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July. U ) ir ^, The Queensland Naturalist, 
EVENING MEETING, 29th .MAY. 1!)14. 
Present: F. Burtt (in the chair), and 50 members. 
The President, on behalf of the Club, welcomed back to 
Brisbane Messrs. Tryon, Johnston and Holland, who 
about eighteen months pre\'iously had been appointed by 
the Queensland Government as a travelling commission to 
inquire into the possible methods of eradication or utilisation 
of the prickly pear. 
The meeting was devoted to the display of specimens 
under the microscope, and took the form of a conversazione. 
Specimens were shown by Miss Freda Bage, M.Sc., Dr. T. 
Harvey Johnston, and Messrs. W. R. Colledge, W. M. Tanner, 
E. M. Shearwin, E. Jarvis, and C. I). Gillies, B.Sc, 
A set (2 vols.) of Leeuwenhoek’s original papers, ]U'inted 
in 1718, was exhibited by Mr. H. Tryon, 
EVENING MEETING, 2(ith JUNE, 1914. 
Present: F. Burtt (in the chair), and 25 members. 
Prof. S. B. J. Skertchly gave a report^ — as representative 
of tlie Club— of the inaugural meeting of the Gould League 
of Bird Lovers in Queensland. 
Mr. Tryon also s]x)ke, and referred to the need of revision 
of the list of birds scheduled under the Native Birds Protection 
A ct. 
Prof. S. B. J. Skertchly moved, and Mr. R. L. Higgins 
seconded, that “ a sub-committee consisting of Dr. F. 
Haniihon Kenny, Mr. H. Tryon ^nd Mr. J. E. Young, should 
be formed for the purpose of revising the list.” Dr. Kennv 
proposed that the sub-committee rejx)rt to the Club. 
Lectnrette : l^rof. S. B. J. Skertchly gave a short account on 
some of his more recent geological work in the Nerang district. 
Exhibits : By W. R. Colledge — A number of lantern 
slides illustrating some of the more interesting pond-life 
s])ecimens gathered in recent excursions. By R. L. Higgins- 
A number of miscellaneous specimens gathered at Noosa 
by Miss E. N. Parker. 
EVENING MEETING, 31st JULY, I9U. 
Present: R. Higgins (in the chair) and 19 members. 
Members elected : Miss H. Cleminson, B.Sc., Miss Phipps. 
Report : Mr. W. R. Colledge gave a report on the -pond- 
life of the excursion to Darra, illustratea with lantern slides. 
I ecturette : Dr. Butler Wood de]i^’ered an interesting 
address, ” Something About Teeth.” 
Exhibit : By C. T. White— Specimens of the Rice Pa])er 
plant of China [Fatsia papyrifera) naturalised in some places 
round about Brisbane. 
