THE WOMBAT. 



The^ second of a series of entertainments conducted by 

 the photographic association in aid of the college funds was 

 given on 20th August, a few pounds being netted as the result 

 of the effort. 



Under the University Extension system Professor Laurie 

 delivered six weekly lectures in the lecture hall of the college, 

 commencing on igth August, the subject being "Browning, 

 Poet and Thinker." The lectures were well patronised. 



Arrangementsare in progress to re-organise another course 

 of ambulance lectures, seeing that last year's course proved 

 so successful. 



W. C. Freeman and J. Herd, pupils in the plumbing class, 

 attended the examination recently held by the Metropolitan 

 Board of Works, and intelligence is just to hand that Mr. 

 Freeman has passed in the theoretical and practical tests, and 

 is now qualified to practise as a plumber in connection with 

 the deep drainage system of the metropolis. Mr. Herd passed 

 in the practical examination, and will attend the next exami- 

 nations for theory. 



Still further additions have been made to the students' 

 reading room in the form of technical and scientific literature 

 during the quarter, and this department is now a recognised 

 feature of the institution. 



The museum curators desire to gratefully acknowledge 

 receipt of the following : — Fossil bone, Fyansford — Mr. H. 

 Mann ; specimens gold bearing quartz, Murchison, W. A. — 

 Mr. A. Whitelaw ; Maori weaving appliances, fish-hooks and 

 shells, N. Z.— Mr. W. Humble ; Crab, Corio Bay— Mr. W. 

 Johnston ; Drum and other implements used at Waterloo — 

 Mr. G. H. Steedman ; Jubilee Medals — The Mayors Town of 

 Geelong, and Boroughs Newtown and Chilwell, and Geelong 

 West. Statistical Register, Cape Colony, 1896 — Govern- 

 ment, Cape Colony ; Indian Museum Notes Vol. IV. No. 2, 

 Agricultural Statistics, Br. India, Agricultural Ledger Series — - 

 Govt, of India ; Agricultural Gazette, Vol. VIII. parts 4, 5, 6, 

 7 and 8 ; Farmers and Fruit Growers Guide ; Annual Report 

 Railways, 1896-7 — Govt. N. S. W. ; Journal of Agriculture 

 and Industries, Vol. I. parts 1 and 2 — Govt, of S. A. ; Special 

 Report on Education — Education Dept., London; Proc. Roy. 

 Soc. Victoria, Vol. X. part 1 — The Secretary ; Trans. Roy. Soc. 

 S. A. Vol. XXI. part 1 — The Secretary ; Trans. Roy. Geog. 

 Soc. A'sia., Vict. Branch, Vol. XIV. — The Secretary ; Australian 

 Museum Report 1896, ditto Records, Vol. III. part 2 — The 

 Trustees ; Annals, Queensland Museum No. 3 — The Trustees ; 

 Results Meteorol. Observations — Govt. Astronomer Melb. ; 

 Annual Report Hawaiian Historical Soc, ditto Papers 1 to 7 — 

 The Secretary ; Proc. Portland Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. II., part 

 4 — The Secretary ; Report Manchester Museum, ditto Notes 



