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Vol. XVIII. —No. 3. JULY 4, 1901. No. 211. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The twenty-first annual meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, loth June 1901. 

 Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A. (one of the vice-presidents), occupied the 

 chair, and about 50 members and friends were present. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



From Mr. J. H, Gatliff, regretting his inability to attend the 

 meeting, and desiring his name to be withdrawn from the list of 

 nominations for the Committee for the ensuing year, owing to 

 pressure of private business. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the excursion to Aitken's Hill, Somerton, on Satur- 

 day, 25th May, was given by the leader, Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., 

 who said that the outing was rendered rather unpleasant by the 

 strong north wind which had to be faced in reaching the hill, 

 which, though of volcanic origin, did not present any unusual 

 features. The view from it, however, was worth the exertion 

 expended. During the afternoon a search was made for a 

 deposit of limestone marked on the geological maps near Broad- 

 meadows, but which when found did not yield any of the fossils 

 it is recorded to contain. 



The hon. librarian acknowledged the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Proceedings of the Linnean Society 

 of New South Wales," 1900, part iv., from the Society; Queens- 

 land Agricultural Journal, May, 1901, from the Department of 

 Agriculture, Brisbane ; copies of " Australian Butterflies," by 

 A. S. Olliff, F.E.S., from the New South Wales Naturalists' Club, 

 Sydney ; Hawkeshury Agricultural College Journal, vol. ii., part 6, 

 from the College; Nature Notes, May, 1 901, from the Selborne 

 Society, London ; and Knowledge and Science Gossip, May, 1901, 

 from the proprietors. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. W. G. T. Stevens, Elm-road, 

 Elsternwick, was duly elected an ordinary member, and Mr. A. W. 

 Simpson, " Cornalla," vid Deniliquin, N.S.W., a country member 

 of the Club. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The hon. secretary, Mr. G. Coghill, then read the twenty-first 

 annual report for 1 900-1, which was as follows : — 



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