34 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



Department of Mines, Victoria ; " Proceedings Royal Society of 

 Victoria," vol. xii. (new series), part 2, from the Society; "Thirty- 

 sixth Annual Report Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of 

 Victoria," 1899, from the Society; " Queensland Flora," part 1, by 

 F. M. Bailey, F.L.S., Government Botanist, Queensland, from the 

 author; Queensland Agricultural Journal, April and May, 

 1900, from Department of Agriculture, Queensland; "Proceed- 

 ings Royal Society of Queensland," vol. xv., from the Society ; 

 Nature Notes, April and May, 1900, from Selborne Society, 

 London ; "Annual Report Smithsonian Institution," 1897, from 

 the Institution ; " Proceedings Boston Society of Natural History," 

 vol. xxix., Nos. 1-8, from the Society ; " Birds of Eastern North 

 America — part 1, Water Birds ; part 2, Land Birds "• — from Field 

 Columbian Museum, Chicago; "Field Columbian Museum — 

 Zoological Series," vol. i., Nos. 16 and 17, from the Museum ; 

 " Bulletin of Buffalo Society of Natural History," vol. vi , Nos. 

 2, 3, and 4, from the Society; " Mangareva Dictionary, Gambier 

 Island," by Edward Tregear, from the New Zealand Institute. 



ELECTION OF MEMBER. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. C. J. Gabriel, Abbotsford, was 

 duly elected a member of the Club. 



ANNUAL REPORT. 



The hon. secretary, Mr. G. Coghill, then read the twentieth 

 annual report for 1 899-1900, which was as follows : — 



"To the Members of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria. 

 Ladies and Gentlemen, — Your Committee have much pleasure in 

 presenting the twentieth annual report of the Club, covering the 

 year ending 30th April, 1900, showing, as it does, that the Club 

 is in a good position and steadily gaining ground. 



"The membership has increased to 147, consisting of 135 

 ordinary, 2 life, and 10 honorary members. 



"We regret that early in the year death removed our patron, 

 Sir Frederick M'Coy, K.C.M.G., well known as a distinguished 

 palaeontologist and zoologist. The rearrangement of his duties 

 at the University, &c, has resulted in the appointment of Dr. J. 

 W. Gregory as Professor of Geology, while the directorship of 

 the National Museum has passed into the hands of one of our 

 late presidents and a fellow-member, Professor W. Baldwin 

 Spencer. Another member, Mr. J. A. Kershaw, has been 

 promoted to the position of Zoological Curator of the Museum. 



" The usual monthly meetings have been held, with always a 

 good attendance of members ; also an extra meeting, at which, to a 

 large audience, Mr. J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., Government Botanist 

 of New South Wales, delivered a lecture, entitled ' A Botanist on 

 Mount Kosciusko,' illustrated by limelight pictures. 



