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ict. Nal. 

 XXXII. 



i I ECTION OF MEMBER. 



On a ballot being taken. Miss Enid Ballhausen, " Strathroy," 

 Barker's-road, Auburn, was duly elected as an ordinary 

 member of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Mr. 0. Rosenhain said be desired to remove the erroneous 

 impression entertained by some members of the Club respecting 

 his nationality. He was a native of South Australia, and his 

 father and mother had resided in that State for the greater 

 part of their lives. 



The president said that he deeply regretted having to 

 announce the death of Captain E. F. R. Bage and of Lance- 

 Corporal Cuthbert Kaufmann at the front. Both young men 

 were sons of old and valued members of the Club, and had 

 sacrificed their lives willingly and nobly at the Empire's call. 

 He proposed that the sympathy of members be conveyed to 

 Mrs. Bage and to Dr. Kaufmann in the regrettable loss they 

 had sustained. The resolution was seconded by Mr. J. 

 Shephard, and carried in silence. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The hon. secretary, Mr. J. G. O'Donoghue, read the thirty- 

 fifth annual report, for the year 1914-15. which was as follows : — 



" To the Members of the Field Naturalists' Club of 



Victoria. 



"Ladies and Gentlemen, — In submitting for your con- 

 sideration and approval the thirty-fifth annual report ol the 

 Club, the committee are pleased to be in the position to announce 

 a financial gain of f~ 8s. for the year ended 30th April. 1915. 

 Small though the gain undoubtedly is, it is a matter tor 

 felicitation, since it has been achieved during a period ol 

 severe commercial depression, induced primarily by an 

 abnormally dry season, thai has adversely affected the greatei 

 part of the State, and to a lesser decree by the far-reaching 

 1 (in sequences of the outbreak and continuance oi the greatesl 

 armed conflid the civilized woild has ever known, and, let as 

 hope ever likely to again experience. 



" On the othei hand, h is with regrel the committee have to 

 announce a reduction in the I lub's membership foi the period 

 specified. The yeai was commenced with a membership ol 

 236, and during its continuance 3 associates, 3 country, and 

 15 ordinary members were elected, whilsl 4 associates, 14 

 country, and 13 ordinary members were lost by resignation 

 01 arrears, and 16 junior members by the repeal oi clause (<•) 

 ot rule 4 at th. special genera] meeting ol the < lub on the 8th 

 September, 1913- 



