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Messrs. W. H. Selway, J. W. Mellor, J. M. Black, A. G. 

 Edquist, E. H. Lock, A. M. Lea, S. Angel, J. Willmott, 

 R. Llewellyn, S. Stokes, and Capt. S. A. White. 



At the meeting held on October 17, 1916, in the absence 

 of the Chairman (Capt. S. A. White), who was then on 

 a scientific expedition to Central Australia, Mr. W. H. 

 Selway gave an interesting lecture on the Buffalo Ranges in 

 Victoria. With the aid of photographs and maps the lecturer 

 dealt with the geographical, physiographical, geological, and 

 scenic features of the region. Mr. Aitken gave a short paper 

 dealing with the adaptations in the structure of the fruit- 

 eating and insect-eating bats. At the same meeting many 

 interesting exhibits were tabled by Miss I. Roberts, Mr. E. H. 

 Ising, Mr. E. Drummond, and Mrs. J. F. Mellor. 



The next evening meeting was held on May 17, 1916, 

 when Capt. S. A. White gave his lecture, ''With an Expedi- 

 tion through the Cooper Creek District," in which he dealt 

 most interestingly with his experiences in Central Australia 

 while collecting specimens of natural history, in company 

 with the Director of the Museum (Mr. Edgar R. Waite, 

 F.L.S.). A large number of slides added to the interest of the 

 address. The lecturer made an eloquent appeal for the 

 co-operation of his hearers in the effort to secure from the 

 Government the reservation of the land over which the 

 Everard blacks still roam untouched by contact with the 

 whites. 



On June 19 Dr. E. O. Teale lectured on "Travels in 

 Tropical Africa." The speaker dealt with the physiography 

 of that region of coastal East Africa between the Zambesi 

 and the Limpopo Rivers. By the aid of diagrams the 

 lecturer illustrated the geological and physiographical features 

 of the region dealt with. He also exhibited a large number 

 of beautiful slides showing the scenic beauties resulting from 

 the uplift of part of the district, producing scarp faces, and 

 giving the rivers power to wear down picturesque gorges. 



At the monthly meeting held on July 17, 1917, Mr. J. F. 

 Bailey (Director of the Botanic Garden) dealt with the 

 subject of "Queensland Plants at Home." With the aid of 

 a large number of artistically executed slides, the lecturer 

 took his hearers into the various botanical regions of the 

 Queensland scrubs and forests, and introduced them to many 

 of the most interesting plants to be found on the coast, in the 

 coastal plains, the southern forests and scrubs, the tropical 

 forests, and the great western plains. 



Dr. C. Fenner, F.G.S., spoke on "The History of a 

 River" at the monthly meeting held on August 21, 1917. The 

 lecturer dealt with the growth and work of rivers generally 



