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\isit diirinj^^ (nir rambles might ])e helpful to other members who 

 might be desirous of spending a few days in what is one of the 

 most eharming of Victorian tourist resorts, especially of those 

 not far from town. We estimated that we had traversed 

 altogether about eighty miles on foot, without any feelings of 

 distress, so bracing was the fresh mountain air. On every 

 hand, turn where you would, delightful woodland, mountain, or 

 river scenery, of which we never tired, met the eye. The 

 presence of a pubhc notice-board, placed in some conspicuous 

 position in the village, giving the directions and distances to 

 the various spots of interest, would be a decided advantage to 

 tourists. In its absence, full use had to be made of the map 

 issued bv the Tourist Bureau, which we found most valuable. 



The Hall Memorial Fund.— Friends wdio have not yet 

 contributed to the Dr. T. S. Hall Memorial Fund are reminded 

 that it is intended to close the fund at an early date, so that 

 the allotment of the fund can be considered. Subscriptions 

 should be forwarded at once to the hon. treasurer. Dr. J. P. 

 Wilson, University, Carlton. 



Bee-Keeping in Victoria. — The articles contributed to 

 the Journal of Agricitltiire (Victoria) from January, 1912, to 

 April, 1915, by Mr. F. R. Beuhne, Government Apiculturist, 

 have been reprinted as Bulletin No. 31 of the Department of 

 Agriculture, and form a handy manual of about 130 pages for 

 anyone who intends taking up l:)ee-keeping either as a business 

 or as an addition to another ()rcui)ation. The author, how- 

 ever, modestly says it must not be regarded as a text-book of 

 bee culture, but rather as a record of those methods which by 

 experience have been found best suited to Australian con- 

 ditions. It therefore forms just the sort of book wanted by the 

 tyro in apiculture, and a? an encouragement to the beginner 

 his first sentence runs thus : — " Xo other rural occupation will 

 give a better return for the capital invested, and the labour 

 applied, than bee-keeping, if intelligently pursued." Later 

 he says : — " Bee-keeping, if adopted as a calling by anyone 

 having an aptitude and love lor it, combined with good business 

 methods, is a profitable and fascinating occupation. If carried 

 on in connection with some other rural industry, it is a valuable 

 side-issue ; if pursued as a hobby, it is highly interesting. Bee 

 culture is, above all things, a healthy outdoor occupation of a 

 not too laborious kind, to which manv more might turn with 



