Field NafLiPalists' Club of Vict-oE-ia, 



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



BUSINESS PAPER FOR MONTHLY MEETING. 

 Monday, 12th September, 1898, at Eight p.m. 



1. Correspondence and Reports. 



2. Election of Members. 



Proposer. Seconder. 



Mr. John Wilcox, 4 Loch St., Hawthorn J. Stickland .. W. Stickland 



3. Election of Hon. Treasurer vice Mr. D. Best (resigned). 



Proposer. Seconder. 



J. T. Gillespie . . . . D. Best . . . . J. A. Kershaw 



4. Nominations for Membership. 



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

 Hon. Secretary. 



5. General Business. 



6. Reading of Papers and Discussions thereon. 



1. By Mr. G. A. Keartland, "Poisonous Plants." 



2. By Mr. R. Kail, " Birds of the Box Hill District" (continued). 



3. By .Mr. J. Shephard, " Remarks on an Exhibit of Rotifers." 



7. 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. 



S. 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. 



^ KXCURSIONS. ^ 



Saturday, ioth September. Ringwood. Under the leadership 

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

 Botany and Ornithology. 



Saturday, 24TH September. Sandringham. Under the leader- 

 ship of Messrs. J. Shephard and C. French. Meet at Flinders Street 

 Station, 1.20 p.m. Pond Life and Botany. 



Saturday, 8th October. Werribee. Under the leadership of 

 Messrs. C. French and G. A. Keartland. Trains leave Spencer Street 

 Station at 10.55 ^■^'^- ^'^d 1.53 p.m. Botany and Ornithology. 



