THK VICTOKIAN NATURALIST. 39 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



TWENTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY. 



A MUSICAL re-union in commemoration of the twenty-first anniver- 

 sary of the foundation of the Club — 6th May, 1880 — was held at 

 the Vienna Cafe, CoHins-street, on Tuesday evening, the 25th 

 June, 1901. The president, Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., occupied the 

 chair, and there was a good attendance of members and their lady 

 friends. Letters apologizing for absence and conveying good wishes 

 for the future of the Club were read from the Rev. J. J. Halley and 

 Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., Sydney, former presidents ; from Dr. T. 

 P. Lucas, Brisbane, one of the first vice-presidents ; and from Mr. 

 A. J. North, C.M.Z.S., Sydney, and Mr. F. C. Christy, C.E., two of 

 the " original members " of the Club. Of the " original members " 

 on the Club roll, numbering 56, in the interval of twenty-one years 

 about one-third have passed away, while several have removed 

 to other colonies, leaving only 14 who have remained members 

 throughout the term ; of these pioneers, nine were present at the 

 re-union, two reside out of Victoria, the remaining three being 

 unable to attend. In addition to these Lieut. -Colonel Goldstein 

 and Mr. W. T. Kendall, two of the first committee, were also 

 present. Towards the entertainment of the company, Mr. A. J. 

 Campbell kindly placed his albums of views taken during the 

 King Island, Kent Group, and Furneaux Group expeditions at 

 the disposal of the committee, and the editor, by a complete set 

 of the Naturalist, showed to some extent what the Club had ac- 

 complished. 



After an overture by Mrs. Freedman, and songs by Miss 

 Meta Haase, Mr. C. Dunlop, and Mr. Hector Lightfoot, Mr. 

 C. French, F.L.S., one of the Club's founders, gave " Some Early 

 Reminiscences of the Club," in which he described the misgivings 

 with which he and Mr. D. Best and the late Mr. D. Kershaw 

 called the preliminary meeting, and their surprise at the number 

 of interested persons who responded to their appeal. Mr. 

 French's remarks proved very interesting to many present, 

 and he was fcUowed by Mr. D. Best (the first honorary 

 secretary), Lieut.-Colonel Goldstein, and Mr. W. T. Kendall, 

 who added some recollections of the "early days" of the 

 society. Songs by Mrs. F. G. A. Barnard and Mr, Walter 

 Wyatt concluded the first part of the programhie. After an 

 interval, during which light refreshments were handed round, 

 the president announced that he then had a very pleasing 

 duty to perform, in the presentation to Mr. Geo. (^oghill, the 

 retiring honorary secretary, of a set of "Chambers's Encyclopiedia," 

 half-bound in morocco, which iiad been subscribed for by his 

 fellow-members as some recognition of the good work he had 

 done as hon. secretary during the past four years, and bearing in 

 mind that he had acted as assistant hon. secretary for six years in 



