104 THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
Naturalist’s Visit to Fiji,” and one by Mr. A. G. 
Hamilton, on “Pollination of Australian Flowers.” ‘The 
Council desires to record its thanks to these gentlemen. 
Our excursions have also been few, but we are much 
indebted to the leaders on these occasions. Our thanks 
are also due to Mr. White, Hon. Lanternist, for his ser- 
vices, and to the Minister for Education and the Direc- 
tor of Education for the use of the hall in the Educavion 
Buildings for our meetings. 
The following members of the Society have return- 
ed from active service: Lieutenant Hamblin, Lieu- 
tenant Goldfinch, and: Lieutenant Carne; and we ac- 
cord to them our cordial congratulations and admira- 
tion. 
We regret the early departure for England of our 
President, Mr. F. W. Carpenter, M.A., whose en- 
thusiasm and able assistance we shall greatly miss. ‘We 
wish him a happy and prosperous future in his new 
sphere of work. 
The Council records with deep thanks the gift of a 
very valuable collection of scientific books from Mr. 1. 
Steel, F.L.S., Hon. Editor. Now that the war is over 
and we are gradually returning to more normal condi- 
tions of life, we look hopefully forward to a: successful 
year’s work. 
E. S..EDWARDS, Hon. Secretary. 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
The last issue of Records Australian Museum (Vol. 
XIT., No. 10) is in the main devoted to an illustrated 
account of the Australian Fishes of the family Godide, 
by Messrs. A. R. McCulloch and J. D. Ogilby. The 
letterpress is purely technical, but we would like to 
draw attention to the beauty and fidelity of the plates, 
which number seven in all. These exquisite plates are 
from drawings by Miss Phyllis Clarke, and are quite up 
to the usual standard of that gifted artist. They reflect 
the greatest credit upon her, and on the printers who 
‘have reproduced them. The museum is to be congratu- 
lated on maintaining so high a standard of excellence in 
its publications.—Ed. 
