38 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



several parts, from Mr. S. W. Fulton ; '* Report on the Pitfield 

 Plains Goldfield, Victoria," from the Department of Mines ; 

 Journal of Agriculture of Victoria, vol. i., part 5, from Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture ; " Catalogue of Nests and Eggs of Australian 

 Birds," part 2, and " Records of Australian Museum," May, 

 1902, from the Australian Museum, Sydney ; " Queensland Flora," 

 part 5, by J. F. Bailey, F.L.S., Colonial Botanist, from Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Brisbane; " Proceedings of Royal Society of 

 Queensland," vol. xviii., part i, from the society ; " Proceedings 

 of Linnean Society of New South Wales," vol. xxvi., part 4, from 

 the society ; " Report on Forestry of Tasmania," from Royal 

 Society of Tasmania ; " Annual Report of Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 1900," from the institute; Nature Notes, April and May, 

 1902, from the Selborne Society, London ; Science Gossip, April, 

 1902, and Knowledge, April and May, 1902, from the proprietors. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. H. Darrell Hawkins, Rowan- 

 street, Elsternwick, and Master Roy Felstead, 39 Brighton-road, 

 St. Kilda, were elected as ordinary members ; Mr. Ed. Henry 

 Hatfield, Pakenham, and Mr. D. Goudie, Birchip, as country 

 members ; and Master C. French, Richmond, as a junior 

 member. 



ALTERATION TO RULE. 



Mr. J. Shephard, being unable to attend to move his proposed 

 alteration to rule 6 of the Club rules, wrote asking that the matter 

 be postponed to the following meeting. Mr. F. G. A. Barnard 

 therefore moved — " That the next ordinary meeting be a special 

 meeting for the purpose of considering the proposed alteration of 

 rule 6," which was seconded by Mr. D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., and, 

 after a short discussion, was carried. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The hon. secretary, Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., then read the 

 twenty-second annual report for 1901-2, which was as follows : — 



"To the Members of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria. 

 Ladies and Gentlemen, — In presenting to you the twenty-second 

 annual report, embracing the work of the Club during the past 

 year, ending 30th April, 1902, your committee have much 

 pleasure in congratulating you on the continued steady progress 

 being made. 



" The membership is steadily increasing, and now totals 164, 

 comprising 145 ordinary, 2 life, 9 honorary, and 8 country 

 members, while recent nominations point to a still further 

 increase in the year upon which we have just entered. 



" Our roll of honorary members has sustained a loss in the 

 death of Professor Ralph Tate, F.G.S., who for 25 years occupied 



