsland " ..... . (N.S.vV. R od F ishers' Society )

" Value of Birds t o 1\tl on on. the L and " ....... . .. . ... . ........ . (Ourlewis Agricult ural Bureau).

" 1\,t • M 1 " .1v.t.ar1ne amma s . .. . .. ...... . .. ......... . .. . . . ...... ... . . . . . . . . . (Royal Zoological Societ·y of N .S.\iV., l\farine Section).

" Australia's New T erritory In Antarctica" ........ ....... .. . (Boy Scouts' Association).

" A Naturalist on t he Nepean R iver " . .. . ........ . .. . ........ . . . (Lotus Club).

" Austra lia's Now Possession in t he Antarctic " (Beecroft School of Arts).

• • • • • • • • • • • •

" Insect IJife o£ Our Streams " ......... .. ... . . ........ . . . ........ . (N.S.W . Rod Fishers ' Society).

H Ocean Depths " • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (Rat ionalist Association of N .S . Wales ).

" A . 1 C fl ,, n1ma amou age . ... . . . . . .. . . . .. .. . ........ . .. .. . .. ..... . •. .. (Presbyterian F ellowship Union, vVilloughby).

" The Great Barr ier Reef " ... . . .... ............. .. ............ . . . (Newtowr~ \Velfare Club).

" The Great Barrier Reef " ...... . .. . ..... .. . . .. .. ............... . (R andwick Domest ic Science School).

" Tho I slands and P e0ple of t.he S3.nta Cruz Group" .. . .. . (l\1:icr oscopical Society).

F . A. MeN eill • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

F. A. MeN oill • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

J. R . K ing horn ........ . ............. . .

E . Le G. Trough ton ....... . . . .•.... . .

H. 0 . Fletcher . ......... . .. . . ........ .

A. Musgra ve ... ... ... ...... ....... .. .. .

H . 0 . Flet cher . ....... . ... .. . . ..... . . .

1( . C. McK eo,vn .. .. .. . .... . ..... . ... . . .

T. ll·edale ......... . .. . ........... ..... .

' ""'. Boardman ............ . .......... .

T. Iredale .. . ...... .. . .... .. ... ........ .

vV. Board man • ••• • •• • • • • • • •• • ••••••••

A. Livingstone • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

'' Spiders '' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. M ttsgra ve .... ........... . ...... . . .. . (Sydney Universit y L aboratory Technicians Society).

" The Great Barrier R eef " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vV. Board man ... ......... . . . . . •. .• . .• (St. Andrew's Theological H all). ·

'' Australian Fossil Mammals ' ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Anderson .... . .. . .... . ............. . (Geological Society, Sydn,ey University).

" The Great Barrier R eef anfl Islands of t he Queensland Coast '' .. . . .. . . . . .. . .. . .. . . . . ........ . .. . ..... . ..... . ..... . .. .. . . . . F . A. MeN eill (Microscopica.l Society).

"Jenolan and Cox River " ...... . ................. . .. . .. ...... . .. R . 0 . Chalmers ..... . . . .. . ....... . .... , (Sydney Univer.sit y Goologica l Society).

' ' Ocean Depths '' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. !red ale •• • ••• • ••••••••••• • •• • •• • ••••• (Australian Gas Ligh t Company's P opular Science C1ub).

'' E xtinct Birds '' . ... . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . ... . . . . . .... . .... .. . .. . . .. .. . .. . . . T. Iredale • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (Rationalist Ac:;sociation of N .S.W.).

6 Lectur·es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F. A. MeN eill • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

7 Lectures ..... . .... .... . .. . ... ........ . ... ......... ... .... . ... . .. . .. . (Members of lOt h Embury Great Barrier R eef Expedi­

tion a ti H ayman Island).

" Marine Zoology in Auc;t ra lia 100 Years Ago " ...... .. . ... .. . (Royal Zoological Society of N.S.vV., :Mar ine Section) .

" Tho Great Barrier R eef " ... .. . .... .. .. ......... . ... .. . .. . . .... . (Presbyterian Men 's League, K ogarah ).

A . Li vingstone • • • •• ••••••• •••• • • • •• •• •

G. P. vVh itney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' W. Board man, ••• ••• ••• •••• ••• ••••••••

' ' Shells '' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Irodalo . . .. . . ..... . . .. ... ... . . . ... . . . (Mosman Girls of t he Covenant).

