THE 
QUEENSLAND NATURALIST 
JOURNALOF THE QUEENSLAND NATURALISTS' CLUB 
AND NATURE-LOVERS’ LEAGUE 
VOL IX AUGUST, 1935 No. 5 
PROCEEDINGS. 
Annual Meeting, Monday, 18th February. 
1935. — The chair was occupied by the President, Mr. E. 
W. Bick, and 31 members were present. Mr. J. O’Neill 
Brenan was elected an honorary member of the club. 
Eulogistic remarks were made on Mr. Brenan ’s associa- 
tion with the club, and his general work in popularising 
the study of natural history in the State. Miss I. Roberts 
was elected an ordinary member. A general report on the 
trip to Bishop Island was given by Dr. E. 0. Marks. The 
general Annual Report was read by the Honorary Sec- 
retary, Miss E. E. Baird. These were followed on by 
reports from the Honorary Excursion Secretary, Mr. J. 
E. Young, Honorary Librarian, Mrs. 6. L. Jackson, and 
Honorary Editor, Mr. C. T. White. The financial state- 
ment was read by the Honorary Treasurer, Mr. F. Kunze, 
and showed a credit balance of £87/17/7. Thanks were ex- 
tended to the Honorary Lanternist, Mr. W. J. Sanderson. 
Officers for the year were elected as set forth on the inner 
page of the front cover. The retiring President, Mr. E. 
W. Bick, gave an address on “Canberra and Its Trees.” 
Specimens of wild flowers from New Zealand were tabled 
by Miss D. Miles and Mr. J. Nebe. 
EVENING MEETING, MONDAY, 18th MARCH, 
1935. — The chair was occupied by the President, Mr. G. 
H. Barker, and about 56 members were present. Mr. W. 
Hodgson was elected an ordinary member. Reports on 
the excursion to Dawson Road were given by Dr. E. 0. 
Marks (geology), and Mr. G. H. Barker (birds). The 
chief feature of the evening was a lecture by Dr F. W. 
Whitehouse on “Arid Lands of the West,” which dealt 
specially with observations made on his last trip into 
far Western Queensland, towards the Central Australian 
