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Searle said he would not advocate liax-ing micrcjscopcs again. 

 The tables available were not suitable, and sufficient space 

 could not be given to the display. A smaller number of micro- 

 scopes would have been better. 



The chairman said the suggestions made and the ensuing 

 discussion should be helpful for future exhibitions. Regarding 

 the sales of flowers, there was a shortage of the particular 

 kinds the people desired. Though £2 worth of waratahs had 

 been obtained from Sydney, they were soon disposed of. 

 Flannel-flowers also were in great demand, also the Blue Pea 

 (Swainsona). These were the flowers wanted and asked for, 

 and, though the visitors bought others rather than go away 

 empty-handed, the sales suffered considerably from the want 

 of these favourite flowers. On a previous occasion, when Mr. 

 Haughton, of Coghill and Haughton, acted as auctioneer, he ob- 

 tained good prices for Boronia pinnata, another of the favourites. 

 The absence of vernacular names was, as Mr. Williamson said, 

 due to the limited time available for the work and the few 

 persons who were capable of naming at a glance any flower 

 presented to them. Those who have the knowledge should be 

 absolutely free from any other duty, but even then the naming 

 of thousands of specimens is a tremendous task. He agreed 

 with Mr. Searle as to the microscopes. He thought there were 

 enough microscopes present to comfortably occupy the whole 

 of the Town Hall and make an entirely microscope display. 

 Too many instruments had been provided for the space avail- 

 able ; at the same time he thanked the members of the Micro- 

 scopical Society for their enthusiasm and help on the occasion. 

 Regarding the affixing of common names to the exhibits, he 

 said that the Plant Names Committee was, as far as possible, 

 adopting children's names for the plants, and if members knew 

 the debates that took place at the meetings of the committee, 

 and the slow progress that is being made in consequence, they 

 would be satisfied that the committee is doing its best in that 

 direction. He urged any who might know of local names for 

 any of our flowers to send them in to the committee for con- 

 sideration. It was hoped, when finally revised, that the names 

 would be published in such a form as to be useful in schools. 



THE NATIONAL PARK. 



The chairman said that there was little to report as to the 

 proposal to prospect for tin at the National Park, Wilson's 

 Promontory, except that the Government proposes to allow 

 a trial under strict conditions of the alleged tin deposit in tlie 

 Park. 



Professor Baldwin Spencer said that if it can be shown that 

 there are really valuable national assets in the Park in the 



