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tinuing or eliminating the ten minutes' adjournment for the 



examination of exhibits that ensues immediately after the 

 termination of the remarks thereon. A three months' trial 

 was given this mode of procedure, and at the expiration of 

 the term its continuance was re-affirmed by a large majority 

 at the September meeting. A reversion to the old system was 

 advocated at the April meeting, and. after some little discussion, 

 the continuance of the interval for a further period of six 

 months was agreed to, subject to the proviso that the applica- 

 tion of the principle would be suspended on lantern nights, or 

 when a lengthy paper was to be read. 



"Acting on the representations made by two members at 

 the December meeting, the Club interested itself in advocating 

 the reservation of a sanctuary for native game on the flood- 

 plain of the Murray in the parishes oi (iayfield, Cantala, 

 Brockie, Yelwell, and Kulkyne. Partially due to the Club's 

 efforts, to those of the Acting Chid Inspector of Fisheries and 

 Game. Mr. F. Lewis, and others, an extensive area, embra ing 

 a portion of Chalka Creek, Lakes Hattah, Little Hattah, Lockie, 

 Brockie, Mournpoul, Yelwell, and Konardin, in the parishes 

 mentioned, together with all land within hall a mile of such 

 creek ami lakes, was proclaimed a sanctuary for native game. 



"The ('lull'.- meetings, whilst being well attended, averaging 

 over fifty members and visitors during the year, show a re- 

 ttable falling-ofl in the number <>l exhibits and natural 

 history notes. As these two factors materially assist in 

 enhani ing the attractiveness ol the meetings, and in widening 

 the scope oi members' information generally, it behoves all 

 interested in tin- Club's welfare to assist, by precept ami 

 placi those two important items on a better plane 

 than they now occupy. 



"The IM.int Names Committee is still devoting its energies 

 to the task ol furnishing our native plants, shrubs, and i. 

 with provisional vernaculars, and confidently hop.- to bring 



]!- lengthy and arduous task to a successful lei iniii.it ion ;it 



an early date. 



" h i 5. Sutton, hon. secretary Planl Names Sub-committee, 

 reports as follows: 'During tin- pasl yeai the Planl N.nnes 

 Sub-committee held &v< meetings and completed the revision 

 ol tin provisionally adopted vernaculars hitherto unpublished. 

 It will be remembered thai those ol the Monocotyledons and 

 < i yptogams appeared in the Jburnal <>/ the Department of 

 {culture oj Victoria ol fune and Vugu i. ioii. and those 

 oi the firsl portion ol the Dicotyledons, from Dilleniacea? to 

 Haloragaceae, in the Journal ol [ulj and September, [912, and 

 February, 1914. Thi remaining section, now having been 

 • I' .ilt with, is in the hands oi the editor, and will no doubt 



