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Vol. IV.— No. 4. AUGUST, 1887. No. 44. 



THE FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, nth July, 1887. 



The president, Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., occupied the chair, 

 and about seventy-five members and visitors were present. 



A special meeting was first held to consider a proposed 

 alteration of Rule 16, moved by Mr. C. A. Topp, M.A., whereby 

 the annual meeting of the Club would take place in August 

 instead of May, as at present, and after some little discussion 

 the alteration was carried. 



The ordinary business was then proceeded with, when the 

 hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following donation to 

 the Club's library: — "Journal of Pharmacy," June, 18.87. 



The following persons were duly elected members of the 

 Club:— Master H. Burdett, Messrs. E. Burdett, E. Burke, J. 

 Cootes, W. Morris, Dr. A. A. Parry, Mr. R. B. Pridmore, and 

 Rev. F. R. M. Wilson. 



The committee submitted a recommendation that the Com- 

 missioner of Trade and Customs should be asked by deputation 

 to increase the number of native birds included under the 

 protection of the Game Act, which, after some slight modifica- 

 tions, was adopted. 



Paper read : — The hon. secretary read a paper by the Rev. 

 Dr. Woolls, F.L.S., of Richmond, New South Wales, an 

 honorary member of the Club, entitled " Plants of New South 

 Wales having Medicinal Properties." The author briefly 

 noticed the various native plants which were recorded to have 

 been used medicinally, and gave some account of their pro- 

 perties and uses. He expressed a hope that remedies dis- 

 covered by accident may be thoroughly tested by qualified 

 persons, and, if found really useful, the facts recorded and made 

 available to the general public. 



Several members mentioned interesting natural history items. 



The Cryptogarnic Botanical Section also held a meeting, 

 when Mr. D. M Alpine, F.C.S., read a few notes on the objects 

 of the section, which he grouped under three heads : — Firstly, 



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