" A Naturalist in t he vVarrumbungles " .. . . .. .. .. . . .. . .... . .... A. Musgrave .. . ... . ........ . .... ..... . . (Lyceum Club).

" Men. of t he 0 l<J Stone Ago in Au3t.ralia " ... .. . . .. .. ... , ... .. . (Manly, P it twater ancl Warringah H istorical Societ.y).

" Tho Whitsunday Group " .. . .. . .. . ..... . . . ... . ..... .... . ....... . ( Allc:;tralian, Cit ir.ens' Ac;soci:l.t ion,, Marou bra J unction).

" The Groat Barrier R oef " .. ... .... .. . .. . ... ... . . ... ......... . . . . (Sydney Branch, U.A.P. ).

" F auna, I t s Value and P rot ection " (The X Club).

.......... ...... ' ......... .

F. C. McCar thy • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

F. A. McNeill ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. Boardman ~ .•..... •. ... ... .•. .•..•

J. R. 1\jytghorn " ....... , .... .. ..... . .. .

70

59

170

26

35

20

260

30

500

30

120

300

30

25

35

60

40

35

800

300

270 315

30

l OO

25

30

30

40

300

20 __ ..... __ 101 Lectures ..... . .. . . ....... . ....... . . Total \~ .•. ...•. . ... ... .•. ... , ... 9,744

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APPENDIX G.

Schedule of Spccirnens acquired during the year ended 30th J uno, 1033 :---.

Department.

Vorto brn.ta-lV[ammalia ... .. . ... .... .. ........ . A ves .... . . .. . . . . .... .. ... . .. . . . . .. . . . Reptilia . . . . . . . .... . .. . .. . .... . . . . . Pisces . .... . . . .. . .. ... . .. .... . . . . . . . Slrele tollS .... ... .. .. . ... .. ... ... ... .

Invertebrata-1\'Iollusca .. .. ... .. .... . ... . ... .. ... . Insect s and Arachnida . . . ..... . Crustacea ... . ................. . . . Echinodermata .. . ... . . . .. . . . ... . Polyzoa . . . ..... . .... . ... ........ . . Vermes ..... . ...... . . .... . ....... . Hydroida .. . ....... .. ... . .... . .. . Sponges and Foraminifera ... Other I nver tebrata ........... .

l;"ossils ... .. . .. . .. ..... .. .... .. . .. .. . Mino.ral s ..... . .. ..... ........ . .. ..... . ltocl\:s ... .. . . .. ...... .. ... . .. . ... .. .. . .

Ethnological, otc.-1~ thnological ... .. . . . . .... . . .. .. . . H.istorical . . . . .. . . . . .. . .. . .. .. .. . . N umismatica.l ........ .. .... . . . .

Misee llaneous­Micro. Sections • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Casts . . . . .. . . . . . . ...... . ... . ...... . Moulds .. .. . . . .. . ..... . . . . . .... .. ... . Photo. Negatives ..... .. .. .. . .. . Lan tern Slides . .. ....... .. ... .. . Pl1otographs . . . . . .... . .. . ... . ... .

Vertebrata .. . . .. . . ....... .. . . ..... . . . In vertc brata .. . . ..... . .. . . ... . . . ... . Fossils, Minerals, and R ocks .. . E fihno1 ogical .. . .... ..... .......... . . MiscoJJ n neous .. ..... . ... . . .. .... . .

Donntion. Exchn.nge. PnrchMe. Prepared. C'ollection.

69 207 202 605

7

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• • • ... ...

2 ••• • • •

• • • 9 ...

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18 178 271

16 .. .

Total.

89 385 484 643

7 --------1----- -----·-·-- --·---1----

1,090 24 11 ... 483 1,608 --------1--------·--1-----1----

1,662 5,538

393 435 322

1,111 3

49 39

... • • •

• • •

• • •

• • • ... ... ... ...

... 37

...

.. . • • •

... • • • . .. • • •

. ..

...

...

...

... ••• ... • • • ...

473 5,324

319 71

... 24

• • • .. . ...

