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siderable time, owiii^ principally to lack of space for 
accommodating same, tlie small nnmber of borrowers is 
to be expected, especially as most members themselves are 
subscribers to the magazines supplied by the Club. 
It is recommended that a ‘‘reference library,” suitable 
for those interested in different branches of natural his- 
tory, be maintained, instead of the present set-up ; any 
member wishing to do so, could apply for access to the 
Library cupboard on meeting nights to look up informa- 
tion re((uired. Tlie amount of subscriptions at present 
paid for “National Geographic,” “Geographic,” “Wild 
Life” and “Walkabout," could be used for additions to 
the Library of suitable reference books. 
The Library Committee met at the home of the 
Librarian, where exchanges and overilows from the Li- 
brary are stored, for the purpose of deciding how these 
could best be allocated. The list of exchanges was revised, 
and decisions arrived at were deferred for confirmation 
by Council. 
Thanks are extended to the Library Committee for 
the help given with the many hundreds of exchanges, and 
also to Miss E. Baird for officiating on two General 
Meeting nights, when the Librarian was absent from 
Brisbane. 
E. M. JACKSON, Librarian 
HEBER ALBERT LONGMAN 
Heber Longman, the scholarly dean of Queensland naturalists, 
passed away at his riverside home in Chelmer on February 16th, 
1954. Born at Heytsbury on the edge of the Downs in Wiltshire 
on June 24th, 1880, he early developed his interests in the botany, 
geology and archaeology of the countryside. In 1902 he came to 
Australia and became keenly interested in the plant life of his 
new surroundings. That was the time of great activity in the 
study of botany in Queensland, when such men as F. M. Bailey, 
of Brisbane and J. H. Maiden, Sydney, were stimulating the work 
of enthusiastic amateur naturalists. Heber Longman was an 
asiduous collector and student, and his extensive herbarium was 
