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Vol. XVII.— No. 7. NOVEMBER 8, 1900. No. 203. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



A special general meeting of the Club was held in the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, 8th October, 1900. Mr. 

 T. S. Hall, M.A., vice-president, occupied the chair, and about 

 80 members and visitors were present. 



ALTERATIONS TO RULES. 



On the motion of Mr. J. H. Gatliff, seconded by Mr. D. 

 Le Souef, clause (b) of rule 4 was altered by the addition, after 

 the words "journal monthly," of the following provision, viz. : — 

 " Persons residing beyond a radius of fifteen miles from Mel- 

 bourne shall be deemed country members, and pay an annual 

 subscription of ten shillings per annum, and shall have the same 

 privileges as ordinary members ; " and to this was added, on the 

 motion of Mr. J. H. Gatliff (for the chairman), seconded by Mr. 

 F. G. A. Barnard — " Country members may obtain books from 

 the library on payment of carriage or postage both ways." 



On the motion of Mr, J. H. Gatliff, seconded by Mr. H. T. 

 Tisdall, the words " assistant secretary and librarian " were sub- 

 stituted for " two secretaries," in rule 10. 



The ordinary monthly meeting was then held. 



COR RESPONDENCE. 



From Mr. J. S. Maddock, 15 Hanover-street, Windsor, asking 

 for donations of specimens of Victorian natural history to be 

 forwarded to the Victoria Board School Museum, Wrexham, 

 North Wales. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the excursion to Glen Huntly on Saturday, 15th 

 September, was read by the leader, Mr. R. H. Cummins, who 

 stated that, apparently owing to recent wet and cold weather, 

 there was a dearth of animal life in the Rosstown Swamp, the 

 scene of the afternoon's collecting. Branchipus and Lepidurus, 

 usually very common there, were very scarce. However, an 

 interesting object to the general biological student was the spawn 

 of the frog, Limadynastes tasmaniensis, which was found in very 

 early stages of segmentation. 



A report of the excursion to Sydenham on Saturday, 29th Sep- 

 tember, was presented by the leader, Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., who 

 stated that some twelve members had spent a very enjoyable 



