THE 
QUEENSLAND NATURALIST 
JOURNAL OF THE QUEENSLAND NATURALISTS’ CLUB 
AND NATURE-LOVERS’ LEAGUE 
VOL. X MAY 1938 No. 5 
PROCEEDINGS. 
ANNUAL MEETING, MONDAY, 21st FEBRUARY, 
1938. — The chair was occupied by the President, Dr. W. 
H. Bryan, and 44 members were present. 
The Annual Report on the work of the Club for 1937 
was read by the Hon. Secretary, Miss E. E. Baird. A re- 
port by the Hon. Librarian, Mrs. G. L. Jackson, showed 
that the Library was making good progress and that the 
books and periodicals were borrowed in fair numbers by 
the members. 
The audited statement read by the Hon. Treasurer, 
Miss H. Clarke, showed a credit balance of £86/6/8. 
Office-bearers were elected for 1938 as set out on the 
inner page of the front cover. 
An address by the retiring President, Dr. W. H. 
Bryan, ‘‘Pebbles from my Garden Path,” was read. The 
lecture was illustrated by a model of the Brisbane River 
made by Mr. Elliott Bolland and by various samples of 
pebbles and gravels. 
Exhibits were tabled by Mr. H. E. Youngs — Bark of 
Bunya Pine ( Araucaria BidwMii) showing marks repre- 
senting probable axe marks made by aborigines for climb- 
ing; Mr. K. Jackson — Samples of aboriginal grinding 
stone, chips and shells from a kitchen midden; Miss Walsh 
— Photographs of volcanic activity in Rabaul ; Miss 
Williams — Flower of native passion vine ( Passiflora 
aurantiaca ) . 
EVENING MEETING, MONDAY, MARCH 21st, 
1938. — The President, Dr. D. A. Herbert, occupied the 
chair, and 30 members were present. 
The business of the meeting comprised two short lec- 
tures, one by Mr. A. Brimblecombe on Important Insect 
Pests of Queensland Forests, and the other by Mr. H. E. 
Young on Fungus and Allied Pests of Queensland 
Forests. 
Exhibits were tabled by Mr. H. Try on — A recently 
introduced destructive insect ( Pseudococcus virgatus) ; by 
Mr. K. Jackson — Stone axes from Cooper’s Creek, Western 
Queensland ; by Dr. W. H. Bryan — Fossils from Tool- 
burra collected by Mr. C. Dornbusch; and Dr. D. A. 
Herbert — Pearls found in freshwater mussels. 
