J""*^' 1 Field Naiiindiits' Club — Proceedtni!'&: ii 



1920 J a 



The author, hi coiitimiiitinu of a ])icsi(lcii(i;il addicss to (he 

 Ckib in Junr, i()()(), in which lie dctaih-d the first twcnty-hvc 

 years of the Chih's hi>t()ry, i;a\-e an inteicstini; resume of the 

 hist fifteen years of its acti\-ities, thus compk'ting tlie forty 

 years of its existence. He f.;ave tlie results in figures, as 

 follows : — Papers read, ()i() ; .jf) volumes of the Naturalist 

 issued, containing 8,456 pages, at a cost of £3,195. The total 

 receipts from subscriptions, &c., had been about £5,675, and 

 the expenditure, including Naturalist, about £5,577 — leaving 

 a balance of nearly £qo, including a £20 war bond. He con- 

 sidered the Club had justified its existence, and tlie meniliers 

 had a record of which they might well be proud. 



Complimentary and congratulatory remarks on the work 

 of tlie Club were made by Mrs. E. Bage, Prof. A. J. Ewart, 

 Messrs. F. Wisewould, C' French, sen., W. M. P>ale, D. Best, 

 F. Pitcher, D. Le Souef, J. L. Robertson, J. Gabriel, the 

 president, and others. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. R. W. Armitagc, M.Sc— A large example of dendrite 

 on granite, about two square feet, from Beechworth. 



By Mr. C. E. Cole. — Australian moths, mostly Tasmanian 

 specimens. 



By Mr. F. Cudmore. — A large reef-building fossil coral, 

 probably Spongiphyllum, sp., from the L^pper Silurian of 

 Hatton's Corner, near Yass, N.S.W. 



By Mr. C. Daley, F.L.S. — Garnets from North Queensland. 



By Miss A. Fuller. — Beetles from southern Western Australia, 

 including Stigrnodera testacea, S. heros, S. niurravi, S. niari^iiuit((, 

 and S. cherrorlata. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel* — " Pagoda " shells from Japan, including 

 Latiaxis uiawce, Gray, L. japonic/is. Dunk., L. lischkeaua. 

 Dunk., L. deburghice, Reeve, and L. spiriosus, Hirase. 



By Mr. E. E. Pescott, F.L.S. —A leaf of Opuvfia moiiocaiil/ia, 

 growing after having been cut from ]:)laiit more than twch-r 

 months, also a fruit sending out roots, and a leaf shoot : 

 fossiliferous limestone from Maria Island, Tasmania. 



By Mr. A. L. Scott. Dendrites, from Cave Mill (iuarr\-, l.il\- 

 dale ; also, for comparison, a plate showing the dendritic and 

 crystallitic ap]")earaiuH' assumi^l by bichromate of ])(>tasli in 

 gelatine. 



COWERSAZIOXi:. 



After an inspection of the exhibits the company adjourned 

 to the lower hall, where supper was laid, and a most enjoyable 

 half-hour was spent. Cheers were given for Mrs. li. Bage, th(* 

 only life member of the Club, and the ]irincipal ])romoter of the 

 reunion, who had reccnth- rctiiiiicd from a lengthened \isit 

 to EiiLrhmd. 



