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April, 1934. 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
W. J. Sanderson; of fruits of the Guatemalan avocado by 
Mr. E. W. Bick; flowering- specimens of the Wheel of Fire 
(Steno carpus) and of Pith&colobium Hendersonianum by 
Mr. J. E. Young; of the Ball fruit ( Endiandra pubens ) 
and a fungus ( Polystictus xanthopus) by Mr. C. T. White, 
of volcanic glass from Beech Mountain, and miscellaneous 
geological specimens and aboriginal artifacts from far 
Western Queensland by Dr. E. 0. Marks. 
ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING 
JANUARY, 1934. 
Ladies and Gentlemen, 
The Council of the Queensland Naturalists’ Club sub- 
mits the 28th Annual Report of the work of the Club. 
Meetings . — Nine Council meetings, eight monthly 
meetings, a Wildflower Show and nine field excursions 
were held. Attendance at Council meetings was as fol- 
lows: — Mr. Perkins, 8; Mr. Nebe, 6; Mr. Jackson, 8; Mr. 
Bick, 1; Miss Baird, 9; Mr. Kunze, 8; Mr. Young, 7 ; Mrs. 
Jackson. 7; Mr. Barker, 8; Dr. Herbert, 5: Dr. Marks, 4; 
Mr. Rowley, 5 ; Mr. Sanderson, 6 ; Mr. White, 6. 
The attendance at monthly meetings has been good, the 
average being 33. Interesting lectures and papers on many 
branches of Natural History have been given by Dr. Her- 
bert, and by Messrs. Bailey, Blake, Longman, Drain, Bar- 
nard and Barker. Exhibits have been shown and notes 
made on them by Mrs. Macdonald, Miss Williams, Dr. Her- 
bert, and Messrs. Young, Simmonds, Jackson, White, Per- 
kins and other members. Reports of excursions, specimens 
and photographs taken on them have been given by Messrs. 
Young, Jack, Nebe, Barker, White and others. 
The Wildflower Show was held in the Albert Hall < 
Saturday, September 9th. The exhibits were quite as 
beautiful and varied as usual, but the financial return was 
hardly so satisfactory. 
Member shiv . — It is with great regret that the deaths 
of Mrs. S. E. Curtis of “Hopedale,” Mr. B. Dunstan, Mr. 
D. W. Gaukrodger and Dr. T. L. Bancroft are recorded. 
Membership now stands at 125 ; of whom 88 are town 
members, 6 are honorary and 31 are country members. 
Eight new members have been elected, and 15 resignations 
received. 
The Naturalist . — Three issues of the journal have been 
published during the year. 
General . — The attention of the Department of Agri- 
culture and stock was directed to reports of the killing of 
