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" In addition to the papers, Natural History Notes on various 

 subjects have been read at nearly every meeting, while remarks 

 on specimens exhibited have been rather more numerous than 

 usual, and have added materially to the interest of our 

 gatherings. 



" The field excursions have again attracted good attendances, 

 and the reports by the various leaders show that good practical 

 work is being accomplished through the advantages afforded by 

 these short trips. Included on the programme were two extended 

 excursions, one of which was again held at Launching Place from 

 the 7th to 9th November last, where the good work accomplished 

 on the previous January excursion to the same place was 

 continued with equally satisfactory results. The other, a ten- 

 days' camp-out on the Buffalo Ranges, extending from 24th 

 December to 4th January, proved a great success in every way. 

 A party of twenty-six took part in the camp, including eleven 

 ladies, and the work accomplished, as shown by the detailed 

 reports published in the Naturalist for March last, has added 

 considerably to our knowledge of the fauna and flora of that 

 highly interesting country, and is a lasting record of the valuable 

 field work being achieved by the Club through the medium of 

 our field excursions. 



" The twentieth volume of the Club's journal has been com- 

 pleted under the able editorship of Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, who 

 continues to devote his careful attention to this most important 

 part of the Club's work, and to whom the hearty thanks of the 

 Club are again due. This volume completes the second decade 

 of our journal. 



" During the year several matters of public importance have 

 been considered by your committee, and the necessary action 

 taken. Acting upon reports received regarding the destruction 

 of native game on Lake Mooderaere, the Minister of Public 

 Works and the Rutherglen Shire Council were written to, with 

 satisfactory results. Through the medium of the press the 

 attention of the authorities was again directed to the destruction 

 of the wattles. 



" The question regarding the threatened destruction of the 

 fauna and flora by the proposal of the Government to lease the 

 river and creek frontages throughout the State, which includes 

 the right to cultivate these areas, was discussed at one of the 

 general meetings, and referred to your committee to take such 

 action as they deemed necessary. However, until some definite 

 information is obtained as to the provisions of the leases, it is 

 impossible to decide upon a line of action. 



" The Minister of Lands was also approached with a view to 

 securing the permanent protection of Malleson's Glen, near 

 Launching Place, which is now protected only so far as the 



