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The chair was then taken hy the newly-elected president, 

 Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S. 



UNVEILING OF HONOUR ROLL. 



At this stage His Excellency, Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, 

 G.C.M.G., attended by Major Kerr-Pearse, arrived, and was 

 introduced to the meeting by the chairman, Mr. A. D. 

 Hardy, F.L.S. , who said that the Governor-General's 

 presence was a great honour, for, although Sir Ronald was 

 already an honorary member of the Club, his time was so 

 occupied that he could not be expected to attend many 

 meetings. His reputation as a forester was sufficient to give 

 him a welcome among field naturalists, and without further 

 words he would ask His Excellency to proceed with the function 

 of the evening — the unveiling of the honour board, bearing 

 the names of those members who had felt the call of duty, 

 and had gone across the sea to take their places by the side of 

 the defenders of justice and freedom in the Great War. The 

 Club was indebted to Mr. J. Gabriel, one of the vice-presidents, 

 for the construction of the honour board, which was made of 

 Victorian blackwood and Queensland maple, and to Mr. 

 P. R. H. St. John, the hon. librarian, for the lettering. 



The following are the names on the honour board : — S. B. 

 Abbott, A. O. Archer, E. O. Armytage, C. L. Barrett, L. G. 

 Chandler, F. Cudmore, S. Herriot, D. J. Mahonv, W. Mac- 

 gilhvray, W. J. Searle, Harvey Sutton, (Rev.) f. Webb, H. 

 Wilson, and L. P. Winchcombe. 



The names of the sons and daughters of members who are 

 serving in various capacities were also read. 



Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, on rising, was greeted with 

 applause. He said : — ■" Before proceeding to perform the 

 ceremony which I have been invited to do this evening, I should 

 like to express the great pleasure with which I find myself in 

 the Royal Society's Hall in Melbourne, and to find also the Field 

 Naturalists' Society in temporary occupation of it and making 

 use of other space in the same building. I remember attending, 

 some little time ago, a conference in the Town Hall, when I 

 advocated closer union between societies like the Royal 

 Society, the Field Naturalists', the Wattle Society, and the 

 different forest and horticultural societies, in view of my 

 favourite pursuit of growing timber. It is, I am sure, a great 

 matter to have these different societies, all interested in common 

 objects, closely affiliated, and possibly making use of one 

 another's property, to their mutual advantage. I had often 

 wished to be in this hall, but I have never been able to get in 

 before. It is worth coming here to see the bookcases — not only 

 because of the books, but because it would be difficult to find 



