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PROCEEDINGS. 
EVEXlXd MEET1N(:1, Lltli Pel)., 19r)4- :\[einbers X'o- 
poited on the excursion to Bishop Island on 14th Feb.; 
Mr. T E. Hunt luid noted an orchid -which was particularly 
interesting- as Bishop Island was man-made; Mr. L. S. 
Smith reported 24 native and 4b naturalised alien plants 
on the Island iji addition to tliose pi-eviously recorded ; 
]\Iiss M. Hawken listed 1.7 species of liirds; seen on the ex- 
cursion, the man^'rove honeyeater beino' the most consi^ie- 
nous. i\Ir. Vernon of tiie Queensland Museum ^'ave the 
evening lecture on his trip Avith the .\rc!ibold ex]iedition 
to Cape York, and exhibited several s])ecimens of birds 
and animals collected on the expedition. iMiss Crombes and 
Mr. S. Breedon Avere elected members of the Club. The fol- 
loAving Avere amongst the exhibits tabled:^ fossil ci*abs 
and giant snail— Mi* P. S. (k>lliver; basket-m^st spiders— 
Mr. E J. Smith; fnut of XyJomvIvm jujriforme and skele- 
tal Avood of a bottle ti'ee — ]\Irs. AV. AI. BristoAv ; the fungus 
i:iphaeroholus — Airs. A. B. Cribb. 
EVEXIXG AIEETIXG, 22nd Alaivh. 1954— Deep re- 
gret Avas expressed at the death of tAVo members, Air. 
Heber Tmngman and Airs. G. (b‘oll. Professor I) A. IlerbtM't 
spoke of the Avork of Air. Longman avIio Avas a former dir- 
ector of the Queensland Aluseum, and meml)ci-s stood in 
silence foi* a monuMit as a mark of respect. Aliss Al. Davies 
Avas elected to membership of the (’lub. Professor AV. H. 
Bryan spoke on the excursion to the coral dump of the 
Darra cement Avoi*ks and mentioned interesting feature's 
of the clay l)cds adjacent to th(' Avorks. Professor 4. AA'^. 
AA'ells, a visiting Pulbright scholar from TI.!->.A., stated 
that tliere Avere nine living species of coral in Aloreton 
ILiy but that the dreclgings contaimrl s])('cies extinct in 
Aloreton Bay but still living in other areas. The ('vening 
lectiu'e AA'as d(*livered by Air. 4. P. Bailey. (Tirator of the 
Botanic Gardens. Avho shoAved coloured slides of many of 
the ])cautiful native plants in cultivation. The following 
were amongst the ('xhibits tabhsl by membin-s— shells 
from the coral dump and fossil l(‘aves from tiu' clay pit - 
Airs. G. L. Jackson; grasses and butterfly chrysaiis- 
Alrs. AV. AL BristoAv ; three juvtmih' bi*(.)Avn snakes — AP-. 
E. *1. Smitli : fossil leaves from the Darra clay pit — Airs. 
E. O. Alai'ks; corals from AIor(4on Bay — Professor J. AV. 
AA'ells: butterfh' pupa— Air. P. Knnze; (*oral and shells 
from Darra — Dr. E. O. Alarks: iioo]) i)ine Buprestid 
beetle and mosfjuitoes from Dari-a— Dr. E. X^. Alarks ; seed 
pod of native Avistaria— Air. (A 0. Dunn. 
