150 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
ANNuAL MEETING. 
6th August, 1912. The last annual gathering of the 
Naturalists’ Club was the first meeting of the Naturalists’ 
Society of New South Wales, for on this occasion the old _ 
club and the Flora Society completed their amalgamation. 
It was a crowded meeting. The hall of the Royal Society, 
however, was not filled with specially invited guests, but 
with those interested personally in Natural History. From 
the moment the President opened the meeting to the final 
act of the evening, when the new President was welcomed 
to the chair, everything moved forward with a sense of 
confidence that comes from a belief in assured success. 
There was an atmosphere of goodwill and friendliness, 
combined with a sense of satisfaction at the success of the 
year’s work, as well as confident anticipation of much in- 
teresting and useful study in the coming year. There was 
a feeling of strength and ability to do much. The Presi- 
dent’s address was worthy of the occasion; as he spoke, his 
audience felt what convincing power there is in a man who 
has accumulated so much scientific knowledge and observed 
so widely. The Treasurer’s statement showed how finan- 
cially strong we were, and incidentally exhibited to the 
discerning how loyally he had looked after the club’s in- 
terests in the past year; while the annual report was a 
record of a successful year of work. The first chairman 
of the new society was welcomed cordially and assured of 
the hearty co-operation of the Council and members. Mr. 
E. S. Edwards, M.A., the new President, returned thanks 
for the compliment of his election. The full list of office- 
bearers will be found in its usual place. Mr. Cheel’s ad- 
‘dress, an abstract of which is printed in this number, was 
illustrated by a magnificent display of plant specimens, 
beautifully prepared, and by a large series of lantern slides. 
Mr. C. H. Wickham exhibited a living specimen of a rare 
Thysanura (“Silver-fish’”), Allomachillus Froggatt, found 
amongst shale on the coast near Newport. The group to 
which it belongs is interesting, representing as it does the 
most primitive of living insects. 
3rd September, 1912. Mr. E. S, Edwards, M.A. 
(President) in the chair. Rev. W. W. Watts gave an able 
address on “Mosses of the Sydney District,” illustrating 
his remarks with an exceedingly fine display of beautifully 
mounted specimens, herbarium and microscopic, 
