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The Queensland Naturalist. 
April, 1925. 
of such must early engage the attention of our City 
Fathers. 
I would like to take this opportunity of thanking 
the members of the Council and the Club for the assist- 
ance they have rendered me during the past year. Par- 
ticularly. I stress my indebtedness to the untiring efforts 
of the lion. Secretary^ on whom the difficult problems of 
the Club have mainly devolved. I regret that public 
duties have prevented me from giving that attention to 
the matters of the dub, which I willingly would have 
done. T trust that the new President will be encouraged 
in his efforts to enhance the value of the Club Meetings 
and Excursions by an increased membership, but, more 
important still, by an increasing band of younger work- 
ers anxious to further their own and our knowledge of 
the Queensland fauna and flora. 
0 
RETIREMENT OF MR. ILLIDGE FROM THE 
COUNCIL. 
At the last meeting of the Council for 1924, Mr, R. 
Illidge, the veteran Queensland entomologist, one of the 
original members of the Club, and who since its incep- 
tion in 1904 has served almost continuously on the 
Council, signified his intention of not standing for elec- 
tion as a member of the Committee for 1925, Tt was 
moved at the meeting and unanimously agreed to, that 
au appreciation of Mr. Illidge 's services as a councillor 
be put on record. Fortunately, Mr. Illidge ’s retirement 
from the Council does not mean that he will discontinue 
to take an active part in the work of the Club, but his 
help and advice will always be available to members, 
particularly those taking an interest in entomological 
matters. 
