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Vol. VII.— No. 2. JUNE, 1890. No. 78. 



THE FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal Society's 

 Hall on Monday evening, 12th May, 1890. 



The president, Mr. C. A. Topp, M.A., F.L.S., occupied the 

 chair, and about 55 members and visitors were present. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Census of Australian Plants, part 1 — 

 Vasculares," 2nd edition, by Baron F. von Mueller, K.C.M.G., 

 from the Government ; " Transactions of Royal Society of 

 Victoria," vol. L, part 2, from the Society ; " Proceedings of 

 Royal Society of Tasmania," 1889, from the Society; "Proceed- 

 ings of Linnean Society of New South Wales,' ; 2nd series, vol. iv., 

 part 4, from the Society ; " Journal of Bombay Natural History 

 Society," vol. iv., parts 3 and 4, from the Society; "Journal of 

 New York Microscopical Society," vol. vi., part 2, from the 

 Society ; and " Journal of Pharmacy," April, 1890. 



The hon. secretary read an interesting account by Mr. C. 

 French, F.L.S., of the Club excursion to Oakleigh on Saturday, 

 19th April, which was fairly attended. Considering the season 

 of the year, a good number of specimens were obtained. 



The hon. secretary reported that a deputation from the Club 

 had waited on the hon. the Minister of Lands with reference to 

 the reservation of Wilson's Promontory as a national park, and 

 they had been very favourably received, and a promise given 

 that the greater portion of the Promontory should be reserved 

 as a State forest, the regulations for the control of which would 

 be submitted to the Club for its approval. 



On a ballot being taken, the Rev. W. Fielder, Messrs. M. H. 

 Clifford, D. M. Dow, T. Fowler, W. H. A. Pye, and T. Steel 

 were duly elected members of the Club. 



Mr. F. G. A. Barnard gave notice of motion that he would 

 move at the next meeting that in rule 10 the words " secretary 

 and assistant secretary '' be altered so as to read " and two 

 secretaries." 



Messrs. Le Souef, and G. Lyell, jun., were elected to audit the 

 accounts for the past year. Nominations were then made for the 

 various offices for the year 1 890-1. 



Baron F. von Mueller, K.C.M.G., then took the chair while 

 the retiring president, Mr. C. A. Topp, M.A., delivered his 



