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as possible in encouraging our young members to attend. He 

 pointed out that the leaders frequently went to much trouble to 

 make these trips as interesting as possible, and it was very dis- 

 couraging to them to find so few availing themselves of such 

 splendid opportunities to gain a knowledge of our commoner 

 forms of animal and plant life. 



The hon. librarian acknowledged the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Report of Trustees Public Library, 

 &c., Melbourne, for 1906," from the Trustees ; reprints of various 

 papers by Prof. A. J. Ewart, D.Sc, Government Botanist, from 

 the author ; " Notes on a Peculiar Habitat of a Chlorophyte," 

 by A. D. Hardy, F.L.S. ; reprint from Journal Roy. Micro. 

 Socy., from the author ; " Trees and Shrubs of Tasmanian 

 Forests of Order MyrtaceDC," by L. Rodway, Government 

 Botanist, from the Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club ; Journal 

 of Agriculture oj Victoria, September, 1902, from the Department 

 of Agriculture, Melbourne ; " Forest Flora of New South Wales," 

 part 26, by J. H. Maiden, F.L.S. , Government Botanist, from the 

 author; Agricultural Gazette oj New South Wales, September, 

 1907, from the Secretary for Agriculture, Sydney ; Nature Notes, 

 July and August, 1907, from the Selborne Society, London; 

 " Pond Life : Insects," by E. A. Butler, B.A., B.Sc. (purchased). 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. Herbert Johnson, 36 Rouse- 

 street, Port Melbourne, was elected an ordinary member, and 

 Masters E. Ley land and Allan Naylor, 53 Campbell-road, Upper 

 Hawthorn, as associates of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S., moved—" That the invitation to 

 members publishing new species or regional records at present 

 affecting botanical workers only apply to all sections of natural 

 history work of the Club, and that the notice be amended accord- 

 ingly." 



In speaking to the motion, Mr. Hardy thought that the re- 

 commendation to members to present to the Club a specimen of 

 all plants recorded as new species or new to any part of the State, 

 carried at a previous meeting, should equally apply to zoology. 

 Such specimens would no doubt be appreciated by the National 

 Museum, where they would be preserved and be available for 

 future reference. The motion was seconded by Mr. F. G. A. 

 Barnard. 



Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., explained that the object which Professor 

 Ewart had in view in bringing forward the original proposal with 

 regard to botanical specimens was to ensure the authenticity of 

 records, and pointed out that while in botany there was no 

 difficulty in obtaining duplicate examples of most of the plants, 



