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" We are pleased to learn that the junior excursions have been 

 well attended, and we trust the knowledge gained at these 

 outings will be found of value by the juniors as they advance in 

 years. We desire to thank one of the associate members, Mr. 

 Chas. Stout, for his kindness in acting as secretary for the 

 juniors, and so contributing to the success of their excursions. 

 As an experiment, ribbon badges of an inexpensive character 

 were distributed to the juniors to serve as a means of distinguish- 

 ing them, especially when meeting at railway stations, with, we 

 think, satisfactory results. We have also to thank Mr. E. B. 

 Nicholls for his kindness in entertaining those juniors who 

 attended the Black Rock excursion in October last. 



" The leaders of the various excursions, both senior and 

 junior, deserve the thanks of the members for placing their 

 services and knowledge at the disposal of the committee. 

 Leaders of excursions do not always get the support that their 

 effort warrants, and we trust that during the coming year there 

 will be no lack of enthusiastic followers. There is no surer way 

 of getting a grip of facts in natural history than by observation in 

 the field, and if this can be done in the presence of someone of 

 riper experience, then the gain is all the more to the beginner. 



" The usual exhibition of wild flowers was held at the October 

 meeting, and was a great success. The suggestion was made 

 that the exhibition should be extended to the second day, but it 

 must be borne in mind that the work of the wild flower exhibition 

 falls on a very few, which, with the fickle nature of the exhibits, 

 makes it a difficult problem, so we leave it to our successors to 

 consider and act upon. 



" The twenty-sixth volume of the Club's journal, the Victorian 

 Naturalist^ has been completed, and issued to members, &c. 

 Over sixty copies are distributed monthly as exchanges and to 

 libraries, in addition to which there are a number of subscribers, 

 non-members of the Club. Several requests have been received 

 during the year for it as an exchange, so that it is evidently 

 considered to be of some value in other parts of the world. The 

 adoption of heavier wrappers has added somewhat to the 

 expense of distribution, but we think this has been fully justified 

 by the much-improved condition in which it reaches the members, 

 especially when plates are included. We have to thank Mrs. F. 

 C. Christy and Rev. E. H. Hennell for several volumes of back 

 numbers, which will prove of great service in supplying the 

 demands we constantly have for early parts. One complete set 

 was sold during the year, probably the last which it will be possible 

 to supply, though of many numbers the stock is very large. 

 Several interesting illustrations were included in the volume just 

 completed, and we trust there will be further improvement in this 

 direction in the next volume. 



" An interim report of the Plant Names and Records Sub- 



