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EVENING MEETING, 21st May, 1951.— It was 
resolved that as from 1st July, 1951 the fees be increased 
by 100 per cent. Reports were given on the excursion 
led by Mr. J. T. Woods to Aspley, where the mud 
springs were examined. Dr. W. A. McDougall, of the 
Department of Agriculture and Stock, gave a lecture on 
“Rats and Mice’’, and pointed out that there were three 
introduced species, the black house rat, the brown or 
sewer rat, and the little house mouse. Mr. E. S. Golliver 
exhibited a number of geological specimens, which 
included fossils of shark teeth. Amongst the other 
exhibits were vertebra of Ichthyosaurus tabled by Miss 
G. D. Williams and a Redback Spider shown by Mr. K. 
Harley. 
EVENING MEETING, 18th June, 1951. -Members 
reported on the excursion to Ashgrovo and St. John’s 
"Wood. Mr. F. S. Golliver had led the expedition and 
pointed out features of geolgical interest, while Mr. S. 
T. Blake and Miss D. Coxon had covered the botanical 
features and the birds respectively. The monthly 
lecture entitled “Mammalian Embryology' was delivered 
by Mr. W. B. Mather of the Department of Zoology, 
University of Queensland, and was illustrated with slides. 
Botanical and geological specimens collected on the Satur- 
day excursion were exhibited and the other exhibits 
tabled included specimens of coal and petrified wood by 
Mr. J. Cossar Smith. 
EVENING MEETING. 16th July, 1951.- -Members 
reported on the excursion on 14th July to the Toowong- 
Bardon area and Miss M. Hawken stated that twenty-five 
specimens of birds were seen. The monthly lecture was 
given by Mr. Edward Evans, a member of Ihe Bee- 
keepers’ Association. The subject was ‘‘The Life and 
Habit of Bees’’, and amongst the many interesting points 
made by Mr. Evans were that there are 600 species of 
honey insects and that in Australia there aie ‘20,000 
owners of one or more hives, about half this number 
being in the industry and producing twenty-five million 
pounds of honey per year. Mr. S. T. Blake commented 
on exhibits tabled by Mr. G. II. Barker and Miss M. 
Hawken. 
EVENING MEETING, 20th August. 1951.— The 
monthly excursion on the afternoon of Saturday, 1 8th 
August had been to the Queensland Museum, and Mr. 
F. S. Golliver commented on the visit, pointing out the 
great improvements made at, the Museum by the Director, 
