THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



The report was adopted on the motion of Messrs. D. Le Souef 

 and C. Frost. 



The balance-sheet showed that the receipts for the year had 

 been ;^i75 i6s. 6d., and the expenditure ;^i62 14s., thus adding 

 ;^i3 2S. 6d. to the credit balance of the club, which now amounts 



to ^63 I2S. 



The balance-sheet was adopted, on the motion of Messrs. D. Le 

 Souef and J. H. GatUff. 



OFFICE-BEARERS, 1889-9O. 



The following office-bearers for 1889-90 were duly elected : — 

 President, Mr. C. A. Topp, M.A., LL.B., F.L.S. ; vice-presidents. 

 Professor W. Baldwin Spencer, B.A., and Mr. H. T. Tisdall, 

 F.L.S. ; hon. treasurer, Mr. D. Best j hon. librarian, Mr. R. Hall ; 

 hon. secretary, Mr. F. G. A. Barnard ; hon. assistant secretary, 

 Mr. G. Coghill. 



The ballot for five members of committee resulted in Messrs. 

 A. Dendy, M.Sc, C. French, F.L.S., C. Frost, A. H. S. Lucas, 

 M.A., B.Sc, and F. Wisewould being elected. 



Votes of thanks were unanimously accorded to the retiring 

 office-bearers for their services during the past year, and to Mr. 

 A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., for his services as editor of the Naturalist. 



On the motion of Messrs. C. Frost and J. H. Gatlifif, rule 16 

 was altered so that the annual meeting will in future take place in 

 June instead of August. 



Mr. A. J. Campbell's notice of motion, that Professor M'Coy's 

 name be added to list of patrons, was adopted. 



The Rev. F. R. M. Wilson brought 'forward a series of 

 suggestions for the alteration of the name and constitution of the 

 club, but the matter was postponed until next meeting on account 

 of the lateness of the hour. 



The following were the principal exhibits of the evening : — By 

 Mr. A. Coles. — Orange-fronted Ephthianura and Tricolored 

 Ephthianura, pair of Orange Cowries. By Mr. H. B. Coles, — 

 Eggs of Lyre-bird and Australian Bustard. By Mr. C. French. — 

 A live Copperhead Snake. By Mr. C. H. French, jun. — Eggs of 

 Tasmanian Grauculus, Tasmania ; Black-headed Diamond Bird, 

 New South Wales ; Black-faced Grauculus, Bee- eater, Allied 

 Diamond Bird, and Short-billed Sericornis, Victoria. By Mr. G. 

 French. — Spring flowers from Cheltenham. By Mrs. Flatow, — 

 Polyzoa, &c., from Warrnambool. By Mr. R. Hall. — Red-capped 

 Dottrel, Hooded Dottrel, Banded Stilt, Broad-billed Prion, Marsh 

 Tringa, Bass' Strait Tern, and Marsh Tern. By Mr. E. H. Hennell. 

 — Gold from Boxing Reef, Steiglitz ; tin ore from Koetong, Upper 

 Murray, and oxide of tin from Corner Inlet and King Island. By 

 Mr. G. A. Keartland. — Nine species of parrots. By Mr. T. A. 

 Forbes-Leith. — Kingfishers from Ceylon, the Red and Magnificent . 



