THE 
FHustraltan Maturalist. 
Vou. III. OCTOBER, 5, 1915. Parr 8, 
NOTE.—Members having any matter of interest suitable for publication 
in these pages ave requested to communicate with the Editor. 
THE NATURALISTS’ SOCIETY OF NEW 
SOUTH WALES. 
Sydney, 
18th August, 1915. 
I take this opportunity to remind you that the an- 
nual subscription to the Society is now due, and payable 
to the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. H. E. Finckh. ‘‘Hermes,’’ 
Raglan Street, Mosman; also at the same time to ask 
your hearty co-operation to secure new members. 
Our roll-call is 200, and we want to double this fig- 
ure during the year, and to do this all you have to do 
is to bring along one new member. If you can influence 
more, do so, for your interest in the progress of the So- 
ciety is desired above all things. 
It has been the wish of your Council to increase the 
size of The Naturalist, and, if possible, to double it, 
but owing to the lack of necessary funds, this has hitherto 
been beyond them. I now appeal to the members to make 
it possible to do this by introducing new members, and 
thus provide the means to make The Naturalist, if any- 
thing, more attractive and useful. At the present time, 
otherwise useful matter has to be cut out of the journal 
owing to want of space, and the paper is intended to be, 
and should be, a record of field work and observations by 
the members. 
The Council has further decided to alter the routine 
of the monthly meetings by making a ‘‘Members’ Hour,”’ 
so that for the, future, business will commence at 7.45 
p.m., and after its disposal exhibits will be taken. Then 
the lecture will follow at 8.30 p.m. 
In connection with exhibits, I would ask members to 
hand me their notes, so that a record may be made in 
The Naturalist. 
D. W. C. SHIRESS, 
Hon. Secretary. 