2,135 10,899 - 712

506 322

1,135 3

49 39

----J-----J-----1-----j------1-----9,552 • • • 37 • • • 6,211 15,800

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966 413 190

15 261

10

8 247

1

•••

• • • ... 118

4 242

1,107 925 443

1---·--1-·----~----------i-----1-----1,569 286 256 ... 364

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830 . -. 58 • • • ... 888 ... ••• • • • • • • • • • . .. 247 • • • • • • • • • ••• 247

--------·--~----- ------!------------1,077 • • • 58 ... • • • 1,135

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... .. . • •• ... • • •

• • • • • • . .. ... • • • • • • 141 ... • • • ... • • • • • •

1 75

• • •

3 63

299 145

... • • • ... ... ... . ..

75 1 3

63 440 145

---------------,--·----·--------·-] 41 .. . 1 585 .. . 727

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1,090 9,552 1,569

• 1,077

141

24 • • • 286

• • •

• • •

11 37

256 58

1

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483 6,211

364 . .. •••

1,608 15,800

2,475 1,135

727 -----·------- - -------------------

13,429 310 363 585 7,058 21,745

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APPENDIX II.

TilE AUSTRALIAN ~1USEUl\1.

Rummarised Statement oi Net Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 30th June, 10J3.

PAYMENTS, •

RECEIPTS. I ----------------~----------~---------------------------

To Balance brought forwarrl 1st July, 1932 Treasury (Consolidated :R.evcnue !lund)­

Appropriat.ion (Item 84) ... • .. •rreas nrer's Ad van eo • . . .. . . .. Statutory E ndowment . . . . . . . . .

Treasury Jramily Emlomnr nt Fund

Sates of Publications Donations ... ... Jnterrst on Invcstmc.>nts Miscellaneous Rccci pts

Less ltefunds ...

...

... .. .

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...

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.. . .. . ...

...

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£ d s. • • • • • •••• •

. .. 15,100 (} 5

... .J Ol 11 6 . .. 800 0 0

- -----] 0,310 17 11

. .. 4 ~3 lG 3

£ 851

s. <1. 3 0

- 10,734 14 2

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• • • • • • • ••• • • • • • • • •

86 9 0 so 10 2

276 4 () 8 4 11

30 5 5

--- ---- 5 9 10

- ----£17,906 1 10

£ s. d. £ ~. d~ Dy Sa la rics-

S•Jientiftc AclministraOon Office Administration Library .. . . .. Prcpamtors ... l\[echanics . . . . .. Attendants ...

... .. . . .. .. . .. .

... .. . ... ... ... ...

. .. • •• • •• ... .. . .. .

... 6,424 1 fj

... 1,076 1 6 469 6 2

. .. 1 624 2 0 575 15 ]

... 2,055 14 ()

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... - -----12,225 1 8

Less Refund for work hy Taxidermist., and )fcchan.ics 10 12 8

Total Salaries ... . .. ... Overtime ... .. . .. . . ..

.. . .. . .. . .. . • ••

... 12,214 9 0 ... 353 4 4 ... 184 0 11 Temporary Assistance -----12751

VaJne of Extended I .. eave re W. W. Thorpc, dcceaR2d .. . .. . .. . . .. .. . .. . 401 l1 6

------Family l~ndowmenf Contribution .. . ... ... ' ..

Subsidiary SI aff Ch:trgcs-Workers' Compensation Ins urance Premium ... ·10 0 0 Employers ' Contribution under Superannuation

Act ... ... ... ... .. . ... 8:~2 18 8 P en'5ion .. . .. . . .. .. . . .. .. . 52 0 0

Expenses in Connection with DnHding.s-Jnsurance l)rcmiums ... . .. .. . Material for l\Iinor Repairs ...

l\Ja,intcnance of Lawns and Grounds ... ...

. .. ... ...

228 17 0 3 12 0

40 0 0 -------

'l'rnnf> port Expenditure­Travrl ling Bxpen1-;es ... ... .. . . .. 10 4 4

-- - -

General ExpC'nditure-Po~tal a nd Telegraphic Services ... .. . nooks , Periodicals, and Papers ... ... .. . Freight and Cartage ... . .. . .. .. . Bookbinding .. . ... .. . ... ... l~hotography and Slides .. . ... ... . .. Laundry Expenses . . . . . . . . . . .. F ees to Lecturers .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . Mino1· Replacements and Aclditions t o Plant,

etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Purchase of Natural History Specimens, etc .... Purchase and Construction of Storage ltacks,

