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The Queensland Naturalist 
July, 1928 
interesting collection of neuropterous insects from North- 
ern Queensland, some of which probably represented 
xindescribed species. Mrs. J. Smith exhibited specimens 
of early Roman pottery (probably about 50 B.C.), from 
excavations being carried out at Carleon, near Cardiff 
in Wales,' the work being financed by the London 4 ‘Daily 
Mail.” Mr. D. A. Herbert gave an account of his recent 
visit to Tasmania, where he attended the nineteenth meet- 
ing of the Australasian Association for the Advancement 
of Science as delegate >of the Club. After the conference 
some of the members and delegates spent a* week on 
Mount Field, where many interesting trees and plants 
are to be found. The vegetation ranges from rain-forest 
at the base to stone fields 011 top, the only vegetation 
found here being the peculiar cushion plants developed in 
mountain regions in many parts of the world. As the 
top of the range was approached, the trees became smaller 
and mountain gums at the base of the mountain with 
long columnar trunks of perhaps a hundred feet, towards 
the top became dwarfed to mere bushes a few feet high. 
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATURE LOVERS 
LEAGUE SUB COMMITTEE 
For year ending 31st December, 1927. 
The sub-committee appointed by the Council in 
March, 1927, to further the work of the Nature Lovers’ 
League (consisting of Messrs. D. A. Herbert (chairman), 
C. T. White, G. H. Barker, Dr. F. W. Whitehouse, and 
Mrs. W. M. Mayo, together with the Honorary Secre- 
tary) have pleasure in submitting the report of their 
year’s work to you. 
Four meetings of the sub-committee were held dur- 
ing the the year, at which all members were present. 
Following on the work undertaken! last year amongst 
the trainees at the Teachers’ Training College (a work 
commended by the Principal of the College and the De- 
partment of Education) it was proposed to carry on by 
giving a course of weekly lectures to the student teachers 
on subjects calculated to arouse their interest in the 
different branches of Nature Study before they were 
drafted out into the country schools. With the apm 
of the authorities concerned, lectures were given each 
Friday afternoon during the term to (approximately) 
eighty teachers. Four lectures each, making a total of 
