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genuine or German ones. He inquired if they kept botli. 

 '•' Yes ! " was the reply, '" but the German ones are much 

 cheaper than the others." He hoped that the manufacture 

 of these sham weapons would be stopped. 



Libraeian's Report. 



Dr. Neild, the Librarian, said that the substance of his 

 Report had been published in the circular. The Library 

 was making fair progress, and he was having the serials 

 bound, and missing parts added, so as to make it as 

 complete as possible. A catalogue had been compiled, 

 which during the year would be printed and circulated 

 among the members. He thought it would be a very 

 peculiar production, as, in his opinion, a more curious 

 Library in the way of variety and eccentricity did not 

 exist. He supposed that 90 per cent, of the books of the 

 Library Avere presentations. During the past year the 

 shelving of the Library had been added to, and he thought 

 in the coming year they would require still more. On the 

 whole, considering the difficulties thej^ had had to encounter, 

 and the peculiar circumstances under which the Librarj^ had 

 been formed, he thought their collection was really a unique 

 one, and he was proud of having had the honour of being 

 Librarian for the past twenty-five years. 



The Reservation of Wilson's Promontory. 



The President stated that he had received a letter from 

 a gentleman interested in the question of the reservation of 

 Wilson's Promontory as a National Park. It would be 

 remembered that the subject was before the Society some 

 time ago, and there had been considerable discussion, and a 

 resolution had been passed in favour of the reservation. 

 He believed it was proposed at the present time to sub- 

 divide and sell portion of the Promontory. He did not 

 know how far the proposal had gone, or whether the 

 members thought the matter was one that should be 

 further pursued. 



Professor Spencer said that eighteen months ago the 

 Field Naturalists' Ciub had taken the lead in gettin«| up a 

 deputation to the Minister of Lands, requesting him to 

 make a reservation of the Promontory, but until the other 

 day there had apparently been no result. Within the last 



