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ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 

 Mr, A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc, President, in the Chair. 



The President announced that the Council was prepared to- 

 receive applications for three Linnean Macleay Fellowships, 

 tenable for one year from April 1st, 1909, from qualified Candi- 

 dates. Applications should be in the hands of the Secretary on 

 or before 30th November, 1908. In the meantime intending 

 Candidates were recommended to put themselves in com- 

 munication with the Secretary, who would afford all necessary 

 information. 



A letter from the West Australian Natural History Society at 

 Perth was read, asking the Society's support in approaching the 

 Government, with the object of having Barrow Island, 60 miles 

 off the North-West Coast, set apart as a Fauna Reserve. The 

 island, which is remarkable for its Kangaroo (Macropus isabelli- 

 nus), Bandicoot (Perameles barrowensis), Rat (Mus furcidinus), 

 and Wren (Malurus edouardi), none of which occur on the main- 

 land, is likely to be leased for sheep-farming, to the detriment of 

 the fauna. The President stated that, with the object of saving 

 time, the Council had responded to the appeal, by sending a 

 communication to the Premier strongly supporting the movement. 

 The wise policy of the Crown's retention of islands as sanctuaries 

 for wild life was being amply justified by the experiences of New 

 Zealand and the United States; and the Barrow Island fauna 

 was worth effort to save. After a copy of the Council's communi- 

 cation had been read, it was unanimously resolved, on the motion 

 of Mr. Kesteven, seconded by Mr. Clunies Ross : That this 

 Meeting heartily endorses the action of the Council, and hopes 

 that the movement will be completely successful. 



The attention of Members was called to a circular announcing 

 the arrangements for the projected meeting of the Australasian 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, in Brisbane, in 



