The 
Queensland Naturalist 
The Organ of the Field Naturalists’ Club 
and its Branches — 
VoL. 1. February, 1913. No. 11. 
PROCEEDINGS. 
ANNUAL MEETING, 25th JANUARY, 1912. 
Chairman : H. Tryon. Attendance 27. 
Members elected : S. Ainsworth, Mrs. F. H. Hobler. 
Annual Report: The report of the Committee for 1911 
was read and adopted. 
Presidential Address : The retiring President delivered 
an address on “ Biology — ^The Science of Living Things 
[vide Transactions p 241.). 
Office-Bearers : The election of office-bearers for 1912 
resulted as follows : President, R. Hulsen ; Vice-President, 
Dr R Hamlyn-Harris ; Committee, Mrs. T. Pattinson, Miss 
E. Barker, W. R. Colledge, H. Hacker, S. B. J. Skertchly 
and W. M. Tanner ; Hon. Secretary, C. W. Holland ; Hon. 
Excursion Secretary, C. T. White. 
In February Dr. R. Hamlyn-Harris resigned, and his 
position was taken by H. A. Longman. 
EVENING MEETING, 29th FEBRUARY, 1912. 
Chairman : R. Hulsen. 
Mr. Longman referred to the approaching birthday of 
Mr. F. M. Bailey, and moved, “ That this club offers hearty 
congratulations to Mr. F. Manson Bailey, C.M.G., Government 
Botanist, on the attainment of his 85th birthday." 
Reports : On excursion to Nundah— (a) Pond-life by W. 
R. Colledge ; (b) Entomology by Messrs. Hacker and Tryon ; 
(c) Botany by C. T. White. 
Paper : “ Botanical Gleanings from the Macpherson 
Range," by C. T. White. The author gave a popular account 
of the plants met with on a visit to some of the higher parts 
of the Macpherson Range, in company with Mr. H. Tryon 
