Cbe Uktonan naturalist 



Vol. XXL— No. 7. NOVEMBER 3, 1904. No. 251. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, loth October, 1904. 



The president, Mr. O. A. Sayce, occupied the chair, and about 

 150 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



[Several reports are held over, on account of pressure on space. 

 —Ed. Vict. Nat.] 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hayden, 36 

 Park-street, West Brunswick, and Mrs. J. C. Kaufmann, 21 Koo- 

 yong Koot-road, Hawthorn, were elected as ordinary members ; 

 Miss Jessie Nicholls, and Messrs. F. Schccfer, Gordon Wilson, J. 

 Wilson, as associate members ; and Sylvia Leach, Nell Hughes, 

 T. M. Hall, A. S. Hall, Harold E. Kershaw, Leslie N. Kershaw, 

 W. D. Chapman, Ernest Moore, A. O. Tymms, W. Keartland, 

 Dorothy Haase, Janet French, Lily French, F. J. Kilgour, P. 

 Cameron, S. Hansen, L. Hansen. From State School No. 1396, 

 Brighton-street, Richmond — Frederick Williams, Claude Grehan, 

 Arthur Langford, Frank Hooks, Joseph Winter, Stanley Lewis, 

 Stanley Cassidy, John Campbell, Leslie Burrows, Clarence 

 Robinson, Harold Smith, Leslie M'Nab, as junior members of 

 the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Mr. A. J. Campbell said that he had been asked by Mr. C. 

 French, jun., who was unable to be present, to suggest that some 

 of the flowers from the exhibits of the evening be kept until next 

 day, and then placed on the grave of the late Baron von Mueller. 

 It was pointed out, however, that on previous occasions it had 

 been found that the flowers were, after the night's exhibition, too 

 withered for the purpose ; nevertheless, exhibitors were asked to 

 reserve some of their flowers for this object, and Messrs. C. 

 French, jun., and C. Coles were appointed as a sub-committee to 

 act in the matter. 



The President reported as to the efforts made since last meet- 

 ing towards securing the permanent reservation of Wilson's Pro- 

 montory as a National Park. He congratulated the club on 

 having initiated the idea, and said, from the enthusiasm evinced 

 in the matter by the general public, he hoped that the presenta- 



