36 Field Naturalists' Club — Proceedings. [voh'xxix. 



" A new excursion programme has been provisionally pre- 

 pared as a recommendation to the incoming committee, and 

 a Christmas excursion to the National Park at Wilson's Pro- 

 montory will probably be provided for, in order that members 

 may have an opportunity of seeing what the Park is like in its 

 still wild state, and yet note the improvements being effected 

 for the promotion of the security and upkeep of this potentially 

 magnificent sanctuary. The Club has declared itself against 

 the agistment of cattle in the Park, and has protested against 

 its continuance. The hon. secretary to the Park Committee 

 (Mr. J. A. Kershaw) has kindly supplied the following notes : — 



" ' Continued progress is being made at the National Park, 

 Wilson's Promontory. The fence separating the Park from 

 the isthmus is now completed, and is a very substantial 

 structure. It is seven feet high, and provided with stout 

 wire netting and several rows of barbed wires, which render 

 it practically vermin-proof. A number of additional native 

 animals, including emus, wallabies, opossums, and wombats, 

 have been introduced, and are thriving well. It is also intended 

 to introduce, as opportunity offers, native trees and shrubs 

 not already represented there. Arrangements are in progress 

 to carry out further improvements, which will include rest- 

 houses for the use of camping parties, the opening up of new 

 tracks, and improvement of the existing ones. An additional 

 ranger will, it is expected, be appointed to supervise the north- 

 eastern portion of the Park. A weh-formed track, extending 

 up the northern end of the Vereker Range, has opened up some 

 si)lendid fern-gullies and revealed the presence of excellent 

 timber, while magnificent views of the surrounding country 

 are to be obtained from the top of the range. An effort is to 

 be made, at an early date, to establish the Lyre-bird in these 

 gullies. The advantages of the Park for tourists are becoming 

 more generally known. Several parties from Melbourne and 

 country districts visited it during the Christmas and Easter 

 holidays.' 



" Dr. Sutton, hon. secretary to the Plant Records Committee, 

 reports as follows : — ' Since the date of last annual meeting 

 the Plant Names Sulvcommittee has held 15 meetings (38 in 

 all since its constitution in August, 1907). Two drafts of pvo- 

 visionally adoj^ted names were published in the Journal of ihc 

 Dcpartment of Agriculture of Victoria of June and August hist, 

 and these, comprising that ])art of the census from Orchidaceae 

 to Filices, were re])rinted by the Department, copies being 

 distributed for criticism from the National Herbarium. Many 

 of these cojiies have been returned with useful suggestions, 

 and in almost every case the ojnnions expressed on the naming 

 have been gialifying to the sui)-(()niinitt('c. Duiiug the year 



