The Victorian Naturalist 



Vol. 73— No. 3 JULY 5, 1956 No. 871 



PROCEEDINGS 



About fifty members were present at the Annual Gencud 

 Meeting oi the Club, held at the National Herbarium on June 11 

 last The retiring President, Mr. Tallinn Rauneiu, was ill til? 

 Chair; he welcomed to the meeting Miss Sutherland, a visitor from 

 Vancouver in Canada. 



Mr, .Swaby reported that several vigils liatl ht:en paid to the Sir 

 CJfrtiM Mackenzie Sanctuary, Hcalesville, by ihc commdtee appointed 

 to ;issisr in the making oi a Natn re Trail, and that the first working 

 bee would L>e held on July 7, -when as many members as possible 

 should attend. Mr. Gnrnor gave a resume of the National Parks 

 Bill to he debated in parliament m August, and he agreed to bring" 

 heioie Council Several) proposed amendments. 



I he 76th Annual Report of rlifi Club was read by the Secretary, 

 and the Treasurer outlined the financial statements. These are in 

 this issue of the Naturalist and in last month's issue respectively. 

 The Auditors signified thai no report was necessary from them. 



Mt Rayment reported that he had received a letter irom Mr, 

 Sarovich advocanng a rearrangement of the Building and Con- 

 tingencies fund, but, because of its length, he would not deal 

 with it but would take it as signifying the writer's intention to move 

 a motion nt a future meeting. 



The election followed of Office-Bearers and Council for 1956-37 

 As noniinatioii.s did not exceed requirements, the following were 

 declared elected- Mr, A. J. Swaby, President; Messrs. F, Lewis 

 and W. T.. Williams, Vice-Presidents; Mrs. F. Curtis, .Assistant 

 Secretary; Mr. A. 6. Hooke, Treasurer; Miss M. liutchart, Assist- 

 ant Treasurer: Mr N. A. Wakefield, Editor; Mr. A. B : Court, 

 As.MStam Editor : Mr. A. Burke, Libia nun ; Mr. R r D. Lee, A.v>*M- 

 aril Librarian; Miss M. Allender, Excursions Secretary; and Dr. 

 K M. Wishart, Dr. W. Geroe, and Messrs. J. R. Garnet and K. 

 Atkjns, Coimeil Members. 



Mr. Rayment vacated the Chair in favour of the new President. 

 Mr. Swaby asked that Mcssts. Lustace Coghill and F. Curtis he 

 invited to attend the forthcoming meeting of Council, as they had 

 agreed to accept office, as Secretary and Council Member re- 

 spectively; thus there would be a full team to < manage Club affair*. 

 The new President said that major points of policy for the year 

 would be the stimulation of the scientific side of Club activities, 



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