69 1 5 617 1 6

44: u 4 96 15 4 2 t 10 0 16 10 11 31 10 0

100 0 0 101 14 8

etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 23 18 8 Stores, Stationery, and Sundry Services . .. 832 1 3 Publicity a nd Advertising Maga7.ines, Lectures, etc. 25 6 0 Expenses, Collecting Tours and Jfield Work ... 289 1 9 Publieations-:illagazine, Publication and Dis-

tribution ... ... ... ... ... 290 12 8

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401 11 6 42:J l!S 3

9~3 18 8

272 0 6

10 4 4

2,550 18 1 ---·---

Balance nt 30th June, 1033 .. . ... ... • •• ••• • ••

17,343 12 7

562 9 3

£17,906 1 10

We certify that the books, :trcount.~ . nnd vouchers of the Anstrnlia.n 1\fmenm have been t>xn.mincd for the year ended 30th Jnne, 1933, under tho provisions of s cc1 ion 11 of the Australiau M uscum Act, 1 !>02, and that this s ummarised Statement of Rocei pts nn <l P<.tyments is correct in accordance t;herewith.

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To Sclentlfic AdmlnistratloD-Solent itlc Staff Salaries, Overtime, Stores, and

Servlce[l. Artlculators do do Taxidennfsts do do Collecting Specimens . . . • •• • .• Presentation of Specimens • • . • .• Freights and Charges-Specimens, etc. Photography and Slides •.. • ••

••• ••• ••• •••

Office .Administration-Office Staff, Salaries, ete.

Publicity ••• ••• ••• • •• ••• .. . General Expenses ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Statiot•ery • .. • .. ••• ••• ••• . .. Postages and Telegrams ••• ••• ... ... Jnsurances ••• • •• ••• ••• • •• • ••

Library Admtnlstratlon-Salarles, etc., Book. binding and Sundries • . • .. • • . • • .•

General Admlnlstration-Artlftcers-Salalies, Stores, etc. • .. . .. .Attendant&-Salaries, Overtime, Assistance,

e'OO. •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Working Expenses-stores, etc. ... ... Motor Lorry Expenses . . . • • • . .. Building, Repairs and Main~nance . . • • •• Electric Fittings, Repairs and Maintenance ...

Family Endowment Contribution . .• ... Pensions ••• ••• ••• ••• . .. Lectures-Fees and Expenses .•• ••• . .. Depreciation - Furniture, Equipment, and

Plant ... ... ... ... ... . ..

Publications-Magazine-Cost and Publishing and Dl.s·

tributlng ... ._.. • .• • .• ••• Less Stocks on Hand ... ••• •••

Postcards-Cost and Distributing ••• . .. Less Stocks on Hand ... ••• •••

"Records "-Cost and Distributing ... Less Stocks on Hand ••• • •• •••

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APPENDIX I.

1lHE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. •

REVENUE AccouNT.

Period 1st July, 1932, to 30th Jn11a, 1933 •

£ s. d. 7,414 2 9

609 6 6 ] ,038 1 4

£1. d. Byln~rest-F unds Invested-

Sydney City Council Deposit • • • • . • • •• Australian Consolidated Inscribed Stock ... Commercial Banking Co., Ltd., Fixed Deposit

£ s. d.

6 6 6 16 0 1 8 2 6

£ 8. d.

299 1 6 ----- so 8 0 43 8 7 62 10 3

112 3 7 9,568 14 6

1,143 14 11 1,143 14 11

24 1 0 ~3 10 9 51 16 6 60 7 8

277 17 6 477 13

689 16 9 689 16

390 10 3

2,740 0 5 155 14 6 12 17 1

124 16 11 32 11 1

3,456 9 423 16 3

423 16 52 0 0

52 0 90 14 0

90 14

204 14 5 204 14

499 18 6 378 6 4

121 13 222 19 6 212 2 4

10 17 240 6 10 129 10 5

110 16

£16,351 0

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6

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Sales of Publications-Museum Magazine . . • .. • • •• Museum Postcard.a .. • .. • • ••

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"Records" and other Publications ••• •••

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Balance ••• ••• ••• ••• • •• • ••

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192 8 10 16 6 8 20 3 11

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8 4 11 -----267 12 4

••• 16)083 7 9

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~·dney : Alfred James Kent, I.S.O., Government Printcr-1934. I

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