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Australian and other birds on Saturday, 19th September, when an 

 interesting afternoon was spent. 



Mr. G. Weindorfer read a lengthy report on the botanical 

 portion of the Club's excursion to Sandringham on Saturday, 

 26th September. 



Mr. W. Stickland, in reporting on the pond life portion of 

 the same excursion, stated that only the usual forms common to 

 the district were met with. 



Messrs. G. Coghill and G. A. Keartland reported a good 

 attendance on the excursion to Mitcham on Saturday, loth 

 October, and mentioned some of the more important species 

 met with both in botany and ornithology. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — -Journal of Agriculture of Victoria, 

 vol. ii., No. 3, from Department of Agriculture, Melbourne ; 

 " Memoirs of Geological Survey of Victoria, No. 2 : Castlemaine 

 Goldfield," and " Annual Report for 1902," from Department of 

 Mines, Melbourne ; Agricultural Gazette 0/ Nev:) South Wales, 

 vol. xiv., parts 8 and 9, August and September, 1903, from the 

 Department of Agriculture, Sydney ; " Sydney Botanic Gardens : 

 Biographical Notes of Officers," vi., vii., and viii., by J. H. 

 Maiden, F.L.S., Director, from the author; "Catalogue of Nests 

 and Eggs of Australian Birds," part 3, and " Records of Aus- 

 tralian Museum," vol. iv.. No. 8, from the Trustees Australian 

 Museum, Sydney ; " Proceedings Royal Society of Victoria," vol. 

 xvi., part i, 1903, from the society; "Journal and Proceedings 

 Royal Society of New South Wales," vol. xxxvi., 1902, from the 

 society ; " Proceedings Linnean Society of New South Wales," 

 vol. xxviii., part 2, from the society ; " Transactions of New 

 Zealand Institute," vol. XXXV., 1902, from the institute; Nature 

 Notes, August and September, 1903, from Selborne Society, 

 London; Knowledge, August and September, 1903, from the 

 proprietors ; " Proceedings Academy of Natural Sciences, Phila- 

 delphia," vol. liv., from the Academy ; " Transactions Nova 

 Scotian Institute of Science," vol. x., from the institute ; and 

 publications from Field Columbian Museum, Chicago. 



ELECTIONS. 



On a ballot being taken, Messrs. Wm. Somerville, 16 Bellevue- 

 street, Richmond; Ernest E. Barker, F.R.M.S., Wyuna, Park- 

 street, South Yarra ; and Master Joseph Hilton Tuckett, Neerim- 

 road, Murrumbeena, were duly elected members of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



The president announced that, in view of the many and valuable 

 services rendered to the Club by Mr. J. Searle in placing his 



