Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria. 



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



BUSINESS PAPER FOR ORDINARY MEETING, 



MONDAV EVENING, lotb SEPTEMBER, 1917. 



1. Correspondence and Reports. 



2. Nominations for Membership. 



Members making nominations will oblige by tianding the fall name and 

 address to tlie Hon. Secretary. 



3. Election of Members. 



AS Ordinary member— Proposer. Secosdke. 



Mr. Harold Eslcy. Mr. F. Pitcher. Mr. J. Stickland. 



Male Street, Brighton. 



4. General Business. 



5. Remarks by Exhibitors, relative to their Specimens. 



Ten minutes' adjournment for examination of Exhibits. 



6. Reading of Papers and Discussion thereon. 



By Mr. F. Chapman, A.L.S. — " A Sketch of the Geological History of Australian 

 Plants — the Paiaozoic Flora " (illustrated by lantern views). 



7.- 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 the meeting, 

 such notices should, however, be brief. 



8. 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 Naturalut.' 



Brief descriptions should accompany the exhibits for the benefit of fellow 

 members. 



EXCURSIONS. 



Saturday, 8th September,— " Merriwa," Toorak (residence of Mr. A. 

 Butter Clarke). Object — Botany. Meet at the corner of Toorak and Orrong 

 Boads at 2.30 p.m. Leader— Mr. P. R. H. St. John. 



Saturday, 15th September. — Vou Yangrs. Object — Geology and 

 Physiography. Under the leadership of Messrs. C. Daley, F.L.S., and A. D. 

 Hardy, F.L.S. Meet at Spencer Street for 6.30 a.m. Geelong train. It Is pro- 

 posed to walk from Little Uiver to the Reservation and return by way of Lara. 

 Second class Return (week-end) to Little River, 3/8. Train leaves Lara on return 

 at 6.18 p.m., arriving in Melbourne at 7.36 p.m. Lunch should be taken. 



Saturday, 22nd September.— Noble Park. Object — Botany. Leader — 

 Mr. J. W. Audas, F.L.S. Meet at Flinders Street (Mutual Store Entrance) for 

 1.30 p.m. train. 



Thursday, 27th September (Show Day). — Digrg^ers' Rest to Sunbury. 

 ObjectvS — Botany and Qeolog^y. Under the leadership of Dr. C. S. Sutton 

 and Mr. A. L. Scott. Meet at Speucer Street for 6.40 a.m. train. Second Class 

 Saturn to Sunbury, 2/10. Train leaves Sunbury on return at 6.33 p.m., reaching 

 Melbourne at 7.27 p.m. Party will proceed from Diggers' Rest across country to 

 the Saltwater River, where a short rest for refreshments will be made. The 

 graptolitc beds and flora will be examined, and a coarse upstream towards Sunbury 

 followed. Some flue river scenery is to be seen en route. Members should take 

 provisions. Distance to be traversed, abont eight miles. 



