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tlio committal.' consider the advisability of arranging special 

 lantern meetings on some of the fourtli Mondays of the month ; 

 (3) that the incoming committee considi-r tlie necessity of 

 purchasing a lantern : (4) that at the next mei'ting names of 

 members be handed in who practise photography, and who 

 desire to meet together to interchange ideas with the view of 

 making slides to illustrate the natural history and physio- 

 graphic geology of Victoria. 



PRESENTATION. 



The president called upon Mr. (ieorge Coghiil to receive a 

 presentation from the members in recognition of hi>> tiftei'n 

 years' service as hon. treasurer (ioo4-i()). This took the 

 "form of a copy of ". Australia Fnliiuitid," 1)\ 1^. j. l>rady, 

 bearing a suitable inscription. 



Mr. Coghiil said that the presiiitation came to him as a 

 complete surprise. He greatly a])i)reciated the goodwill of his 

 fellow-members, and would \alue tlieir recognition of his 

 efforts on behalf of the Club. His work a> lion, treasurer had 

 taken up a considerable amount of tini( , hut it \vm\ been a 

 labour of love. 



PHOTOCRAPH. 



Opportvmity was then taken to secure a flashlight photo- 

 graph of the gathering, which was very successful. 



wi-i.coMi:. 



The ])resident formalK' and lu'artily welcomed the original 

 members, new members, ;nid visitors, eongratukating them 

 and the Club on its having attained its fditiith birthda}-. 

 Apologies were announced from Sir Baldwin S})encer. K.C.^M.Ci., 

 Mr. C A. Topp, I.S.O. (both former presidents of the Club), 

 Dr. I*"rcda Bage (Brisbane), Dr. C. S. Sutton, and Mr. C. I'"r( luii. 

 iun. Of the thirty-four menii)ers on tlu' rnll of ii]i\v;ii(ls of 

 twenty years' standing, other than " original " members, there 

 were present : Messrs. J. Stickland (I^!(S()), V . Si)rv (iS.Sj), 

 Cr. Coghiil (1HH2), J. (iabriel (1.S.S5), Mrs. Bage (uS,S4).l. Searle 

 (1885), J. A. Kershaw (1888), J. Shephard (i88()), J. Wilcox 

 (i8f)8), C. L. Barrett (1890), and C. J. (iabriel (i8()()). 



Congratulations were also heartily extended to .Mr. 1*". 

 Chapman, A.L.S., on the honour which had (onie to him l)y 

 the award of the Svme pri/,e of £100 for original n-search to 

 him in recognition of his long-continued and \alual)le work 

 in pala'ontologv. Mr. Chapman, he mentioned, had also been 

 api)ointed lecturer in pal;eontology at the Melbourne I'niversity. 



Mr. ( hapman briefly responded. 



PAPER READ. 



]^y Mr. !•". (i. A. Barnard, entitled " Ihe li( Id .Xatuialists' 

 Club of \'ictoria, i()o5-2o : a Retrosixi t." 



