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and Miss Joyce Bruford, 157 Victoria-road, Upper Hawthorn, 

 Miss Violet Wells, 1 1 Higli-street, St. Kilila, and Miss Lily Kelly, 

 316 Elizabetli-strect, Melbourne, as junior members of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINE.SS. 



Mr. A. Mattingley submitted some particulars regarding a 

 portion of the Mallee district near the South Australian border, 

 which he thought was very desirable for permanent reservation as 

 a National Park, and suggested tlie Government should be 

 approached by the Club on the subject. It was decided that the 

 matter be referred to the committee for consideration. 



Mr. A. D. Hardy, referring to Prof. Ewart's motion, carried at 

 the last meeting of the Club, in which it was desired that in all 

 cases of new plant records at least one specimen of the plant 

 recorded be forwarded for exhibition, and, if possible, presented 

 to the Club, said he thought it should be extended to all 

 branche.s of natural history. It was only fair that the National 

 Museum should be treated similarly to the National Herbarium. 

 He gave notice that he would move 10 that effect at the next 

 ordinary meeting. 



Mr. Barnard, referring to the wild flower show, asked members, 

 when requesting friends in the country to forward specimens, to 

 give more precise directions as to packing. He regretted that 

 some of the flowers forwarded were spoilt owing to defective 

 packing. 



The death of the late Mr. C. Walter was referred to by Mr. D. 

 Best, who said that, though not of late years a member of the 

 Club, Mr. Walter had rendered much assistance to the Club in 

 the past, and many members were under obligations to him. 

 His loss was greatly to be deplored. Mr. Best thought that an 

 expression of regret should be recorded in the minutes. Tributes 

 of respect were also paid by Messrs. G. A. Keartland, F. G. A. 

 Barnard, and D. M'Alpine, and on Mr. Barnard's suggestion it 

 was decided that a letter of condolence be sent to Mr. Walter's 

 relatives. 



Great regret was expressed at the loss sustained by the hon. 

 secretary, Mr. J. A. Kershaw, through the recent death of his 

 mother, and on the motion of Messrs. O. A. Sayce and J. Shep- 

 hard, a resolution of sympathy with Mr. Kershaw in his bereave- 

 ment was carried, and the assistant hon. secretary was instructed 

 to forward a letter of condolence on behalf of the Club. 



PAPERS. 



I. By Mr. 0. A. Sayce, entitled " Description of a New 

 Remarkable Crustacean with Primitive Malacostracan Charac- 

 ters." 



In this paper the author gave a preliminary description of a 

 new form of fresh-water crustacean, differing so essentially from 

 all known allied forms that he has considered it necessary to 



