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Vol. IV.— m. 3. JULY, 1887. Ko. 43. 



THE FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The seventh annual meeting of the Club was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall, on Monday evening, gth May, 1887. 



The President, the Rev. J. J. Halley, occupied the chair, and 

 about 70 members and visitors were present. 



A letter was read from Mr. D. M'Alpine, F.C.S., withdrawing 

 his name from the nomination for vice-president in favour of 

 Messrs. Topp and French, Mr. M'Alpine's name having been 

 brought forward without his knowledge. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Proceedings of the Field Natura- 

 lists' Section of the Royal Society of South Australia for 

 1885-86" and " Journal of the New York Microscopical Society 

 for December, 1886." 



Captain F. C. Rowan and Mr. P. Scott, Albacutya Station, 

 Dimboola, were duly elected members of the Club. 



The hon. secretary read the seventh annual report, which will 

 be printed and distributed to the members as soon as possible. 

 It congratulated the members on the progress of the Club. The 

 meetings of the year had been well attended, and the papers 

 and exhibits increasingly numerous and interesting. Sub- 

 scriptions for the year 1886-7 had been received from 167 

 persons, of whom 26 were ladies, and 12 juniors. The Club's 

 journal had been enlarged, and had met with fair demand 

 during the year, and members were urged to do more in the 

 way of contributing notes and queries to it. 



The balance-sheet showed that the receipts for the year 

 had amounted to/^153 i8s. 3d., and the expenditure to/'i^.g 

 los., thus adding /^4 8s. 3d. to the credit balance, which now 

 amounts to ^40. 



Mr. J. F. Roberts moved, and Mr. H. T. Tisdall, F.L.S., 

 seconded, a resolution adopting the report and balance-sheet. 

 Mr. F. Wisewould drew the attention of the chairman to the 

 fact that under the existing rules only persons who had paid their 

 subscriptions for the new year (1887-88) were entitled to speak 

 or vote. The chairman having ruled accordingly, Mr. R. B. 

 Patey moved "That, in order to give all members an oppor- 

 tunity of discussing the report and voting in the election of 

 committee, the business of the annual meeting be postponed 



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