44 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



The financial statement having been received, the chairman 

 congratulated the members upon the splendid financial position 

 of the Club. On the motion of Messrs. A. H. Mattingley and 

 J. H. Gatliff the statement was adopted. 



OFFICE-BEARERS FOR I905-6. 



The following ofifice-bearers, being the only nominations 

 received, were declared duly elected : — President, Mr. F. G. A. 

 Barnard ; vice-presidents, Messrs. G. A. Keartland and F. Wise- 

 would ; hon treasurer, Mr. G. Coghill ; hon. librarian, Mr. S. W. 

 Fulton ; hon. editor, Mr. F. G. A. Barnard ; hon. secretary, Mr. 

 J. F. Haase ; hon. assistant secretary and assistant librarian, 

 Mr. C. L. Barrett. 



Mr. F. Wisewould, in vacating the chair in favour of the newly- 

 elected president, congratulated Mr. Barnard upon the high office 

 in which the members had placed him, and referred to the many 

 years of valuable and enthusiastic services he had rendered to the 

 Club, and to the high esteem in which he was held by his fellow- 

 members. 



The president briefly responded, and thanked the members for 

 the honour they had conferred upon him. 



On a ballot being taken for five members of committee, Messrs. 

 T. S. Hall, M.A., A. D. Hardy, J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., D. Le 

 Souef, C.M.Z.S., and A. H. Mattingley were duly elected. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Mr, A. D. Hardy referred to the position of affairs with regard 

 to the National Park at Wilson's Promontory, pointing out that 

 its value as a sanctuary for members of our unique fauna and 

 flora was discounted by the non-inclusion of the whole of the 

 area in the permanent reservation, and moved — " That the 

 inconsistencies of the present reservation destroy the usefulness 

 of the Park, and the committee be empowered to take such 

 action as may be necessary to urge the reservation of the whole 

 area and its vestment in trustees." 



The motion was seconded by Mr. A. H. Mattingley, and sup- 

 ported by Mr. F. Pitcher, who urged the importance of having 

 the park vested in trustees, who could carefully guard public 

 interests and at the same time conserve the scientific value of the 

 area. 



By way of showing the interest taken by the juniors in the 

 meetings arranged for them, the President read an account of 

 Professor Spencer's lecture on the previous Saturday, written 

 without solicitation by one of the young girls present, and said 

 that he proposed to mark his year as president by offering a prize, 

 under conditions to be announced, for the best series of notes on 

 the junior excursions held during the year. 



