Field NatiiPalists' Club of Victoria, 



ROOMS— ROYAL SOCIETY'S HALL, VICTORIA ST., MELBOURNE. 



BUSINESS PAPER FOR MONTHLY MEETING. 

 Monday, 8th August, 1898, at Eight p.m. 



1. Correspondence and Reports. 



2. Election of Members. 



Proposer. Seconder. 



Mr. J. W. Black, Smith Street .. .. O. A. Sayce .. W. Stickland 



Mr. A. C. F. Gates. Trinity College .. A.J.Campbell .. A. Campbell, jun. 



Mr. A. C. Smart, Toorak Rd. Camberwell S. A. J. Campbell .. A. Campbell, jun. 



Mr. H.C. Smart .. .. .. A.J.Campbell .. A. Campbell, jun. 



Mr. Cullis Hill, Camberwell .. .. R.Hall .. Geo. Coghill 



3. Nominations for Membership. 



Members making nominations will oblige by handing the full name and address to 

 Hon. Secretary. 



4. General Business. 



5. Reading of Papers and Discussions thereon. 



1. By Mr. J. G. Luehmann, F.L.S., " Some observations on pre-Linnean 



Botanists," continued. Illustrated by their works. 



2. By Mr. Evelyn G. Hogg, M.A. (communicated), "Notes on the Rocks of 



Kerguelen Island." 



3. By Mr. R. Hall, "On the life history of the Blue-banded Grass Parrakeet 



(Neofhema venusta) Temm. 



6. Reading of Natural History Notes. 



Members who may note any unusual occurrence, or see anything of interest in Foreign 

 or Colonial papers, are requested to inform the Secretary of the same that he 

 may arrange for their bringing them before the meeting; such notes should, 

 however, be brief. 



7. Exhibition of Specimens and Conversazione. 



Members exhibiting specimens are requested to furnish the Hon. Sec. with written 

 particulars of their Exhibits, for record in Minutes and Naturalist. 



^ EXCURSIONS. ^ 



Saturday, 2oth August. Cheltenham. Under the leadership 

 of Mr. J. G. Luehmann, F.L.S. Meet train Prince's Bridge Station, 

 1. 10 p.m. Botany and Pond Life. 



Saturday, ioth September. Ringwood. Under the leadership 

 of Messrs. R. Hall and G. Coghill. Prince's Bridge Station, 1.35 p.m. 

 Botany and Ornithology. 



Excursion Programmes for 1898-9 Now Ready. 



