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The whole matter was carefully considered, and it was decided 

 to ask the Government — (i) To reserve permanently the whole 

 of Wilson's Promontory as a National Park for Victoria ; 

 (2) to vest the National Park in trustees ; (3) to appoint a 

 ranger to act as custodian of the National Park ; (4) to request 

 the Hon, the Minister of Lands to receive a deputation on the 

 subject. 



Matters relating to the Fisheries and Game Acts were also 

 considered at the conference, and a committee was formed, to 

 which all questions relating to the Fisheries and Game Acts, or 

 dealing with the Australian fauna and flora generally, could be 

 referred for report. 



The committee was composed of the representatives appointed 

 by the various scientific societies and institutions interested. It 

 was decided to ask the Government to recognize this committee, 

 and an executive was appointed, consisting of Professor Baldwin 

 Spencer, C.M.G., F.R.S., Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., and Mr. A. 

 H. E. Mattingley, which would deal with all matters as they were 

 received. 



Mr. A. H. E. Mattingley drew attention to the fact that Mr. 

 Robert Hall, C.M.Z.S., who was present, would shortly be leaving 

 the State to take up the position of Curator of the Tasmanian 

 Museum, Hobart, and thought that members would like to take 

 this opportunity to wish Mr. Hall every success in his new sphere. 

 Mr. Hall was an old member of the Club, and had accomplished 

 much useful work during the many years he had been with us. 

 The president endorsed Mr. Mattingley's remarks, and said he 

 joined heartily in wishing Mr. Hall prosperity in his future work. 

 Mr. Hall thanked the members for their kind expressions for his 

 future success, and in the course of his remarks expressed his 

 appreciation of the many benefits he had received while a member 

 of the Club. PAPERS. 



I. By Mr. D. M'Alpine, entitled — "The Specific Name of 

 the Introduced Plant known as ' Onion Weed.'" 



The author said that, not being satisfied with the generally 

 accepted name, Romulea bulbocodium, Sebast. and Mauri, for this 

 plant (Mueller, " Key to System of Victorian Plants "), and bearing 

 in mind the recent diagnosis of it as B. cruciata, Ker-Gavvl, by 

 Prof. Ewart (Journal 0/ Agriculture of Victoria, Sept., 1907), he 

 had forwarded well-selected specimens of the plant in diiterent 

 stages to the Royal Gardens, Kew, England, and had received from 

 the Director the identification Romulea rosea, Echl., which species, 

 however, the Director says is probably conspecific with R. bulbo- 

 codium. 



In reply. Prof. Ewart said that Baron von Mueller appeared 

 to have never been really certain as to the proper name 



