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WMustralian Waturvalist. 
Vou. IV. JANUARY 7, 1919. Parr 5, 
NOTE.—Members having any matter of interest suitable for publication 
in these pages ave vequested to communicate with the Editor. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
30th August, 1918—The formal business of the An- 
nual Meeting was disposed of before 8 o’clock, at which 
hour His Excellency Sir Walter Davidson, G.C. M. G., and 
_ lady Davidson, attended by Captain Saltmarshe, arrived. 
They were met by the President and Mrs. E. S. Edwards, 
_ Mr. F. W. Carpenter, President-elect, and Mr. G. A. 
_ Waterhouse, Acting Hon. Secretary. The President intro- 
ns : duced the visitors to the other members of Council. After 
4 - His Excellency had taken the chair, the Annual Report 
was read pro forma, after which the President delivered 
his address on ‘‘The Naturalist in Relation to Modern 
Science.”’ At its conclusion, His Excellency thanked the 
President for his able and interesting address. He said that 
he was not a Naturalist in the strict sense of the word, but 
that was due to his indifferent eyesight. He was, however, 
keenly interested in all the world of nature around him. 
He would never forget his rambles with his children in 
the forests of Newfoundland. He felt the value of an in- 
~~ timate knowledge of natural objects, and deeply appre- 
fie ciated the poetic side of the Naturalist’s outlook. Mr. W. 
a W. Froggatt then moved, and Mr. F. W. Carpenter sec- 
onded, a vote of thanks to Mr. Edwards for his address. 
The motion was cordially carried. Mr. Edwards thanked 
the meeting, and introduced Mr. F. W. Carpenter, M.A., 
the new President, referring at the same time to that — 
a gentleman’s active association with the Society’s work and 
ag his brilliant academic career. Mr. Carpenter returned 
| thanks for the honour conferred on him. 
Kae The Governor and Lady Davidson and other mem- 
bers of the audience then proceeded to examine the ex- 
re hibits, of which a very fine display had been arranged | 
Enee. by the members. So interested were the visitors in these — 
isk that the meeting did not disperse until a late hour. — 
