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and the securing and maintaining of closer contact with fcinched 

 societies and vvith country and interstate members. 



Messrs, Chalk ami Evans were again appointed as Auditors 

 Mr. V. G. Davidson and Mr. Paul Gcnery were elected as Metro- 

 politan Members of the Club, Mrs. F, G, Davidson and Mrs. F. 

 Curtis as Joint Members and Master John Walsh as a Junior 

 Member. These new members were welcomed to the F N.C V- and 

 wished well in their association with the Club. 



Mr, Wooltard suggested that mote prominence be given in the 

 Naturalist to the activities of the various Club Croups; the Editor 

 commented that such would be very welcome material for the 

 journal, as Club activities, including' excursion reports, were always 

 given priority over other material. 



There were a number of nature notes and comments on exhibits. 

 the latter in particular being very diverse and interesting The 

 meeting closed at ahovt 10 pin. fo* the usual convetsazione mid 

 perusal of exhibits. 



SEVENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT, 1956-57 



Hie 76th Annual Report chronicles a year ot satisfactory progress 

 and activity for your Club. Membership for the year was 546, the 

 same as the figure for last year, new members making up for 

 resignations and other losses. The membership comprised 34? 

 Metropolitan, 154 Country, 20 Honorary, 5 Lire and 20 junior. 

 In addition there are 37 subscriber:* to the Victorian Naturalist. 



Unusually severe losses occurred in the Club during the pa^t 

 year through f he deaths of Mrs. T. Sarovich, Mrs. K Woodburn. 

 Mis* M. Wise, Sir Russell Grimwade, Major H, VV. Wilson, Mr. 

 V. Bibby, Mr. J. Bishop, Mr. A. Burston, Mr. E. Dakin. Mr. A. 

 Jenkins, and Mr, II. Smith, all of whom did fine work for the 

 Club in the past. 



During the year, your Council, through its .finance Suh Com- 

 mittee, kept a close watch on the factors of income and expenditure 

 involved, mindful ot the heavy commitment represented by the 

 publication of the >ern Book. Consideration was again given to 

 publishing the Victorian Naturalist as a quarterly., but it was gen- 

 erally agreed that this should be resolved to only in the event ot 

 acute Club difficulty. Last year's newly exploited source of revenue 

 was tapped even more profitably by the Editor, who pushed sales 

 nt luck numbers of the Victorian- Naturalist so vigorously that aw 

 extra £ 175 was added to the Club funds. As the financial report ici 

 last month's Naturalist showed there was a surplus of £05 on the 

 General Working Account for the past year, which has led to a 

 satisfactory increase in the Batik balance. 



A major event of the Club year was the publication in December 

 ot the re- written and enlarged edition of ihe Fern Book. Sales 

 progressed reasonably well, 473 copies being disposed oi to 



