council for the year 1954-55 resulted as shown on the in- 
side front cover. As the retiring President, Mr. T. E. Hunt, 
was unable to -be present to deliver the Presidential ad- 
dress, Dr. E. N. Marks spoke on and showed coloured slides 
of the Avestern islands of Torres Strait. Specimens from 
the excursion tabled by members included the folloA\ing : — 
stages in germination of- seeds of Aviccnnia and leaves of 
Aegic^ras with adhaereut barnacles — Mrs. \Y. M. Bristow; 
a cane toad, arc shell, and eel-grass — Mr. E. J. Smith; 
fiddler crabs, the male of the species with one charac- 
teristically enlarged claw — Dr. E. N. Marks. 
OMISSION.— The block of the plate of Mr. Heber Longman 
which appeared in Vol. 15, No. 1-2 of this journal was by courtesy 
of ''The Courier-Mail", Brisbane. It is regretted thaf acknow- 
ledgment was not made in the appropriate place. — Ed. 
