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of De2Mrtment oj Agricidture^ May, June, and July, 1910, from 

 Secretary for Agriculture, Melbourne ; The Etnii^ April, 1910, from 

 the Australasian Ornithologists' Union ; The Geelong Naturalist, 

 March, 19 10, from the Geelong Field Naturalists' Club ; reprints 

 of papers by Prof. Evvart, &c., and " Index to Recording Census," 

 from National Herbarium, Melbourne ; " Annual Report, Depart- 

 ment of Mines, N.S.W., for 1909," from the Secretary for Mines, 

 Sydney ; " Forest Flora of New South Wales," vol. iv., part 9, by 

 J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., Government Botanist, from the author ; 

 Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, May, June, and July, 

 1910, from the Secretary of Agriculture, Sydney ; " Proceedings 

 Linnean Society of New South Wales," vol. xxxv., from the society; 

 Queensland Naturalist, December, 1909, and IMarch, 19 10, from 

 the Queensland Field Naturalists' Society ; " Records Western 

 Australian Museum," vol i., part i, from the trustees Western 

 Australian Museum, Perth ; " Proceedings Royal Society of 

 Tasmania," 1909, from the society ; " Records of the Canterbury 

 Museum, N.Z.," vol. i., part 2, from the trustees ; Selborne 

 Magazine, December, 1909, January-May, 1910, from the Selborne 

 Society, London; Science Gossip, vol. ii., Nos. i-ii, from the 

 editor, London ; Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden, 

 vol. vii., parts 23 and 24, from the Director ; Entomologista 

 Brasiliero, anno 3, No. i, from the editor ; and " Proceedings 

 of the Hawaiian Entomological Society," vol. ii., part 2, from the 

 society. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mrs. Carrie Templeton, George- 

 street, East Melbourne, and Mr. Sydney Smith, 45 Hoddle- 

 street, Richmond, were duly elected as ordinary members, and 

 Mr. Claude Bagot, 226 Lygon-street, Carlton, as associate 

 member of the Club. 



LECTURE : " OUR NATIONAL HERITAGE — THE GUM-TREES." 



The President said that in place of the usual papers by 

 members, the meeting would be favoured with a lecture by Mr. 

 R. T. Baker, F.L.S., of the Technological Museum, Sydney, 

 entitled " Our National Heritage — the Gum-Trees," and, intro- 

 ducing Mr. Baker to the meeting, welcomed him on behalf of the 

 members and visitors. 



Mr. Baker briefly acknowledged the welcome, and said that, far 

 from experiencing any coldness as a sort of trespasser from a neigh- 

 bouring State, the warmth of welcome given him in Melbourne 

 had made him feel thoroughly at home. The Technological 

 Museum, Sydney, though a State institution, was, in its work, a 

 Federal institution, recognizing no boundaries within the Com- 

 monwealth, and advice and assistance was given to other States 

 as freely as to that of New South Wales ; and his offer to lecture 

 before the Club had been made because he believed the Society 



