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Vol. XII.— No. 6. SEPTEMBER, 1895. No. 142. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, 9th September, 1895. The 

 president, Professor W. Baldwin Spencer, M.A., occupied the chair, 

 and there was an attendance of some 80 members and visitors. 



REPORT. 



A report of the excursion to Cheltenham was received from 

 Mr. C. French, jun. A pleasant ramble over the heath ground 

 resulted in the collection of a large number of orchids and other 

 ])lants in flower. 



librarian's report. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following dona- 

 tions to the library : — " Report of Secretary for Mines, Victoria, 

 for 1894," from the Department ; Geelong Naturalist for June, 

 from Gordon College Natural History Society ; " Transactions 

 Royal Society of South Australia," vol. xix., part i, from the 

 Society ; " Report of Trustees Australian Museum, Sydney," 1894, 

 from Trustees ; " Proceedings Royal Society of Queensland," vol. 

 xi., part I, from the Society; "Proceedings Natural History 

 Society of Queensland," vol. i., 1892-3-4, from the Society ; 

 " Journal of Bombay Natural History Society," ix., No. 3, from 

 Society; "Nature Notes," May, 1895, from Selborne Society; 

 •'Proceedings Academy of Natural History, Philadelphia," 1893, 

 parts 2 and 3, from Academy. 



VISITOR. 



Mr. E. D. Atkinson, an honorary member of the Club, former!) 

 of Tasmania, was introduced to the meeting by the chairman, and 

 received a hearty welcome. 



paper. 



By Mr. Dudley Le Soucf, entitled "Trip to Mallacoota Inlet." 

 The paper gave an interesting account of an overland trip to 

 this beautiful spot during last March, and was illustrated by 

 limelight views prepared from the photographs taken. The 

 discovery of gold-bearing reefs has greatly stimulated settlement, 

 and with the increased facilities for ocean communication now 



