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the volume is completed and bound, should be adhered to, 

 evoked a good deal of discussion, during which the im- 

 portance of making current publications available to the 

 members at the earliest possible opportunity was emphasized. 

 On the motion of Mr. O. A. Sayce, seconded by Prof. Ewart, 

 it was decided that this clause be deleted from the librarian's 

 report, and that the advisability of lending unbound parts liable 

 to damage be left to the discretion of the hon. librarian. After 

 further discussion, in which Mrs. Bage, Dr. T. S. Hall, Prof. 

 Ewart, Messrs. D. Best, A. D. Hardy, and others took part, the 

 report was adopted, on the motion of Messrs. D. Best and J. H. 

 Gatliff. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 



The hon. treasurer, Mr. G. Coghill, read the financial state- 

 ment for 1907-8, which was as follows : — 



Receipts. 



To Balance, 30th April, 1907 ... ... ... £116 14 I 



,, Subscriptions — 



Ordinary Members ^"92 17 o 



Country Members ... 21 10 6 



Associates ... 426 



Juniors ... ... 2 12 o 



Victorian Naturalist — 

 Subscriptions and 



Sales ... ... 9 II 4 



Advertisements ... 6 15 o 



Reprints ... ... 456 



;^i2i 



20 1 1 10 



,, Sales of Badges ... ... ...197 



,, Interest ... ... ... ... 2173 



146 o S 



;^262 14 9 



Expenditure. 



By Victorian Naturalist — 



Printing ... ... ^'76 ii 3 



Illustrating ... 7 7 5 



Free Reprints ... 4 15 o 



Reprints ... ... 5 9 6 



Back Numbers Purchased 100 



;^95 3 2 



,, Rooms — Rent and Attendance ... ... 950 



,, Library — Periodicals ... 5 10 4 



Books ... o 16 o 



Binding ... 3 17 6 



Insurance, &c. 140 



II 7 10 



Carried forward ... ... •••y^iiS 16 o 



bubscriplionb :— Arrears, /^y ; 1907-8, ^105 16b. ; 1908-9, ^6 6b — LoUl /(,i2i 2.s. 



