April, 1930 
The Queensland Naturalist 
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The newly-elected President ( Mr. C. T. White) said 
a letter had been received from the lion, secretary of the 
Great Barrier Reef Committee that the representative of 
the Club 011 the Committee (Mr. Henry Tryon) had re- 
signed, and asking for the appointment of another repre- 
sentative. Dr. D. A. Herbert was elected as the Club’s 
representative. Prof. H. C. Richards proposed, and Dr. 
E. 0. Marks seconded a motion to the effect that Mr. 
Tryon be written to appreciative of his past service as 
representative of the Queensland Naturalists’ Club on 
the Great Barrier Reef Committee. 
General natural history photographs and an X-ray 
photograph of the rostral blade of a saw-fish were shown 
by Mr. J. Nebe. 
0 
ANNUAL REPORT 
For Year Ending January 31st, 1930. 
Ladies and Gentlemen, 
The Council of the Queensland Naturalists’ Club has 
pleasure in submitting the twenty-fourth (24th) Annual 
Report of the work of the Club : — 
OBITUARY. — It is regretted that the death of two 
members (Mr. W. Gaylard and Mr. H. Henderson) has 
to be recorded. 
MEETINGS. — Ten Council Meetings, nine Monthly 
Meetings, one Special Meeting, a Wild Flower Show, and 
eleven Field Excursions were held during the year. 
Attendance at Council Meetings has been as follows : 
— Dr. Whitehouse 8, Mrs. Thomson 7, Mir. Barker 9, Miss 
Baird 10, Mr. Sylow 9, Mr. Young 6, Miss Wegner 1, 
Mr. Simmonds, senr. 1, Miss Grimes 7, Mr. Smith 7, Mr. 
Simmonds, M.Sc. 5, Dr. Marks 10, Dr. Herbert 8, Mr. San- 
derson 6, Mr. White 7. 
Mrs. Mayo left the State early in the year, and in 
March, Miss Grimes was appointed acting hon. secretary 
of the Nature Lovers’ League. Miss Wegner resigned 
the librarianship, and Mr. J. H. Simmonds, senr., took 
up this work. Mr. J. E. Young was absent in New Guinea 
for some months. 
The attendance at the monthly meetings has been 
good, the average being about 33. During the year, 
lectures, illustrated in most cases with lantern slides or 
specimens, were given by Mr. C. T. White, Dr. D. A. 
Herbert, Mr. W. D. Francis, Mr. F. A. Perkins, Dr. W. 
H. Bryan, Dr. T. G. H. Jones, Mr. G. H. Barker, and 
Mr. J. Nebe. Reports of excursions were given, and 
