14 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. [Vol. XXVI. 



was devoted to demonstrating how a landscape is altered by 

 weathering and cutting down by streams. 



The hon. librarian acknowledges the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — Journal of Agriculture of Victoria, 

 January and February, 1909, from Department of Agriculture; 

 The Emu, January, 1909, from the Australasian Ornithologists' 

 Union ; The Microscoj^e, March, 1906, from Watson and Sons, 

 Melbourne; "Records of the Australian Museum, Sydney," 

 vol. vii., part 3, from the Trustees ; " A Critical Revision of 

 Genus Eucalyptus," part 10, and " Forest Flora of New South 

 Wales," vol. iv., part 3, by J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., Government 

 Botanist, from the author ; " Report of Botanic Garden and 

 Domain, Sydney," for 1907-8, from the Director; Agricultural 

 Gazette of Neil) South Wales, February, March, and April, 1909, 

 from Secretary for Agriculture, Sydney; "Proceedings Linnean 

 Society of New South Wales," 1908, part 4, from the Society; 

 The Australian Naturalist, January, 1909, from the New South 

 Wales Naturalists' Club ; The Tasmanian Naturalist, February, 

 1909, from the Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club ; Nature Notes, 

 November and December, 1908, and The Selborne Magazine 

 and Nature Notes, January, February, March, 1909, from the 

 Selborne Society, London. 



ELECTION OF IMEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken. Miss Janet Raff, B.Sc, Stanley-street, 

 Elsternwick, was elected an ordinary member ; Miss Hilda 

 Atkinson, 6 Kooyong Koot-road, Hawthorn, ]\lr. Geo. Langley, 

 93 Bay-street, Port Melbourne, and Mr. Chas. Stout, Gillies- 

 street, Fairfield, as associates ; and Masters Ronald Chugg, 

 Mont Albert-road, Canterbury, and Sidney Green, 235 Auburn- 

 road, Hawthorn, as junior members of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



The hon. secretary reported that, as representative of the Club 

 he had attended the deputation of the National Parks Associa- 

 tion which had recently waited on the Premier with the 

 resolutions adopted at the public meeting held in the Melbourne 

 Town Hall. The association desired the reservation of land, 

 &c., at Mallacoota and Wingen Inlets, East Gippsland ; the 

 islands surrounding Wilson's Promontory ; a national park 

 in the Mallee ; and the erection of simple mem.orials to mark the 

 routes travelled and the landing places of the early explorers. 

 To each of these requests the Premier expressed himself 

 favourable, and it seemed probable that something definite 

 would result. 



Nominations were received for office-bearers for the years 

 1909-10, and Messrs. D. Best and J. Stickland were elected to 

 audit the accounts for the past year. 



