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The following were elected members of the Society : — Mrs. 
Gresley Lukin, Messrs. P. T. Newland, E. H. Manton, and W. E. 
Cooke, M.A., the Government Astronomer. 
Reports of excursions to Boya, Cannington, Statham’s and 
Smith’s Mills were read by the Leaders, Dr. Tratman, Dr. Thorp, 
and Mr. E. S. Simpson, respectively. 
The Ordinary Meeting of the Society was held at the Technical 
School on Tuesday, the 14th December, 1909, when the President 
occupied the chair, and a large number of members were present. 
The following were elected members of the Society : — 
Messrs. F. R. Dymes, M.A., F. C. Stockwell, A.S.A.S.M., and 
Mesdames H. Robinson and S. J. Haynes. 
The President reported that the Museum authorities required 
the rooms that the Society had occupied for several years, and 
consequently arrangements had had to be made for accommoda- 
tion elsewhere. It was hoped that the Society would find a 
peimanent home at the Technical School. 
A report on the excursion to Carnac Island was read by the 
Leader, Inspector Abjornsson, who also contributed notes on the 
spawning of the Schnapper ( Pagrus unicolor). 
Mr. E. S. Simpson, B.E., F.C.S., contributed a paper, illus- 
trated with lantern slides, on “ Some Avenues of Research open 
to Natural History Students in Western Australia.” Mr. Simpson 
dealt in an interesting manner with Foraminifera and Diatoms. 
Mr. Simpson’s paper will appear at length in the next number 
of the Journal. 
