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July, 1928 The Queensland Naturalist 
sixteen, were delivered as follows: — Mr. D. A. Herbert 
M.Sc., “ Plant life"; Mr. C. T. White, Government Botan- 
ist, “ Queensland Trees"; Dr. F. W. Whitehouse, “The 
Origin of Scenery"; Mr. G. H. Barker, “Some Phases of 
Bird Life." 
Two afternoons were set aside for study in the field, 
but had to be abandoned owing to the rain. 
During the month of July, 011 the Government pro- 
claiming an open season for Koalas (native bears) in 
August, your sub-committee took part with many other 
societies in trying to have that proclamation annulled. 
The effort to save the bears at that time was of no avail. 
Public opinion, however, was aroused to' so great an 
extent that there is every probability of the bears being 
totally protected in the future. 
Your sub-committee approached the Under-Secretary 
for Education on the advisability of including more les- 
sons on the Natural History of Queensland in the State 
School curriculum. The suggestion was made that a 
book suitable to the fifth standard (and in a popular 
form) be compiled on Natural History subjects by mem- 
bers of the Nature Lovers 7 League, if the Department 
of Education would undertake cost of printing and pub- 
lishing. Owing to financial stringency that proposition 
could not be entertained by the Department, though the 
Under Secretary quite recognised the need, but a further 
suggestion that a lesson dealing with Queensland Natural 
History, including plants, insects, birds, geology, be fur- 
nished to the Education Department by the Nature 
Lovers 7 League each month w^as approved, the Depar f - 
ment to be responsible for printing same on leaflets and 
attaching to the “Education Office Gazette 77 for the use 
of teachers. The present year should see this work 
begun. 
At intervals during the year complaints have been 
received of the shooting amongst the different island 
sanctuaries of Moreton Bay. Your sub-committee distri- 
buted printed sanctuary notices (received from the De- 
partment of Agriculture) to be affixed to trees on the 
islands, and also wrote to the Southport Chamber of 
Commerce and Town Council, drawing attention to the 
wanton destruction. Sympathetic replies were received 
from those bodies, and a number of gentlemen were 
recommended by them to the Department of Agriculture 
and Stock, and are receiving appointment as honorary 
