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The Queensland Naturalist. 
VoL. 1. 
EVENING MEETING, 23rd FEBRUARY, 1911. 
Chairman : H. Tryon. Attendance, 23. 
Emblem : An emblem for the Club — the Native Bee 
{Trigona) — ^designed by the President, was adopted, sub- 
ject to the omission of the legehd Afis modo. 
Paper: Botanic Notes, No. 1. by C. T. White (vide 
Transactions, p. 204). 
Exhibit : Fruit of Endiandra insignis, by C. T. White, 
who stated regarding it as follows ; — It is eaten by the 
aboriginals. The nuts are roasted by them, cracked, and 
and the kernels, after being pounded betw^een round and 
flat stones, are placed in a dilly bag and immersed in water 
for a few hours — ^sometimes all night. 
EXCURSION, 11th MARCH, 1911. 
Sherwood : Attendance, 22. 
The majority of the party were taken for a geological 
ramble under the guidance of Prof. S. B. J. Skertchly. 
Other sections of the Club devoted the time available to 
Entomology and Pond Life. Later in the afternoon they 
all assembled at the house of Dr. A. Jefleris Turner, by 
whom and Mrs. Turner they were entertained at afternoon 
tea. Dr. Turner then exhibited his splendid collection 
of moths and butterflies, in the examination of which some 
time was spent. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to 
Dr. and Mrs. Turner for their kindness, and the party re- 
turned to town about six o’clock. 
EVENING MEETING, 23rd MARCH, 1911. 
This Meeting took the form of a Conversazione — for 
report vide p. 209. 
