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hall were the birds and eggs shown by Mr. E. M. Cornwall ; 

 then Mr. Le Souef's live snakes and lizards ; next Mr. A. J. 

 Campbell's exhibit, " a Gippsland gully;" the dried plants by 

 Mr. C. A. Topp, M.A., arranged on stands ; then the exhibit of 

 economic entomology from the Exhibition, and some fine 

 walking-stick insects, and lepidoptera, by Mr. C. French, 

 F.L.S. Further along Mr. O. A. Sayce occupied a table with 

 microscopes, showing specimens in illustration of his lecturette. 

 Along the walls on the left-hand side of the entrance were the 

 minerals, etc., by Mr. J. F. Roberts ; the animals, birds, and 

 fish, by Mr. A. Coles ; the fungi, etc., by Mr. H. T. Tisdall, F.L.S. 

 The centre of the eastern side was occupied by a fine collection 

 of humming birds, shown by Mr. C. French, F.L.S., with that 

 exhibitor's dried Victorian orchids and ferns on stands on either 

 side ; next to these was a collection of mounted seaweeds and 

 parasitic fungi, shown by Mr. H. Watts, who occupied two 

 tables close by with microscopes for the exhibition of various 

 specimens. The two long tables on this side of the hall were 

 occupied by shells shown by Mr. T. Worcester; geological 

 specimens, by Mr. S. H. Wintle, F.L.S. ; lepidoptera, by Mr. 

 W, Kershaw; Australian beetles, wasps, etc., by Mr. D. Best; 

 shells, fossils, and minerals, by Mr. H. Kennon ; shells, sea- 

 weeds, etc., by Mrs. Flatow ; birds, by Master Hellicar ; dried 

 plants, etc., by Mr. J. E. Prince ; insects, orchids, etc., by Mr. 

 J. N. M'Kibbin ; microscopical preparations, by Mr. D. 

 M'Alpine, F.C.S. ; and the exhibits of Messrs, Anderson, G. 

 French, and others. 



In the smaller room, used also for the exhibition of diagrams 

 through the oxyhydrogen microscope, were the fungi shown by 

 Miss F. M. Campbell, and the local insects and the pot ferns by 

 Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. 



The platform in the main hall was decorated with the pot 

 ferns lent by Messrs. Law, Somner and Co., whilst in front, 

 along with the other ferns lent by Mr. W. D. AUman, was a 

 grand specimen of Cyathca dealbata, the silver-backed tree-fern 

 of New Zealand. 



The visitors began to arrive about half-past seven, and, after 

 spending a pleasant half-hour among the exhibits, took their 

 seats to hear the Rev. J. J. Halley deliver the presidential 

 address, as follows : — 



Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the Field Naturalists' 

 Club of Victoria. 



For a third time it falls to my lot to address you from the pre- 

 sidential chair and to thank you for the honour thus conferred 

 upon me. 



