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and story.. Dr. Hugh Gordon on two evenings gave short 
lectures dealing with Kelp and Sand Dunes, Colonel 
Elliott choosing for his lecture the subject "Planets". 
Specimen collecting was carried out during excursions 
by interested members. 
A highlight of the Camp was a fancy dress tea 
when ingenuity was given full scope, the dresses having 
to be seen to be appreciated. One gentleman of botan¬ 
ical tendencies depleted the local supply of seaweed 
to make his costume. 
The time for breaking camp came all too soon, for 
happy friendships flourish when such splendid camp sp¬ 
irit prevails, Hobart was reached at 4 p.m. on Tues¬ 
day. It was voted one of the best Camps held to date. 
EXTRACTS PROM THE ANNUAL REPORT 
of the 
DEVONPORT BRANCH F. II. C. 
For the year ending December 51st. 1938. 
The Second Annual Report of the Devonport Branch 
of the Tasmanian Field Naturalists; Interest has not 
abated in the least. In fact it has increased, as the 
good attendance at the meetings and outings indicates. 
Outings are held monthly, - the roster being planned 
for several months ahead. At the meetings, held as 
soon as possible after the outings - so that specimens 
gathered will still be fresh in the case of flowers 
etc. each member is requested to give a five minute 
talk on any subject relating to Nature work in Tasmania. 
In this way we add to the knowledge gathered on the 
outings. 
Our financial position is good, there is a credit 
balance of £4.14.10. 
We were fortunate in obtaining lecturers during 
the year. Dr. A. N. Lewis came on August 20th and 
Saturday and Sunday was spent in examining different 
localities that lent themselves to geology. The 
Rev. Archdeacon Atkinson gave an address on botany, 
and Mr. A. G. Powell of the Tasmanian Education Dep¬ 
artment gave a talk on spiders and snakes during his 
visit to Devonport. 
