Cbe Uictorian Haturaltsi 



Vol. XX.— No. 3. JULY 9, 1903. No. 235. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA, 



The twenty-third annual meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday, 15th June, 1903. The 

 president, Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., occupied the chair, and about 

 forty-five members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the Club excursion to the Clifton Hill Quarries on 

 Saturday, loth May, was furnished by the leader, Mr. G. B. 

 Pritchard. The Club members were joined by the field geology 

 students from the Working Men's College, making altogether a 

 party of twenty-eight. The general geological features of the 

 neighbourhood were first pointed out by the leader, and a sum- 

 mary of the minerals obtainable, with their mode of occurrence, 

 was given. The quarries were then inspected, and very fair 

 examples of Phacolite, Mesolite, and Phillipsite, all members of 

 the Zeolite group, were obtained. Among other minerals noticed 

 were Calcite, Arragonite, Magnesite, Vivianite, Psilomelane, and 

 Halloysitic Clays. Some of the party then proceeded further 

 up the Merri Creek for a closer investigation of the interesting 

 geological features disjdayed in its valley. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Records of the Geological Survey of 

 Victoria," vol. i., part 2, from the Department of Mines, 

 Melbourne ; Journal of Agricultur-e, Victoria, May, 1903, from 

 Department of Agriculture, Melbourne ; Agricultural Gazette 0/ 

 New South Wales, April, May, and June, 1903, from Depart- 

 ment of Mines and Agriculture, Sydney ; " Annual Report, 

 Department of Mines, New South Wales," 1902, from the Depart- 

 ment ; " Forest Flora of New South Wales," part iii., and 

 " Critical Revision of Genus Eucalyptus," part ii., by J. H. 

 Maiden, F.L.S , Government Botanist, New South Wales, from 

 the author ; " Notes on the Natural History of Western Aus- 

 tralia," by M. A. C. Eraser, F.R.G.S., from Dr. A. Morrison, 

 Government Botanist, Perth; "Annual Reports Smithsonian 

 Institution," 1900 and 1 901, from the institution; "Proceedings 

 Nova Scotia Institute of Science," vol. x., part 3, from the 

 institute; "Proceedings Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia," 

 vol. liv., part 2, from the society ; Nature Notes, April and May, 

 1903, from the Selborne Society, London; Knowledge, May, 

 1903, from the proprietors. 



