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The long-continued efforts to secure the reservation of Wilson's 

 Promontary as a National Park and Sanctuary for native flora 

 and fauna have been crowned with success, and 100,000 acres 

 have been permanently set apart and placed under a Committee 

 of Management, consisting chiefly of representatives of the 

 various bodies interested, and public opinion seems to have been 

 roused. A committee to advise the Government on matters con- 

 cerned with the native flora and fauna was constituted by 

 several societies, including this Society. The Government con- 

 sented to consult the committee as occasion might arise, and has 

 already done so on several occasions. 



A committee of the Council considered the question of increas- 

 ing the accommodation in the Society's building, and especially of 

 providing space for larger meetings. Want of funds prevented 

 anything being done. 



During the year the caretaker's cottage has been renovated, 

 the fence has been repaired thoroughly, a hedge has been planted, 

 and the grounds generally have been put in order as far as funds 

 would allow. 



A new bookcase has been placed in the lecture room, as the 

 library is full, and storage shelving has been furnished in the 

 lower room. 



The Council agreed to defray the cost of stationery and postage 

 incurred in the compilation of a new edition of the Catalogue of 

 Scientific and Technical periodicals in Melbourne. The work is 

 well advanced, and the new edition promises to contain about 

 double the number of entries that the previous one did. 



The death of Mr. Ellery reduced the number of Trustees to 

 two, and at the request of the Society, the Chief Secretary, the 

 Hon. J. E. Mackey, consented to the appointment of Professor 

 W. Baldwin Spencer and Mr. P. Baracchi to fill the vacancies 

 caused by the death of Mr. Ellery and of Sir W. F. Stawell, the 

 latter of whom died many years ago. The appointments were 

 duly gazetted. 



Professor W. Baldwin Spencer subsequently resigned his seat 

 on the Council owing to the increased pressure of his other public 

 duties. Professor Spencer was Secretary of the Society from 

 1889 to 1899, and had a seat on the Council from 1888 to the 



