Field Natopaliste' Club of Victopia. 



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

 BUSINESS PAPER FOR MONTHLY MEETING. 



WS.<»-nLAst,-y, 9«li X>eoexn'K>ex>, 1895, st.'t 8 p*Kn.« 



1. Correspondence and Reports. 



Report of Excursions to Springvale and Warrandyte, from Mr. C. French, F.L.S. 

 Report of Excursion to Plenty River, from Mr. D Best. 



2. Election of Members. 



3. Nominations for Membership. 



Members making nominations will oblige by handing the full name and address to 

 Hon. Secretary. 



4. General Business. 



5. Reading of Papers and Discussions thereon. 



By Mr. C. M, Maplestone, ''Calendars, and the Indexing of Natural History 

 Observations." 



6. Reading of Natural History Notes. 



The discussion on the advisability of removing Magpies from the protected list will 

 be reopened by Mr. C. Frost, F.L.S. All interested are invited to contribute 

 to the discussion. 



Members who may note any unusual occurrence, or see anything of interest in 

 Foreign or Colonial papers, are requested to mention the same at our meetings 

 for the purpose of discussion. 



7. Exhibition of Specimens and Conversazione. 



Members exhibiting specimens are requested to furnish the Hon. Sec. with written 

 particulars of their Exhibits, for record in Minutes and Naturalist. 



^ KXCURSIOTMS. » 



Saturday, 7TH December, 1895. — Plenty River (via Regent Street 

 Station). Under the leadership of Mr. D. Best. Meet at Spencer Street 

 Station at 12.38 p.m. Object : Entomology. 



Saturday, iith January, 1896. — Heidelberg. Under the leadership 

 of Mr, J. Shephard. Meet at Collingwood station at 2.15 p.m. Object: 

 Pond Life. 



TAe excursion to Fern Tree Gully, fixed for Saturday, 14th December, 

 has been abandoned oiving to the dry season. 



MEETING FOR PRACTICAL WORK. 



There will be no meeting for practical work this month, on account of the 

 Christmas holidays. As the course in Systematic Botany is now completed, 

 suggestions are invited for other lines of study. 



