THE 
QUEENSLAND NATURALIST 
JOURNAL OF THE QUEENSLAND NATURALISTS’ CLUB 
AND NATURE. LOVERS’ LEAGUE 
VOL. XII FEBRUARY 1942 No. 1 
PROCEEDINGS. 
EVENING MEETING, 21st JULY, 1941. 
The chair was occupied by the President, Mr. S. T. 
Blake, and thirty-seven members were present. Miss 
Twine and Mr. Irvine were elected members of the Club. 
Mr. E. 0. Marks gave an account of the geology of the trip 
to Mt. Gravatt to visit the unique caves in the quartzite. 
The Honorary Secretary, Miss E. E. Baird, reported that 
few birds were noticed. Spinebills, Ibis, and Pardalotes 
were among those seen. The principal business of the 
meeting was a lecture by Professor H. C. Richards on 
“Brisbane’s Building Stones.” Buildings in Brisbane 
were made up of both local and imported stones. The 
lecturer remarked that Queensland was very rich in build- 
ing stones and need not import any. 
EVENING MEETING, 18th AUGUST, 1941. 
The chair was occupied by the Vice-President (Dr. E. 
0. Marks), and about thirty-eight members were present. 
Messrs. J. Wyatt and J. L. Schofield were elected mem- 
bers. Reports of the trip to Sunnybank were given by Mr. 
N. Jack (birds), and by Mr. C. T. White (plants). The 
principal business of the meeting was a lecture by Mr. W. 
Murphy, L.Ph., on “Latvia and the Letts.” Mr. Murphy 
was for several years lecturer in English and Psychology 
to the Latvian Ministry of Education. He described 
natural, social, and other conditions of the country. The 
language of the Letts was not in any way related to that of 
Russia, Scandinavia, or any adjacent country, with the 
solitary exception of Lithuania, but it had a distinct re- 
semblane to Sanskrit. 
A specimen of the Native Wistaria ( Milletia aus- 
tralis) from the Lamington National Park was tabled by 
Mr. Gresty. 
EVENING MEETING, 15th SEPTEMBER, 1941. 
The chair was occupied by the President, Mr. S. T. 
Blake. Thirty-nine members were present. Reports on 
