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the earlier history of the Club, and had always been an enthusiastic 

 and hard worker on the occasions of the wild flower exhibitions. 

 Mr. Coghill briefly returned thanks, and said that he would 

 always treasure the volumes as a reminder of the many happy 

 evenings he had spent with the members of the society. After a 

 song by Mr. Arthur Ellemor, and a recitation by Miss Carrie 

 Haase, Mr. F. G. A. Barnard said that he desired to present to 

 the Club, through the president, a framed record he had prepared, 

 showing the office-bearers during the twenty-one years, together 

 with a list of the original members, and tablets stating that 550 

 papers had been read at the meetings, and seventeen volumes, 

 containing 3,084 pages, of the Victorian Naturalist had been 

 published as the visible results of the twenty-one years' existence. 

 The president, in accepting the gift, said that it would be an 

 interesting exhibit in the Club's meeting-room, and trusted Mr. 

 Barnard would long continue to work for the Club as heartily as 

 he had done in the past. After songs by Messrs. Lightfoot and 

 Wyatt, and a vote of thanks to the performers had been carried 

 by acclamation, the National Anthem was sung. All the 

 members present contributed their signatures to a memento of the 

 evening, which will be framed and hung up in the Club room at 

 the Royal Society's Hall. The evening proved such a success, 

 both musically and socially, that hopes were expressed that it 

 would not be long before the Club attempted another such 

 gathering. 



NOTES ON THE LOWER SILURIAN AND GRANITE 

 OF THE UPPER WERRIBEE. 



By C. C. Brittlebank. 



{Read hefore the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, VMli Avgust, ICOO.) 

 The district referred to under the above name commences about 

 5^ miles west from Bacchus Marsh, extends to the junction of 

 the Stony Hut with Pyke's Creek, and is situated in the parishes 

 of Gorrockburkghap and Gorung. 



The country is drained by the Werribee and its tributaries, 

 viz., Myrniong and Pyke's Creeks, all of which run in a more 

 or less south-easterly direction. 



Within this area the geological formations are of great interest, 

 and comprise — Lower Silurian ; Granite ; Glacial Series (Bacchus 

 Marsh Sandstones) ; Bacchus Marsh leaf beds (Miocene of the 

 Geological Survey) ; Older Volcanic ; Clay, Sand, and Pebble 

 beds ; Newer Volcanic ; and Recent. 



It is my intention to give a brief sketch in which an attempt 

 will be made to show some of the features of the Lower Silurian 

 and their relation to the Ingliston Granite, which is visible over an 

 area of about 12 square miles. 



