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accession to the ranks of the boy and girl scouts. We regret 

 the death of Mr. F. R. Godfrey, who had been a member since 

 1883 ; of Mr. F. M. Reader, who, though not a member in 

 recent years, contributed papers of botanical importance to our 

 journal ; and of Colonel J. R. Y. Goldstein, who was one of the 

 founders of the Club, and at one time vice-president, though 

 of recent years he had followed other inclinations. The recent 

 death of Mr. O. A. Sayce, A.L.S., an original member and past 

 president of the Club, is a calamity that will mark the past 

 year as a memorable one, and a tribute to his work aj^pcared 

 in the June Naturalist. 



" The attendance at general monthly meetings fluctuated 

 between 50 and 100, including visitors, according to the weather 

 or the nature of the subjects of the papers. At the August 

 meeting. Dr. Danes, of the Geological Department of the 

 Bohemian University of Prague, was welcomed. 



" The papers read during the year numbered 21, and were of 

 a varied nature, as follows : — Botany, 8 ; geology (including 

 mineralogy, physiography, palaeontology), 4 ; zoology (in- 

 cluding ornithology, entomology, entomostraca, and protozoa), 

 7 ; and general, 3. At the August meeting the Club was 

 favoured with an illustrated lecture by Mr. R. T. Baker, F.L.S., 

 Curator of the Technological Museum, Sydney, entitled " Our 

 National Heritage : the Gum-trees," which .was greatly 

 appreciated by a large audience ; and at the September meeting 

 Mr. J. A. Leach, M.Sc, delivered a lecture on " Birds of Vic- 

 toria," which was, under adverse circumstances, highly 

 successful. Authors of papers read were Messrs. R. W. 

 Armitage, B.Sc. (2), J. W. Audas (2), F. G. A. Barnard, 

 A. G. Campbell, F. Chapman. A.L.S., A. J. Ewart, Ph.D., 

 D.Sc, F.L.S. (2), ]. C. Goudie, A. D. Hardv, F.L.S. (3), 

 J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., A. W. Lee, D. M' Alpine, J. G. 

 O'Donoghue and P. R. H. St. John, J. Searle, and G. A 

 Waterhouse, B.Sc, F.E.S. 



" Application from abroad for certain numbers of the Vic- 

 torian Naturalist, and reviews by other journals, are a tribute 

 to the importance of the papers contained in many of the 

 numbers, while an increased exchange list, on the invitation of 

 other bodies, speaks well for the journal as a whole. For this 

 the Club is indebted to the members who have contributed 

 original papers and to those whose descriptive notes of travel, 

 exhibits, &c., keep up the interest shown in the Club's literary 

 production, and also to the hon. editor. Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, 

 to whose careful supervision much of the success of our 

 journal is due. 



" Natural history notes and exhibits have been important 

 features of our monthly meetings, and the discussions following 

 the reading of papers have at times been very informative. It 



