Field /Naturalists' Club of Victoria. 



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ROOMS— ROYAL SOCIETY'S HALL, VICTORIA STREET, MELBOURNE. 



BUSINESS PAPER FOR ORDINARY MEETING 



MONDAY EVENING, 8th SEPTEMBER, Jgig. ' 



1. Correspondence and Reports. 



2. Nominations for Membership, 



Members making nominatioas will oblige by banding tlie full name and 

 address to the Hon. Secretary, 



3. General Business, 



4. Remarks by Exhibitors relative to their Specimens. 



Ten minutes' adjournment for examination of Exhibits. 



5. Reading of Papers and Discussion thereon. 



1. By Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A. — " Growing Ferns in the Open." 



2. By Mr. J. C. Goudie. — " Notes on tlie Coleoptera of Nortli- Western 



Victoria. Part VII." 



6. Reading of Natural History Notes. 



Members who may note any unusual occurrence, or see anything of interest in 

 Foreign or Colonial papers, are requested to inform the Secretary of the 

 same that he may arrange for their bringing them before tiie meeting, 

 such notices should, however, be brief. 



7. Exhibition of Specimens and Conversazione. 



Members are invited to exhibit objects of interest, and to furnish the Hon. 

 Secretary with written particulars for record in Minutes and Naturalist, 

 Brief descriptions should accompany the ezbibit« for the benefit of fellow 

 members. 



EXCURSIONS. 



Saturday, 13th September (Railway Picnic). — Bendlgo. Objects — 

 General. Leaders — Messrs. D. J. Paton and C. Daley, F.L.S. Meet at corner 

 of Bourkc and Spencer Streets, at 6.30 a.m. sharp. Fare, 5/6 or 7/6, available 

 for one week. Lunch to be taken. On arrival at Bendigo, tram to Back Creek, bush 

 walk to One-Tree Hill, lunch, thence to Diamond Hill, and return via Spring Gully 

 to tram terminus. Distance, about 6 miles. Return train to Melbourne about 

 7 p.m. For members staying over till Monday a drive to the Whipstick Scrub 

 will be arranged. Fare extra. Train leaves Bendigo early Monday morning, 

 reaching Melbourne about 9.30 a.m. Intending Excursionists should notify leader 

 at September meeting, and state if accommodation is desired. Tickets must be 

 procured not later than Friday, 12th iust. (see posters). 



■ .Satttrdat, 20th September.— Alphington. Object— Pond Life. Leader 

 — Mr. J. Searle. Meet at Prince's Bridge Station for 2.10 p.m. train. 



20TH-27TH September.— Grampians. Object— wild Flowers. Par- 

 ticulars at Government Tourist Bureau, Swanston Street, Melbourne. 



Saturday, 27th September.— Emerald to Beaconsfleld. Object — 

 Botany. Leader — Mr. J. W. Audas, F.L.S. Meet at Prince's Bridge Station 

 for 8.50 a.m. train. Week-end Tickets to Emerald, 3/2, available from Beacons- 

 fleld on return. Walking distance about 12 miles. 



Saturday, 11th October.— Werrlbee Gorge {via Bacchus Marsh). Object 

 — Geology. Leader— Mr. F. Chapman. Meet at Spencer Street Station to 

 cateh 7,40 a.m. train. Further particulars later. 



