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been carried ovit, with varying success. Unfortunately, two 

 had to be cancelled owing to the late Mr. O'Donoghue's illness 

 and no other leader acquainted with the localities being avail- 

 able. Wet weather, of course, interfered with a certain pro- 

 portion. Your committee would again urge loyal support to 

 those members who give their services as leaders, and if 

 intending excursionists would notify the respective leaders 

 of their intention to be present it would tend to remove that 

 feeling of doubt which often arises in a leader's mind as to the 

 probable attendance. Two char-a-banc trips were arranged, 

 and proved very enjoyable ; but this mode of travelling entails 

 a certain amount of anxiety and risk in securing the necessary 

 number to fill a car, and so reduce the expense to a minimum, 

 and cannot be adopted as often as the committee would desire. 



" Some valuable excursion reports have appeared in the 

 Naturalist, and it is hoj)ed that the members attending have 

 derived some benefit from the outings, both from a natural 

 history point of view and from a health standpoint. 



" The thirty-third volume of the Club's magazine, tl;e 

 Victorian Naturalist, has been ccmipleted and issued to 

 members. Its contents have been of a varied nature, and we 

 think quite equal to any similar publication in any part of 

 the world. The thanks of the Club are again due to the hon. 

 editor, Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, for the pains he has taken in 

 producing such a creditable publication. Several requests to 

 be put on the exchange list have been received from societies 

 in different parts of the world, and recently a newly-elected 

 country member ordered a complete set for his library. 

 Unfortunately, owing to the many engagements of those who 

 undertook the work, the compilation of the card index to the 

 Naturalist is not yet finished ; however, you will be pleased to 

 learn that some progress has been made, and that it will b(? 

 available for use in a few months. 



" The librarian reports that 130 \'olumes and ])arts have 

 been added to the library during the year. Tlie thanks of 

 the members are due to him for giving up the fourth Mcmday 

 evening of the month to attend the library for the purpose 

 of receiving and issuing books, and it is gratifying to learn 

 that a larger number of members are availing themselves of 

 the library than in previous years. 



" Feeling that it was only right that those members of the Club 

 who felt the call of duty on behalf of tln^ Emjiin^ in the present 

 crisis in our nation's history, your committee decided to i)rovide 

 for an honour board, which ^Ir. Joseph Gabriel kindly volun- 

 teered to make, while Mr. P. R. H. St. Jolui offered to do the 

 necessary writing. This has now been prepared, and a pre- 

 liminary list of twch'c names was published in the Xalnralist 



