34 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Miss Emily M. Fisher, " Wyoming," 

 Lisson-grove, Hawthorn, and Mr, H. Dowling, 20 Gellibrand- 

 street, Kew, were duly elected as ordinary members, and Mr. 

 John S. Kitson, Branjee, Euroa, as a country member of the Club. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The hon. secretary, Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.L.S., then read the 

 twenty-third annual report for 1902-3, which was as follows: — 



" To the Members of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria. 

 Ladies and Gentlemen, — Your committee have much pleasure in 

 presenting to you the twenty-third annual report, embracing the 

 work of the Club for the year ending 30th April 1903. 



" It is a source of much satisfaction to us that we are able to 

 report that the condition of the Club is most satisfactory, while 

 the prospects for the future are decidedly encouraging. 



"The membership of the Club is still on the increase, 37 

 new members having been added to the roll during the 

 year, while 20 names have been removed on account of resigna- 

 tions and death, leaving us with an increase of 17 over that of the 

 previous year. 



"The total membership is now 181, comprising 9 honorary, 

 2 life, 157 ordinary, and 13 country members. 



" Our usual monthly meetings continued to attract good 

 attendances, and there is no evidence of the interest in them 

 falling off, while the exhibition of specimens, which have been 

 good and varied, continues to be a source of much interest to 

 members generally. This feature of the Club's programme 

 might, with advantage, be still further extended, and your 

 committee would urge individual members to assist in adding to 

 the interest of our meetings by bringing forward such objects as 

 would tend to increase our knowledge of the various forms with 

 which we are surrounded. 



" The papers read show a slight increase, numerically, over 

 those of the previous year, and the subjects are well distributed 

 over the various branches of natural history. These have, in 

 most instances, been well discussed, while several have been 

 illustrated with lantern views. Thirty-three papers were read, 

 of which 17 related to zoology, 6 to botany, 3 to geology, 3 to 

 general subjects, and 4 to tri[)S. Of the zoological papers, 3 were 

 devoted to birds, 2 to fish, i to reptiles, i to molluscs, and 9 

 to insects. 



" The authors were Messrs. E. Anderson, F. G. A. Barnard and 

 Dr. C. S. Sutton, M.B., F. L. Billinghurst, A. G. Campbell, J. H. 

 Gatliff, D. Goudie, E. Green, F.E.S., T. S. Hall, M.A., R. Hall, 

 A. D. Hardy, J. F. Haase, G. A. Keartland, J. A. Kershaw, 

 F.E.S., D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., S. A. Le Souef, F. Madden, 

 M.L.A., U. M' Alpine, A. J. North, C.M.Z.S., G. B. Pritchard, F. 



