26 Field Xaiuralisis' Club — FroceeJui^s. {\oi^'^^\ 



Nai. 

 XXIV. 



and have been fairly constant attendants at its meetings ever 

 since. 



" Commencing the year with a membership of 218. con- 

 sisting of b honorary, 2 Hfe. 150 ordinary, 57 country, and 

 3 associate meml)ers, 29 ordinary, 8 country, and 3 associate 

 members were elected during the year. Resignations, deaths, 

 and arrears accounted for 23 ordinary and 10 country, lea\ing 

 at the end of the year a membership of 5 honorary. 2 life. 

 155 ordinary, 57 country, and 5 associate members, or a grand 

 total of 224. 



," By the death of Dr. E. P. Ramsay, formerly Curator of 

 the Australian Museum, the Club lost one of its earliest 

 honorary members. But the most serious loss which the Club 

 has sustained by death for some time was that of our honorary 

 secretary, Mr. J. G. O'Donoghue. The loss is so fresh in our 

 minds, and his efforts on behalf of the Club have so recently 

 been recalled in the pages of the Natitrulist, that little more 

 can be said now beyond the fact that to his colleagues on the 

 committee his deplorable death was a great shock. Little did 

 they think that the ordinary meeting held on 13th Xovtmber 

 last would be his last official connection with the Club. Since 

 that date the duties of hon. secretary have been shared 

 by several members of the conmiittee, who have endeavoured 

 to keep its affairs straight until such time as a permanent 

 appointment could be made. The late Mr. O'Donoghue left 

 no stone unturned in his efforts to advance the Club in every 

 way possible, and his loss is likely to be felt for some time to 

 come. 



" Your hon. treasurer reports that the ordinary receipts hn 

 the year were £175 i6s. 6d. and the expenditure £172 is. lod.. 

 thus adding £3 14s. 8d. to the credit balance of the Club. 

 Notwithstanding the small credit balance, your committee felt 

 that it was incumbent on them to spare something for the 

 War Loan ; and the suggestion having been aj)])roved of at an 

 ordinary meeting, the sum of £20 was duly invested in that 

 way. 



"The exhibition of wild-flowers held on 28th Se})ttmber, 

 1915, having proved such a success financially, enabling £54 

 4s. lid. to be handed over to the Sick and Wounded Soldiers' 

 Fund, your committee were emboldened to make an even bigger 

 effort during the year just closed. Consequentlj'. the Mel- 

 bourne Town Hall was engaged for 3rd October for the same 

 jnirpose. with a si)lendid result. The Y.M.C.A. national apjxal 

 was chosen as a worthy object, and, coimtry members and 

 friends entering whole-heartedly into the proposal, the result 

 was a splendid exhibition, and a magnificent success financially. 

 The exhibition was a revelation to those of the community 



