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drawn to these practices, and in view of the opinion held 
by the Naturalists’ Club that most of the birds classed as 
pests do more good than harm, also that the present Act 
provides sufficient loopholes to keep such as are pests in 
check, the Council requested that these boards should be 
abolished or that no one but a qualified officer should be 
allowed to pay for any specimens submitted. The Minister 
undertook to see that the latter part of our request would 
be observed in the future. 
The attention of the Minister was drawn to the de- 
struction of bird life on the Barrier Reef by tourists and 
others, and largely due to the Club’s interest, more hon- 
orary Rangers were appointed and further sanctuaries de- 
clared. 
The Club interested itself in the possible danger that 
threatened our bird life due to the recent activities of the 
Government with the Donkin Dingo Bait. On enquiry, 
however, it was found that these baits were not destructive 
to bird life, so no further action was taken. 
Library . — The lion. Librarian (Mrs. Eva M. Jack- 
son) reports : — During the past year the Library has been 
increasingly popular with members, probably owing to the 
fact that a large number of suitable books has been added 
to it. Some of these were bought out of Club funds, and 
others generously donated by members. Prominent among 
these latter is “What Bird is That?” by N. W. Cayley, 
and presented by Mr. Geo. II. Barker, who has also from 
time to time given many magazines. Mr. II. G. Barnard 
has donated a number of very interesting books. Mr. IT. 
Longman donated a copy of bis book, “The Religion of 
a Naturalist.” The complete series of “Hutchinson’s 
Popular Botany,” presented by Mr. C. T. White some time 
ago has been suitably bound, and is now available in two 
handy volumes. 
In the magazine section, the National Geographic and 
Natural History Magazines are the most popular, owing 
probably to their wonderful illustrations. The subscrip- 
tion to the former was given up last year owing to in- 
creased cost, exchange, etc., but the Club has not suffered, 
as Mr. Nebe has most generously passed on his own copies 
for use in the Library. 
Many back numbers of the “Emu” have been added, 
and the Mines Department are now sending regular copies 
of “The Queensland Mining Journal.” The United States 
Department of Agriculture has notified that they will’ for- 
ward their publications in so far as they are available. 
During the year a large parcel of back numbers of 
“United Empire” magazines was sent to the State Stores 
to be forwarded to Dunwich or Peel Island. 
