THE WOMBAT 43 



Specimens : — 



Quail (Turnix pyrrhothorax). Mr. J. F. Mulder. 

 Pumice, Lake Taupo, N.Z. ") 



Cotton Pod, Ceylon > Mr. J. C. Taylor. 



Lara with embedded coin, Vesuvius ) 

 Echinoids from Waurn Ponds. Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A. 

 Beetles. Mr A. Pohl. 



A series of eggs and photographs and illustrations of 

 paper. Mr. C. F. Belcher. 



3/6/02. Magazine Night. 

 Specimens : — 



Two examples ot Gallinula tenebrosa. Mr. H. E. Hill. 

 Nominations were received for office-bearers for 1902-03. 

 Messrs. G. R. King and H. Nettle appointed auditors. 



17/6/02. Annual Meeting. 



Officers were elected thus :— 



President : Mr. G. H. Adcock, F.L.S. 

 Vice-presidents : Messrs. W. Shaw and J. F. Mulder. 

 Treasurer : Mr. W. H. Renton. 

 Editor : Mr. C. F. Belcher, 



Secretary, Librarian and Press Correspondent : Mr. A. 

 B. F. Wilson. 



Committee : Messrs. T. Wright, J. C. Taylor, J. 

 Hammerton, H. Nettle and J. J. Cary. 



Delegates to Wombat Committee : The Secretary and 

 Editor. 



The meeting night was changed to the first Friday iu every 

 month, so that meetings are now held monthly 

 instead of fortnightly as heretofore. 



A notice of motion to raise the annual subscription to 10s. 

 was postponed for further consideration. 



The following publications have been received since 

 1/1/02 :—The Zoologist, Nos. 725, 726, 727, 728, 

 729 and 730 ; The Victorian Naturalist Vol. 

 XVIII., Nos. 9, 10, 11 and 12, and Vol. XIX., 

 Nos. 1 and 2 ; The Emu, Vol. I., Nos. 1,2 and 3 ; 

 Proc. Portland Soc. Nat. His., Vol. II., part 5 ; 

 " Gn a Collection of Birds from W.A.," from R. 

 Hall (from the author) ; Revised Census Marine 

 Mollusea, Tas., (from the Linn. Soc, N.S.W. ); 

 Newer Pliocene Strata on the Moorabool River, by 

 Mr. 0. F. Mulder (from the author). 



