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THE LATE MR. CHARLES FROST, F.L.S. 

 Elected thirty years ago, the late Mr. Charles Frost may be 

 considered to have been one of the pioneer members of the 

 Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria. Though latterly he had 

 taken little part in the activities of the Club, and consequently 

 was almost unknown to a large number of the present members, 

 for many years he was an active worker on its behalf. He 

 served as a member of committee in 1889-90 and 1890-91, 

 as vice-president in 1891-2 and 1892-3, and as hon. treasurer 

 in 1894-5, 1895-6, and 1896-7. Besides taking this share in 

 the official work of the Club, he took part in three of its most 

 arduous exploring trips — viz., to King Island in November, 

 1887 ; the wilds of Croajingolong in December, 1888 ; and the 

 visit to the Yarra Falls in November, 1890. During these 

 trips he proved himself a hard worker and enthusiastic 

 naturalist, making many friends among his companions, and 

 it came as a great shock to them to hear of his almost sudden 

 death, at the age of 62, on Saturday, 18th September, for, only 

 a few days before, he had been present, apparently in the best 

 of health, at a little reunion of kindred spirits held to celebrate 

 the birthday of Mr. Chas. French, sen., to whom belongs the 

 title of "father" of the Club. Mr. Frost was stricken witli 

 apoplexy on the previous Wednesday, and, as he did not regain 

 consciousness, his passing away was accompanied by par- 

 ticularly sad circumstances. He was a good all-round 

 naturalist, and had given considerable attention to lizards and 

 snakes. In conjunction with Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A.. fust 

 editor of the Naturalist, now of Sydney, he published a com- 

 prehensive paper on the lizards of Victoria in the Proceedings 

 of the Royal Society of Victoria. The same writers dealt with 

 the lizards and snakes of the Home Exploring Expedition to 

 Central Australia. He also did some work on spiders, and 

 contributed a couple of papers to the Naturalist, besides giving 

 a lecturette on these interesting creatures at a Club con- 

 versazione. His spirit collection of lizards and snakes is to be 

 handed over to the National Museum. Melbourne. 



Exhibition of Wild-Fi.owers. — The exhibition of wild- 

 flowers held by the Field Naturalists' Club at the Athenaeum, 



Melbourne, on Tuesday, 2<Xth September, in aid of the Wounded 

 Soldiers' Fund, was a very greal success, and appeared to give 

 ■/.■inline pleasure to the large number of visitors attracted to it. 

 It i expected that nearly £50 will !»• available for the fund 



when the accounts are finally made up. The c tnittee desires 



to thank those members and friends who worked so energetically 



and brOUgh.1 about SUCh a fine result . We hope to give ;i detailed 



account ol the exhibits in the nest Naturalist. 



