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A hearty vote ot thanks was tendered to the hon. auditors. 

 Messrs. Wilcox and Keep. Mr. F. Wisewould expressed 

 appreciation of the work of the various officers during the past 

 year, to which Mr. Pitcher responded. 



ELECTION OF OFFICE-BEARERS, I9I7-I1S. 



The following office-bearers, being the only nominations 

 received, were declared duly elected : — President, Mr. F. Pitcher ; 

 \nce-presidents, Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S.. Mr. J. GalM'iel ; hon. 

 treasurer, Mr. G. Coghill : hon. librarian, Mr. P. R. H. St. Jolui : 

 hon. editor, Mr. F. G. A. Barnard: hon. secretary, Mr. E. S. 

 Anthony; hon. assistant secretary and librarian. Mr. W. 

 Glance. 



On a l)allot being taken for five members of committee, the 

 following were duly elected : — Messrs. F. Chapman, A.L.S., 

 C. Daley, F.L.S., J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., J. Searle, and Dr. 

 C. S. Sutton. 



NOTES ON EXHIBITS. 



Messrs. F. G. A. Barnard, J. Searle. C. J. Gabriel, and T. S. 

 Hart, M.A., drew attention to their various exhibits. 



PAPER READ. 



By Mr. C. Daley. F.L.S.. entitled " Notes of a Visit to Malla- 

 coota Inlet." 



The author gave a detailed account of a recent vi>it, via 

 lulc-n, to Mallacoota, returning by way of Orl)()st, and described 

 in detail the fauna and flora of the district, as well as the natural 

 features of the surrounding country, illustrating his riniark^ 

 by means of photographs and majis. 



Messrs. E. Pescott, j. Kershaw, 1'". Barnard, and K. (Ox 

 sjwke in terms of appreciation of the })aper. and made iucpiiries 

 on various points therein, to all of which Mr. Ualey satis- 

 factorily replied. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — (irowing i)hLnt ol fern, lUitryclnum 

 tcnuditm. Swarfs. " Moonwort," with infertile and fertile 

 fronds. Plant obtained near Oakleigli more than twenty years 

 ago. 



By Mr. (.". J. Gabriel. — Marine shell, 'I urho pctholatus. Linii.. 

 from Great Barrier Reef, North Queensland. 



T^y Mr. T. S. Hart, M.A. — Specimens of Mistletoe. h>rtinthns 

 cclasiroidcs, slxowing aerial roots, collected on Langwarrin ex- 

 cursion ; young plants of Loranthus with aerial roots on 

 Casiiarina subervsa, and on Acacia armata, from Scoresby 

 (these are, no doubt, also L. eel astr aides) ; germinating Mistletoe 

 heeds on Acacia armata and on Loranthus cfUistmiJcs and I.. 



