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THE JOURNAL OF THE 
Tasmanian Field Naturalists’ Club 
Vol. II. 
OCTOBER, 1909. 
No. 2. 
Hrmual Report. 
I T is with much pleasure that your Committee present the following 
Annual Report upon the proceedings of the Club during its fifth 
^ year. The growth of the Club during the past year has been 
phenomenal, no less than fifty-eight new members having joined; and 
the revised roll shows the total membership to be 153. The number of 
young members who have joined points to this position being of a 
permanent nature. 
{Ratings. 
It was decided to continue the monthly meetings throughout the 
winter, and accordingly twelve meetings were held during the past year. 
They have been most successful; the subjects for discussion being of 
usefulness and interest, and covering the most important branches of 
nature study, and were at all times dealt with most ably by the lecturers. 
The attendance at the meetings shows an increase over previous years, 
on two occasions there were nearly 100 present. A concise resume of 
the meetings is given as follows :— 
September 10th, iqo 8 . Annual Meeting. 'Total membership, no 
Balance sheet showed deficit of ^3 cs. 3d. Mr. L. Rodway gave a 
Presidential Address on ‘Tasmanian Heaths/ which has been published 
in the Naturalist , pages 2-5 of the present volume. 
October ijth. Mr. A. L. Butler described a trip to Moulting; 
Lagoon, East Coast, dealing with the water birds met with. 
November /2 th. Mr. Robert Hall spoke on ‘Birds and Fishes in 
Comparison/ and drew attention to the many features in common 
between birds and fish, and their habits, &c. 
December 10th. Mr. Robert Hall gave an interesting discourse on 
Bird-life in Australia, speaking largely upon its distribution. 
