Field Nafupalisfs' Club of Victoria, 



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



patrons : 



BARON SIR F. VON MUELLER, K.C.M.G., M. & Ph. D., LL.D., F.R.S. 

 SIR FREDERICK M'COV, K.C.M.G., M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S. 



■* OFFICE-BEARERS, 1894-5. *■ 



president: MR. H. T. TISDALL, F.L.S. 



WiCespi-es^Cltta : MR. F. G. A. BARNARD. PROF. W. B. SPENCER, M.A. 



113011. {Treasurer: MR. C. FROST, Mont Victor Road, East Kew. 



1bon. librarian: MR. E. ANDERSON, 17 Cunningham Road, Toorak. 



Ibon. Secretary: MR. H. P. C. ASHWORTH, Oxley Road, Glenferrie. 



1bon. Editor of tbe " IPictorfan IWaturalist : " 



MR. F. G. A. BARNARD, Bulleen Road, Kew. 



Committee : REV. W. FIELDER, MR. T. S. HALL, M.A., MR. G. R. HILL, 



MR. J. SHEPHARD and Mr. G. SWEET. 



*1 OBJECTS. ** 



This Club was founded in 1880 for the purpose of affording observers and lovers of Natural 

 History regular and frequent opportunities for discussing those special subjects in which they 

 are mutually interested ; for the Exhibition of Specimens ; and for promoting Observations 

 in the Field by means of Excursions to various collecting grounds around the Metropolis. 



BUSINESS PAPER FOR MONTHLY MEETING. 



Monday, 13th August, 1894, «*t 8 jp.xr*.. 



i. Correspondence and Reports. 



2. Election of Members. 



The following persons have been duly nominated for election at this meeting : — 

 Proposer. Seconder. 



Mr. D. B. Ferguson ... Mr. W. H. Ferguson ... Mr. H. P. C. Ashworth 



Mr. R. Harvie Mr. W. Stickland ... Mr. J. Stickland 



Mr. A. H. Westley ...Mr. J. Gabriel ... Mr. C. French, sen. 



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 Rev. Walter Fielder — " A Study of Professor Drummond's 'Ascent of Man.'" 



6. Reading of Natural History Notes. 



" Should Magpies be protected ? " All interested are invited to contribute to a 

 discussion on this subject. 



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 10 furnish the Hon. Sec. with written 

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



