THE TASMANIAN NATURALIST. 
Journal Meeting. 
The annual meeting of the club was 
held in the Masonic JHall on Thursday 
evening. September 2ti, Mr. S. Clemes 
presiding. 
The following new members were 
elected: — Rev. H. B. Atkinson (of Evan- 
dale). Messrs. W. A. Weymouth, (i. J. 
Williams, and A. 0. Green (of llobart). 
Exhibition of Specimens. — A “hand- 
fish." of the genus Antennarius, was for¬ 
warded by Mr. A. E. Brent, having been 
taken in the Derwent. Mr. A. M. Lea 
exhibited two eases of walking-stick in¬ 
sects. praying mantis, grasshoppers, crick¬ 
ets. and earwigs, and made interesting 
remark- oil them. Mr. W. X. Atkins 
showed a collection of land shells, and 
ilr. 1C. A. Elliott a Japanese painting of 
a hawk. 
A discussion took place as to the 
adoption of a badge by the club, the 
platypus and native tiger being consid¬ 
ered. But this matter was referred to 
the committee for decision. 
-The annual report was read and adopt¬ 
ed. This showed that during three years 
the membership of the club had amount¬ 
ed to over 1)0 members. The meetings 
and excursions had been well attended, 
and lunch useful work done. A journal 
had been started, and other publications 
issued. 
The balance-sheet showed a credit 
balance of Os 8d. 
The following office-bearers were elect¬ 
ed:—Chairman, Mr. L. Kodway; vice- 
chairman, Mr. A. L. Butler; lion, editor 
"Tasmanian Xaturalist,” Mr. A. M. 
Lea; lion, treasurer, Air. R. A. Black; 
liorA secretary. Mr. E. A. Elliott, and 
assistant secretary. Air. E. S. Anthony; 
committee, Mr. S. Clemes. Dr. E. Noet- 
ling, Messrs. W. C. Cato, J. H. Gould, 
F. I.. Brownell, and Clive E. Lord. 
The chairman (Air. Clemes) then gave 
a presidential address, entitled “Ideals 
of a Field Naturalists’ Club.” He said the 
main point of it lay in the first word, 
"field." The club existed for affording 
opportunities to go out of doors, and, 
under the instruction of experts, learn 
about nature from nature itself. It was 
not possible for anyone to become a 
specialist in more than one subject; yet 
if a person began to take an interest in 
one subject lie would soon find that it 
brought him somewhat in contact with 
other branches which made up natural 
history. 
A general discussion followed, the 
members endorsing the chairman’s re¬ 
marks. 
The meeting closed with the usual 
conversazione. 
October Meeting. 
A monthly meeting of the club was 
held at the -Masonic llall on October 31. 
Air. L. Kodway occupied the chair, and 
there was a large attendance. 
l’rofe--or T. W. Kirk, Biologist to the 
New Zealand Department of Agriculture, 
was introduced by the chairman as being 
a visitor to Hobart and a leading scien¬ 
tist in New Zealand. 
The secretary read a letter from the 
new , urator id' the .Museum (Mr. Robert 
Hall), in which the wish was expressed 
that members would assist in building up 
the .Museum. 
The following nine members were 
elected: 'Misses O. Barnard and X. 
M'Kay: Ales-rs. C. Harrison, F. Hoy- 
wood. L. Dechaineux, A. J. Taylor, W. E. 
Masters. A. .1. Honey, and A. E. Russell. 
This brings the club’s total membership 
up to over 100. 
The exhibition of specimens was as 
follows; — Fern impressions from the 
Sandfly coal measures, by E. ,S. Anthony; 
nest and eggs of summer bird, by A. L. 
Butler; case of lady birds, by A. Al. Lea; 
and photos of cuckoos (taken by Air. 
Kinane, of Alelbourne), by E. A. Elliott; 
and book of pressed ferns of Xew Zea¬ 
land, by J. W. Tarleton. 
Air. L. Kodway. Government Botanist, 
then gave information as to the collec¬ 
tion of plants and how to preserve them 
when collected. He advised members to 
collect only in dry weather, otherwise 
the plants would become mildewed. In 
mounting them it was best to have 
sheets of paper of a regular or uniform 
size. They may be gummed on to these 
sheets, though with most plants it was 
better to fasten them with small tags of 
sheet lead passed through the paper and 
bent over. Full data should be written 
on (lie papers with all specimens. 
.i.r. A. L. Butler showed liow to blow 
eggs through only one small hole on the 
side. In this way the egg was not dis¬ 
figured at all. Different kinds of drills, 
