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prevention. During the next few days a deputation waited upon 

 the Minister, at which representatives of the Ckib, the Royal 

 Society of Victoria, Ornithologists' Union, the Zoological and 

 Acclimatisation Society, the Royal Geographical Society, the 

 Board of Directors of the Australian Natives' Association, and 

 many influential gentlemen attended. 



" The deputation was ably supported by Professor W. Baldwin 

 Spencer, and we are pleased to be able to record that their 

 efforts were entirely successful, and the proposed subdivision 

 cancelled. 



" In order to arouse further interest in the matter a public 

 meeting was held in the Athenjeum Hall. This meeting was a 

 decided success. Resolutions affirming the desirability of retain- 

 ing the Promontory as a permanent National Park, and having it 

 vested in trustees, were unanimously carried, 



" Some time after a large deputation, comprising, in addition 

 to the various societies mentioned, the Victorian Anglers' 

 Association, the Trustees of the Public Library and the Exliibi- 

 tion Building, again waited upon the Minister, but failed to obtain 

 a definite promise to their request. 



" Details of the action taken were given in the Naturalist for 

 January last, and with this report will be issued a map of the 

 Promontory, showing the portion since permanently reserved. 

 This, though amounting to about 75,000 acres, we regret to say, 

 does not embrace the whole area, as a strip half a mile in depth 

 from the coast-line has been only temporarily reserved, which 

 to a certain extent nullifies the advantages of the permanent 

 reservation of the interior portion. 



" With regard to the request to vest the park in trustees for 

 its management, no action by the Government has yet been 

 indicated. It is, however, gratifying to feel that the watchfulness 

 of the Club has been of some benefit to the public at large. 



" A report having been received regarding the wanton destruc- 

 tion of Lyre-birds at Bright and the surrounding districts, an effort 

 was made through the daily press to arouse public feeling in the 

 matter._ Unfortunately little good appears to have been achieved, 

 and it is feared that the slaughter continues. 



" Further efforts were made during the year in several parts of 

 the State to have the opening date for Quail-shooting altered to 

 a month earlier, and the matter was brought forward at one of 

 our monthly meetings, when, after considerable discussion, it was 

 decided that the views of the Club, protesting against any altera- 

 tion being made, be communicated to the Minister of Public 

 Works and the daily press. Much public interest was aroused, 

 and at the request of Mr. C. W. M'Lean, Engineer of Ports and 

 Harbours, who has the administration of the Game Act, the 

 Minister expressed his willingness to receive a deputation from 



