34 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



" Natural history notes have been read at each meeting and duly 

 printed. 



" The fifteenth volume of the Victorian Naturalist is now com- 

 pleted, and the journal continues, under the able editorship of Mr. 

 F. G. A. Barnard, to whom our thanks are due, to occupy a 

 prominent position amongst the Australian scientific publications. 

 The plates this year were limited to those illustrating Mr. Hill's 

 paper on the Case Moths, which were kindly supplied by Prof. 

 Spencer. 



" The excursions have been for the most part rather better at- 

 tended, and our thanks are due to the various leaders. The 

 annual social picnic was held at Blackburn on Saturday, 29th 

 October, and proved most enjoyable and a thorough success in 

 every way. 



"An exhibition of microscopic acquatic life, on the 14th 

 November, was a great addition to the usual meeting, the organ- 

 izers and exhibitors sparing neither time nor trouble in placing an 

 attractive and instructive collection before the members. 



"The exhibition of wild flowers, held in conjunction with the 

 ordinary meeting on loth October, again also formed a memorial 

 of the late Baron von Mueller, wreaths and other designs 

 being made of the flowers by lady friends of the president's 

 and afterwards placed on the grave. The principal exhibitors 

 outside of members were Messrs. J. H. Maiden, F.L.S, 

 Sydney, and W. Guilfoyle, F.L.S., Melbourne. 



" At the request of the librarian, and owing to the increase of 

 the library, it has been decided to have a large bookcase con- 

 structed, which will enable the whole of the books to be properly 

 arranged. 



" The attention drawn, at the July meeting of the Club, to the 

 wholesale destruction of the Wattle (Acacia) blossom led to the 

 Argus and the AustraHan Natives' Association taking the matter 

 up, and the united efforts had considerable effect in influencing 

 public opinion and thus saving the trees. We hope in the future 

 something more definite, in the shape of a law, will result. 



"The receipts for the year, including ;^iS 12s. from the 

 realization of the Metropolitan Bank deposit, total, by the 

 treasurer's report, ;^ii5 2s. 3d., and the expenditure amounted 

 to .;^i2o 4s. 5d., leaving a credit balance of ;£g os. lod., and, for 

 the first time for many years, no outstanding liabilities exist ; and 

 further, the hon. treasurer informs us that considerable arrears 

 have come in since the audit. 



" The thanks of the Club are again due to Messrs. Morton and 

 Coghill for the use of their ofiice for committee meetings. 



" Your Committee would point out in conclusion that, successful 

 though the past year has been in many ways, the coming year may 

 be made more so by a large addition to the scientific workers in 



