THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 91 
death of the late Mr. F. H. Grant, F.L.S, was a serious loss to 
the Club and a source of much regret amongst our member's 
who knew him personally. 
The membership of the parent Society now numbers 154) 
and this, together with the 16 members constituting the 
Armidale Branch, brings the total membership up to 170. 
The advance of the Club this year the Council can safely 
say has been marked, and again the Hon. 'Treasurer’s balance 
sheet shows a satisfactory balance. 
Finally, the Council desires to express its keen appreciation 
of the work done by Mr. J. R. Garland, the Hon. Treasurer, 
upon whose time somewhat serious demands are necessarily 
made, and who has always freely granted the use of his office’ 
for the Council meetings. 
G. A. Warernouss, President. 
Wm. B. Gurney, Hon. Secretary. 
THE HISTORY OF PAPILIO AGQBUS. 
(Presidential Address by Mr. G. A. Waterhouse, B.Sc., B.B.) 
Fellow Members of the New South Wales Naturalists’ Club :— 
On the occasion of our Annual Meeting last year, you did 
me the honour in electing me to the Presidential chair of this 
Club, and in vacating that position for a most worthy 
successor I must thank you all for the kindly way in which 
my failings as a Chairman have been overlooked. 
_ As already detailed in the reports of the Honorary Secretary 
and Honorary Treasurer, the year has been as successful as 
those in the past, if not more so. Our finances are in an 
eminently satisfactory condition, owing in a very large measure 
to our choice at the initiation to our Club of our Honorary 
Treasurer. 
It is with feelings of regret that you will hear that our 
Honorary Secretary is relinquishing that position after an 
occupancy of three years. Mr. Gurney has worked hard in 
our interests, and to his guidance the Club owes a great deal. 
It must be borne in mind that the bulk of the work of the 
Club devolves upon the Hon. Secretary, and Mr. Gurney has 
ably attended to these duties for the past three years. 
We welcome our new Honorary Secretary, Mr. L. Harrison, 
and can assure him that he will have our support while he 
occupies that position. 
Mr. G. Goldfinch: will undertake the duties of Assistant 
Honorary Secretary. 
