58 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



" Since the alteration of the rule reducing the subscription for 

 juniors, 193 names have been enrolled. As was expected, many 

 of these have dropped out, while a large number have failed to 

 pay their subscription, and so complete their membership. 



" The total membership of the Club now. comprises 8 

 honorary, 2 life, 170 ordinary, 39 country, 17 associate, and 91 

 junior members, 



" It is with deep sorrow that we have to record the loss by 

 death of our late esteemed fellow-member, Mr. H. T. Tisdall. 

 For over twenty-one years Mr. Tisdall's name and presence has 

 been familiar to many of our members, and during that period 

 he added materially to the enjoyment of those attending the 

 monthly meetings by the contribution of many useful and 

 interesting papers. He had also taken an active and honourable 

 position in the management of the Club, serving for two years 

 as president, the same period as vice-president, and for six 

 years acted as a member of the committee. 



" The number of papers read at the monthly meetings was 28, 

 being slightly less than that of the previous year. The list shows 

 that 8 related to zoology, ir to botany, 2 to geology, 3 to general 

 subjects, I to palaeontology, and 3 to trips and excursions. 



"The authors were — Mrs. A.. D. Hardy, Professor A. J. Ewart, 

 D.Sc, Messrs. W. Baragwanath, jun., F. Chapman, A.L.S., T. S. 

 Hall, M.A., Robt. Hall, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., A. D. Hardy, F.L.S., 

 F.R.M.S., G. A. Keartland, J. A." Kershaw, F.E.S., A. E. 

 Kitson, F.G.S., A. S. Kenyon, C.E., J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., A. 

 Mattingley, D. M'Alpine, G. B. Pritchard, F.G.S., F. M. 

 Reader, Dr. C. S. Sutton, E. O. Thiele, and G. Weindorfer. In 

 addition to the reading of papers, many interesting natural history 

 notes, dealing with a variety of subjects, were read. 



" The thanks of the Club are due to the several writers of 

 papers who have placed the results of their labours before their 

 fellow-members. 



" At the request of a number of members the August meeting 

 was set apart for a microscopical evening and an exhibition of 

 specimens, while the whole of the February meeting was given up 

 to the consideration of the report of the excursion to the 

 National Park, Wilson's Promontory. 



" The attendance at the monthly meetings has quite equalled 

 that of last year, the average attendance being about 75. 



"A programme of excursions for the junior members was issued 

 in the spring, and, as an incentive to regular and careful observa- 

 tion, the president offered prizes to the boy or girl sending in 

 the best notes of at least six of the excursions which would take 

 place before the end of the Club year, and instead of the usual 

 outing on the first Saturday in April it was arranged to spend 

 the afternoon at the Club rooms, where a number of exhibits 

 would be provided by the senior members. This gathering was, as 



