114 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library :■- -Reports from Department of Mines, 

 Victoria ; " Proceedings Royal Society of New South Wales, 

 1900," from the Society ; " Proceedings Linnean Society of New 

 South Wales," vol. xxvi., part 2, from the Society ; " Report on 

 Iron Ore Deposits of New South Wales," from Department of 

 Mines, Sydney;" Annual Report Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 1900," 

 from the Director; "Annual Report Australian Museum, Sydney, 

 1 90c," from the Trustees ; " Proceedings Royal Society, South 

 Australia," vol. xxv., part i, 1901, from the Society; The Emu, 

 October, 1901, from the Australasian Ornithologists' Union ; 

 Knowledge and Science Gossip, September and October, 1901, 

 from the proprietors ; Nature Notes, September and October, 

 1 901, from the Selborne Society; Report of the American 

 Museum of Natural History, 1900," from the Museum ; "Trans- 

 actions of the Wisconsin Academy," vol. xiii., part i, 1900, from 

 the Academy ; " Proceedings of Academy of Natural Science, 

 Philadelphia," vol. liii., part i, from the Academy ; and 

 "Minnesota Botanical Studies," July, 1901, from the Minnesota 

 State Botanist. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. Gustav Weindorfer, Austro- 

 Hungarian Consulate, Flinders-lane, Melbourne, and Mr. A. D. 

 Hardy, 127 Victoria-parade, Fitzroy, were duly elected as 

 ordinary, and Mr. E. E. Pescott, Edward-street, Shepparton, as a 

 country member of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



The President stated that it was proposed by the committee to 

 adopt a suitable badge to be worn by members during the Club's 

 excursions, as it frequently happened that new members attending 

 were unable to distinguish their fellow-members among the 

 crowds of people at the meeting places. A design had been 

 selected by the committee, consisting of a leaf, surmounted with 

 the letters F.N.C., and inquiries had been made as to the cost. 

 It was found that this badge could be supplied to members, if 

 sufficient were ordered, made of silver with blue enamel letters, at 

 a cost of 28. 6d. each. He thought, however, that the general 

 meeting should express its opinion as to what form the badge 

 should take. 



The adoption of a suitable badge was generally supported by 

 the members, and various suggestions were put forward by 

 members. It was finally decided to leave the matter in the hands 

 of the president and hon. secretary to choose the most suitable 

 design submitted, and to refer it to a subsequent ordinary 

 meeting. 



The President stated that he had been appointed as local 



