82 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, the Rev. J. S. Hart, M.A., B.Sc, was 

 elected an ordinary member ; Masters Wra. Spencer and Leo. 

 Gomm, of the Continuation School, Melbourne, as associates ; 

 and Master Norman Struck, Queen's Coffee Palace, Melbourne, 

 as a junior member of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Nominations for the office of hon. librarian resulted in the 

 election of Mr. J. F. Haase, this being the only nomination 

 received. 



The hon. treasurer, Mr. G. Coghill, mentioned the difficulty in 

 collecting subscriptions from the junior members, and suggested 

 that members nominating new junior members should collect 

 their subscriptions at the time. After discussion it was decided 

 to leave the matter in the hands of the committee to deal with. 



Mr. O. A. Sayce asked that the feeling of members might be 

 obtained with a view to holding occasional meetings for practical 

 work as in former years. He believed that the committee would 

 gladly make the necessary arrangements if they knew that such 

 meetings would receive sufficient encouragement .from the 

 members themselves. He briefly outlined the nature of the 

 work he thought desirable to take up, laying particular stress 

 on microscopical investigations, and suggested that occasional 

 meetings might be held in connection with the Club's excursions 

 devoted to pond life. 



Dr. J. C. Kaufmanri spoke in support of the practical meetings, 

 and favoured the suggestion that such meetings should be held as 

 soon as possible after the pond life excursions. 



PAPERS READ. 



1. By Mr. F. M. Reader, F.R.M.S., entitled "Contributions 

 to the Flora of Victoria, No. 17 — Description of Poa hackeli, 

 sp. nov." 



The author described as new, under the name of Poa hackeli, 

 a species of perennial grass found growing in swampy ground 

 near Warracknabeal, and other localities in the county of Borung, 

 Victoria. 



2. By Prof. A. J. Ewart, D.Sc, Ph.D., F.L.S., entitled "Notes 

 on Collection of Marine Algge from King Island." 



The author submitted, for purposes of record, a list of marine 

 algae collected by Mrs. Spong at King Island, Bass Strait, which 

 had been determined by Mr. A. H. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc, with 

 annotations showing the coasts of Australia from which they had 

 previously been recorded. 



3. By Mr. E. O. Thiele, entitled " An Example of Stream 

 Capture near Melbourne." 



