THE TASMANIAN NATURALIST. 
4i 
Only one issue of the journal, at the very commencement of the 
session, has been made, and this number included an excellent 
article in the form of a handbook or guide to the Mollusca. Another 
article was prepared by one of the members on the birds of Tasmania, 
but owing to a handbook being published privately covering all this 
field, it was decided to deal with instead the insects in the next 
number. It is hoped that handbooks on all branches ot natural 
history will be published before long in The Tasmanian Naturalist , 
but this can only be carried out by the regular payment ot sub¬ 
scriptions by members and the issuing of two or more numbers each 
year. 
The meetings during the year have been held in. the rooms of the 
Royal Society by courtesy of the Council, but notice of the termination 
of our rental was received, and therefore the first business of the 
incoming committee will be to determine whether permanent quarters 
had better be secured, or simply a room for monthly meetings as 
formerly. Our thanks are due to Mr. Rodway, our Chairman, for 
allowing the use of his rooms for committee meetings. 
The financial position of the Club is a sound one, and the time 
has now arrived when the working expenses, such as rent and adver¬ 
tising, will increase very slightly ; therefore, as members’ subscriptions 
increase, more and more will be available for the cost of printing the 
journal or other matters of common interest. Certificates of member¬ 
ship are being prepared, and these will only be issued to present 
members when their subscriptions are fully paid, and to new members 
as they contribute to the funds Although donations are welcome 
and are solicited towards the printing fund, yet the regular payment 
of subscriptions is the important factor to our financial well-being. 
Report of the F)on. treasurer of the field 
naturalists’ Club 
I beg to submit my Annual Report for the year 1909-10 :— The 
year opened with an apparent credit balance of £1 17s. 1 id., but as a 
matter of fact it was with a debit balance of ;£n 18s. 3d. In my last 
Annual Report I pointed out that the cost of printing the Club’s 
Journal was not included in the Statement of 1908-9, for the reason 
that it was not ready at the time of balancing, hence the apparent 
credit balance. The cost of the Journal, namely, ^13 16s. 2d., is of 
course included in the present Statement. 
The Club might now be said to be in a much sounder position. 
Its assets greatly exceeding its liabilities. Although this state of affairs 
may appear satisfactory it is not altogether so, because there is no way 
of enforcing the payment of outstanding amounts. 
