THE 
QUEENSLAND NATURALIST 
JOURNAL OF THE QUEENSLAND NATURALISTS’ CLUB 
AND NATURE-LOVERS’ LEAGUE 
VOL. XI NOVEMBER 1940 No, 5 
PROCEEDINGS, 
EVENING MEETING, 15th APRIL, 1940. 
The chair was occupied by the Vice-President (Mr. 
S. T. Blake), and about 40 members and visitors were 
present. Misses Duncan, Shackleton, Savage, and Lacle- 
wig ; Messrs. Whitby, Riek, Wright and Langdon were 
elected members of the Club. Reports on the geology and 
botany of Little Yabba Creek were given by Dr. E. 0. 
Marks and Mr. S. T. Blake respectively. Reports on the 
excursion to Birkdale were given by Mr. C. T. White 
(botany), Mr. N. Jack and Mr. G. H. Barker (birds). 
The chief business of the meeting was a lecture by Mr. E. 
W. Bick, Curator of the Botanic Gardens, on the history 
of the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane. Exhibits were made 
by Mr. G. H. Barker of a rare work on British butterflies 
and moths; Mrs. Williams, photographs of old Brisbane; 
Mr. G. Jackson, aboriginal grinding stone; Mr. J. E. 
Young, flowers and seed pods of the Wheel of Fire 
( Stenocarpus sinuatus ) ; Miss Holland, nest of a friar 
bird; Miss Williamson, native fruits from Numinbah 
Valley ; Miss E. N. Baird, photographs of Tamborine 
Mountain. 
EVENING MEETING, 20th MAY, 1940. 
The President (Mr. H. E. Young) occupied the chair, 
and 30 members were present. Reports on excursion to 
Tamborine Mountain were given by Dr. E. O. Marks 
(geology), Mr. C. T. White (botany), and Mr. N. Jack 
(birds). The principal business of the meeting was a 
lecture by Mr. W. G. Wells on Soil Erosion. The lecture 
was well illustrated by a fine series of lantern slides of 
the effects of erosion, especially in the United States. 
EVENING MEETING, 10th JUNE, 1940. 
The Vice-President (Mr. S. T. Blake) occupied the 
chair, and 36 members and visitors were present. Mr. J. 
O. Fabert was elected a member of the Club. The prin- 
