Cbc Queensland naturalist. 
JOURNAL OF THE QUEENSLAND NATUIO\LISTS’ CLUB 
AND nature-lovers’ LEAGUE. 
VoL. V. April, 1926 . No. 5 . 
PROCEEDINGS. 
ANNUAL MEETING, 22nd FERllUARY. 192ti.— 
The annual meeting of the Queensland Naturalists’ Club 
was held on Monday evening, the 22 nd February, at 
8 p.m. In the absence of the President from the State, 
the chair Avas occupied by the Vice-president (^Ir. J. C. 
Smith). Miss Lowe, Dr. F. \V. Whitehouse, Mr. A, 
Moore,, and Mr. W. (iaylard were elected members of the 
Club. The Annual Report of the ('ouncil was read and 
adopted. The Financial Statement, as read by the lion. 
Treasurer (Mr. F. B. Coleman.) showed a eredil l)alance 
of £27/18/9. The Ijibrarian (Miss E. E. Baird) rejtorted 
the re-eei[)t during- tiie year ofl 280 magazines and papers 
by way of exchange. Office-bearers for 1926 Avere elected 
as set forth on the cover page of tliis issue. An address 
by the retiring President was read by the chairman. A 
brief addi*ess on the life and work of the late Professor 
Skertchly Avas given by Mr. H. A. Longman, and a brief 
account of the history of the Natiu'alist Club movement 
in Queensland Avas giA’en by Mr. T.. White. 
EVENING MEETIN(t, 15th MARCH, 1926.— The 
President (Dr. E. 0. Marks) occupied the chair, and 
there was a good attendance of members. A letter Avas 
received from the Hon. Secretary, Wild Life Preservation 
Society, Sydney, dealing Avitli the evasion of the laAV by 
trappers and dealers in sending skins of the native bear 
to England and America under the name of wombat. 
After some discussion it Avas decided to write to the 
Ulnder Secretary for Agriculture and Stock, requesting 
that adequate ste]>s he taken to ensure the total protec- 
tion of the nature bear. 
Mr. and Mrs. Kem Baird, Mrs. E. 0. Marks, and ^Ir. 
R. B. MorAVood, B.Sc., Avere elected member.s of the Club. 
