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by Mr. T. S. Hart, M.A., of Bairnsdale, would probably prove 

 to be new for Victoria. 



The chairman mentioned that His Excellency the Governor- 

 General had, without announcement, paid a brief visit in the 

 afternoon to the exhibition. 



PAPER READ. 



By Miss G. Nethercote, entitled " A Week at the National 

 Park (Wilson's Promontory)," 



In this the author gave an interesting account of a week 

 spent by a party of eight girls in exploring some of the beauty 

 spots at the National Park during January last. 



The paper was illustrated by lantern views, enabling those 

 who have not yet visited the Park to gain some idea of its 

 characteristics ; while a young koala, or native bear, Phascol- 

 arctus cineretts, which, by permission of the trustees, she had 

 been allowed to bring home, indicated its presence at the 

 meeting by an occasional grunt of satisfaction at hearing the 

 voice of its mistress. 



Several members referred to visits they had made to the 

 Park, and Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., the hon. secretary to the 

 trustees, said that most of the introduced indigenous animals 

 and birds were doing so well that all anxiety as to their 

 welfare had ceased. 



Owing to the lateness of the hour, Mr. C. Daley's paper, " At 

 Wartook (Grampians)," was postponed to a future meeting. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — Plant in bloom of epiphytal 

 orchid, Sarcochilus falcatus, R. Br., from East Gippsland. ^ 



By Mr. F. Chapman, A.L.S. — Rock specimen from Griqua- 

 land, South Africa, showing transition from asbestos (blue) 

 through limonite to crocodilite (brilliant yellow). 



By Miss R. Chisholm. — Photographs of the F.N.C. excursion 

 party at King Island, Bass Strait, November, 1887. 



By Miss K. Currie.— Native flowers grown at Lardner — 

 Boronia pinnata, 'Passifiora cinnaharina, Kennedya rubicunda, 

 and Plagianthus pulchelliis ; also dried specimen of Scotch 

 heather, Erica vulgaris, from Scotland. 



By Mr. H. W. Davey, F.E.S. — Tadpoles retarded in meta- 

 morphosis. 



By Miss A. Fuller. — Botanical specimens from near Trans- 

 Australian railway hne ; Verticordia, sp., from Geraldton, W.A. 



By Miss G. Nethercote. — Flowers of Lasiopetalum Baueri, 

 Bauer a sessili flora, and Utricularia dichotoma, from Grampians ; 

 and flower-spike of Banksia serrata, from Wilson's Promontory. 



By Mr. C. A. Nethercote. — Flowers of Calythrix Snllivani and 



