46 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



Zoology. 

 Class 2 — Moi-LUSCA — First prize, Charles J. Gabriel. 

 ,, 3- Lepidopteka — First prize, Gerald F. Hill. 

 ,, 4 - Coi.eopteka — First prize, Jack Turnbull. 

 ,, 5 — Hymenoptera — First prize. Bernard F. Hill. 

 ,, 6 — Collection Illustrating Orders of Insects — First prize, 



Bernard F. Hill. 

 ,, 7— Collection Illustrating Life-Histories of Insects — First 

 prize, Gerald F. Hill ; second prize, Bernard F. Hill. 



Bolauy. 

 Class 8 — Flowering Plants — First prize, Rose Elliott ; second prize, 

 Frederick Higgins. 

 ,, 9 — Ferns, Mosses, and Fungi — First prize, John Russell ; second 

 prize, Mark Elliott. 



Geology. 

 Class 12— Rocks and Minerals— Second prize, Frederick Higgins. 



A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Baron von Mueller for 

 his kindness in distributing the prizes. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The hon. secretary (Mr. H. P. C. Ashworth) then read the 

 fourteenth annual report, 1893-94, 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 fourteenth annual report of the Club's 

 work, being for the period ending 30th April, 1894. 



" In view of the unparalleled depression and continued 

 depopulation of Melbourne, it must be a matter of congratulation 

 that the membership of the Club has been fully sustained during 

 the past year. Twenty-nine members, of whom five were ladies, 

 have been added to the list ; while 23 names have been removed 

 on account of resignation and death. The total membership 

 may now be put down at 229, including honorary and life 

 members. The times are more clearly reflected in the sub- 

 scription list, which is one less than last year ; and your 

 committee take this opportunity of impressing on those members 

 in arrear the necessity of prompt payment, as the financial 

 position of the Club is not entirely satisfactory, owing to the 

 continued suspension of the Metropolitan Bank. 



" Members are also reminded that the Club's position may be 

 improved, and its sphere of action enlarged, by the introduction 

 of new members to our ranks, and that the present is the best 

 time for new members to join. 



'■ Nineteen papers and reports were read during the past year, 

 of which zoology claimed 9, botany 2, geology 2, general 

 subjects 3, and trips and excursions 3 ; and the thanks of the 

 Club are due to those who have in this practical manner con- 

 tributed to the diffusion of a knowledge of natural history, which 

 this Club seeks to promote, and also to those members who — in. 



