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paid a visit to the Zoological Gardens, Royal Park, where, under 

 the guidance of Mr. D. Le Souef, assistant director, they had 

 spent a very interesting afternoon. 



On a ballot being taken. Miss S. W. Cochrane, Mr. G. D. 

 Carter, M.L.A., Messrs. Harold Carter, R. E. Falls, Jno. 

 Shepherd, and W. G. Turner were duly elected members of the 

 Club. 



Papers for future meetings were promised by Mr. C. French, 

 F.L.S., ^'On the Geographical Distribution of the Australian 

 Buprestidse," and Mr. P. H. Anderson, " Notes and Experiments 

 on Common Insects." 



The letters received from the sub-committee of the Field 

 Naturalists' Section of the Royal Society of South Australia, on 

 the question of the protection of kangaroos, were then read, and 

 created considerable discussion. Mr. S. Kennon, a visitor, at the 

 request of the chairman, made some very interesting remarks on 

 the subject, principally from a commercial point of view, and 

 exhibited samples of leather made from the skins of various 

 native animals, in order to show the great value of the kangaroo 

 hide. Messrs. Le Souef, Halley, H. Kennon, Coghill, Gatliff, 

 and others, spoke on the question, and it was resolved, on the 

 motion of Messrs, Lucas and Coghill — " That the Club take no 

 steps in the matter of the protection of kangaroos, but that 

 further efforts be made with reference to the reservation of Wilson's 

 Promontory, using its advantages as a reserve for the protection 

 of kangaroos, &c., as a leading feature." 



PAPERS READ. 



1. By Mr. C. French, jun., entitled "Notes of a Collecting 

 Trip to the Swan Hill District." The author gave an interesting 

 account of a few days spent in the vicinity of Benjeroop, giving 

 some notes on the principal birds and plants which came under 

 his notice. 



2. By Mr. T. G. Sloane, entitled " Contributions towards a 

 Local List of the Coleoptera," found at Mulwala, Murray River, 

 N.S.W. This, after a short introduction, consisted almost 

 entirely of a list of the species, and was taken as read, and 

 ordered to be printed. 



The hon. secretary read a note from Mr. T. G. Sloane, stating 

 that he was anxious to get Melbourne specimens of the genera 

 Promecoderus, Larticus, and allied genera of the family Carabidse, 

 for comparison with those of his district, and offering to return 

 them, or send other species in exchange. 



Owing to the proximity of the annual conversazione, the principal 

 exhibits of the evening were : — By Mr. P. H. Anderson, a young 

 black snake (alive), and by Mr. H. Kennon, a bat (Molossus 

 Australis) alive. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



