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Orpinary Mexrtine.—Thursday, December 3rd, 1908, the 
President, Mr. D. G. Stead in the Chair. } 
New Memeers.—Dr. G. Hurst, Mr. HE. S. Edwards and 
Master Edwards were elected members of the Club. 
Paprer.—Mr, D. G. Stead read an interesting paper on the 
‘Life and Troubles of an Oyster,” an abstract of which appears 
hereunder. ; 
Orpinary Muntinc.—The Ordinary Monthly Meetiig was 
held in the Board Room, 82 Pitt Street, on Thursday evening, 
October Ist, 1908, Mr. W: W. Froggatt, '.L.S., in the chair. 
New Mempers.—Messrs. Dene Fry, H. Coleman, and Dr. BE. 
A. d’Ombrain were elected members of the Ulub. ~ 
Business.—The business of the evening took the form of 
practical demonstrations. Mr, Harrison showed the instru- 
ments and methods used to properly blow a bird’s egg; Mr. 
Waterhouse showed how to set a. butterfly, and described the 
collecting apparatus used; and Mr. Laseron exhibited a home- 
made dredge, ingeniously constructed out of a kerosene tin and 
su ar bag. 
ORDINARY Meering.—Thursday, November 5th, 1908, the 
President, Mr. D. G. Stead in the chair, 
Parer.—In the absence of Mr. Tillyard, who was to - have 
read a paper on Dragon-flies, Mr. Finckh read some interestin 
notes on the common newt of Hurope, which he had successfully 
imported for the first time to Australia. 
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THH LIFE AND TROUBLES OF AN OYSTER. 
(Abstract of Lecture by David G. Stead.) 
In this lecture, which was, delivered by Mr. Stead at the 
December meeting, before.a large attendance of members and 
friends, a short sketch was given of the life-history of the 
common New South Wales oyster (Ostrea cucullata, Born.), and 
its occurrence in. the waters.of Hastern Australia, while an in- 
sight was given into the numerous agencies set up by nature, 
to destroy the oyster at all stages of growth, and which bring 
about the necessity for the stupendous fecundity which we find 
in that succulent mollusk. 
