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Vol. XVIIL— No. 12. APRIL 10, 1902. No. 220. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary meeting of the Club was held in the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, loth March, 1902. The 

 president, Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., occupied the chair, and about 

 50 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the Club's dredging trip in Port Phillip Bay on 

 Saturday, 15th February, was given by the leader, Mr. J. Gabriel, 

 who stated that about thirteen members attended. The water was, 

 however, rather too rough to get the best results with the dredges, 

 but a fair amount of material was secured, and taken home for 

 more careful examination. Nothing of any rarity, however, had 

 been reported from the results of the afternoon's work. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



The chairman announced that it had been decided to reprint 

 the Club rules, and as several alterations had been made since 

 last printed, the committee had given the whole of the rules 

 careful revision, and slips as now proposed were distributed 

 among those present. 



Mr. G. Coghill gave notice, on behalf of the committee, that a 

 special meeting of the Club be held on the night of the next 

 ordinary meeting, and that he would then move that the rules 

 as now printed be adopted as the rules of the Club. 



Mr. G. A. Keartland considered that it would be advisable 

 that the resolution adopted by the committee some time ago, 

 viz., " That all papers sent to the Club must be submitted to 

 the committee for their approval before publication," should be 

 either be rescinded or made one of the rules of the Club. 



Mr. F. G. A. Barnard said he thought that if any alterations 

 were desired in the rules as now printed notice must be given of 

 such alteration at the present meeting. 



Mr. J. F. Haase then gave notice of motion that he would 

 move — "That the resolution be adopted as a rule of the Club." 



PAPERS. 



I. By Mr. F. L. Billinghurst, entitled "Some Notes on the 

 Dragon-flies of the Alexandra District, Victoria." 



This paper consisted of a number of interesting field notes on 

 the Dragon-flies collected by the author at various times in the 

 Alexandra district, and which had been submitted by him to M. 



