Che Ulcforlan namrallst. 



Vol. XXXVI.— No. 2. JUNE 5, 1919. No. 426. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held at 

 the Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, 12th May, 

 1919. 



The president, Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S., occupied the chair, 

 and about fifty members and visitors were present. 



ELECTION OF MEMBER. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. J. G. Thompson, 16 Collins- 

 street, Melbourne, was duly elected a member of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Nominations were made for office-bearers for the year 

 1919-20, and Messrs. F. Keep and F. Wisewould were elected 

 to audit the accounts for 1918-19. 



On the motion of Messrs. F. G. A. Barnard and H. B. 

 Williamson it was resolved that a letter be sent to Mr. D. 

 Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., sympathizing with him in the recent attack 

 made on him by footpads, and expressing the hope of the 

 members that he would have a speedy recovery from his 

 injuries. The president said that, on hearing of the assault, 

 he had at once written in the name of the Club and expressed 

 sympathy with Mr. Le Souef. 



PAPERS READ. 



I. By Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc. (hon. member), entitled 

 " A Week Among the Seaweeds at Portsea." 



In the absence of the author, who is a resident of Sydney, 

 the paper was read by Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. 



The author gave a chatty account of a week's seaweed 

 collecting at Portsea, almost on the extremity of the Nepean 

 Peninsula, and quite close to Port Phillip Heads. Here, with 

 both ocean and bay beaches available, he collected just one 

 hundred species, some of them being new for Victoria. He re- 

 marked on the richness of the marine algal flora of Victoria and 

 the good work done by the late Mr. H. T. Tisdall and the late 

 Mr. Bracebridge Wilson, both members of the Club, and urged 

 that further work should be taken up by some members of the 

 Club. 



Mr. J. Gabriel said that he considered dredging gave the 



