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ing talk ensued on methods of preserving the captures, and 

 altogether a very interesting afternoon was spent. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. C. L. Plumridge, 8 Gordon- 

 avenue, Kew, and Mr. R. N. Walcott, F.G.S., National Museum, 

 Melbourne, were elected ordinary members ; and Miss Marian 

 Booth, 25 Rathdown-street, Carlton, Miss Amy Gregory, Black- 

 street, Middle Brighton, Miss M. M 'Donald, 100 Kerferd-road, 

 Albert Park, Miss Vera Scott, 30A Council-street, Clifton Hill, 

 and Miss Daisy Searby, 58 North-street, Ascot Vale, were elected 

 junior members of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Prof. A. J. Ewart, D.Sc, referred to a letter in the current 

 (December) Naturalist with regard to the correct specific name of 

 the introduced Romulea, and said that, though he personally dis- 

 approved of controversy, he was compelled to reply, and read a 

 statement he would hand to the editor of the Naturalist for 

 publication. 



PAPERS READ. 



I. By Prof A. J. Ewart, D.Sc, entitled " Biological Survey of 

 Wilson's Promontory," part i. 



The author summarized the results of a visit paid to the Prom- 

 montory in September by Messrs. J. W. Audas, of the National 

 Herbarium, and Mr. P. R. H. St. John, of the Botanic Gardens 

 staff. The former, who devoted himself to the flora, collected 

 over 300 species of plants, and brought the total number of plants 

 recorded from the Promontory up to 364. It was found that the 

 abnormally dry season and the great fires of last summer had 

 seriously damaged the plant-life in many parts. Mr. St. John, 

 besides assisting with the plants, took particular notice of the 

 bird-life, and added about ten species to those noted by the 

 Club excursion party in December, 1905. 



Mr. A. D. Hardy congratulated Messrs. Audas and St. John on 

 the results of their explorations, and said with regard to their 

 statement that they had not seen the Native Beech, Fagus Cun- 

 ninghami, the purple orchid, Glossodia major, or the bulrush, 

 Typha angustifolia, which he had included in his list of the 

 Promontory plants, that, though he had not seen the first-named 

 species, he had been assured on good authority that it occurred on 

 the eastern side of the Promontory. He had no doubt about 

 Glossodia major, and in this he was corroborated by Dr. T. S. 

 Hall. As regards the bulrush there was some doubt, as the plant 

 was not in bloom at the time of his visit, but the late Mr. Walter 

 had confirmed his identification. 



Mr. St. John, in referring to the fauna of the Park, said that 

 there were still a large number of Koalas, or Native Bears, Phasco- 



