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Vol. XY.— No. 3. JULY 7, 1898. No. 175. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The eighteenth annual meeting of the Club was held in the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, 13th June, 1898. 

 The president, Mr. C. French, F.L.S., occupied the chair, and 

 about 55 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Clavis Hymenomyseticus" Cook et 

 Quelet, and " Handbook of British HepaticEe," M. C. Cook, from 

 Mr. J. Boyes; " Additions to the Fungi on the Vine in Australia," 

 by D. M'Alpine, from the author ; " Transactions of the Royal 

 Society, Victoria," from the Society ; Proceedings Linnean Society 

 of New South Wales," part iv., 1897, from the Society ; " Missouri 

 Botanic Gardens," 9th Report, 1898, from the Board of Trustees. 



ELECTION OF MEMBER. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. David M'Niven, 70 Gore-street, 

 Fitzroy, was elected a member of the Club. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The Hon. Secretary, Mr. Geo. Coghill, read the eighteenth 

 report, 1897-98, which was as follows : — 



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

 Ladies and Gentlemen, — Your Committee have much pleasure 

 in presenting to you the eighteenth annual report of the Club's 

 doings, being for the period ending 30th April, 1898. 



" The membership of the Club has slightly decreased, eight 

 members have been elected (six of whom have fully qualified 

 themselves), and rather more have resigned or been removed, 

 leaving the roll for the new year at 116 ordinary, 2 life, and 

 1 1 honorary members. 



" We would ask members to do their best to induce lovers of 

 natural history and scientists generally to join our ranks, as a 

 larger roll is necessary to enable the Club to carry on its work 

 without being cramped for lack of funds. 



*' The attendance at the ordinary meetings has been well up to 

 past averages, and the number of papers has been large, though 

 the range of subjects has not been as varied as usual. Zoology 

 claimed seventeen papers ; botany, six ; trips, two ; general sub- 

 jects, two ; address, one. The authors were — Messrs. H. Bullen, 

 A. J. Campbell, A. Coles, C. French, F.L.S., T. S. Hall, M.A., 

 R. Hall, J. F. H. Haase, W. H. F. Hill, J. A. Kershaw, G. A. 



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