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THE TASMANIAN NATURALIST.

:Rnnual :frleeting.Thp annual meeting of the club washeld in the Masonic Hall on T'hursdayevening, :September 216, , } I r . S. Clemes

presiding.The following new members were

elected:--Rev. H. B. Atkinson (of Evandalel, ~ l e s s r , ; . VV. A. Weymouth, G. J.William", and A. O. Green (of Hobart) .}:xhihition of ~ p e c i m e n s . - - - ' A "handfish," of the genus Antennarius, \vas forwllrdrd by ~ I r . A. E. Brent, having beentaken in the Derwent. Mr. A. M. Leaexhibiteo tw o cases of walking-stick inseet,.;, praying mantis, gmsshoppers, crickets. and earwigs, and niade interestingremark" on them. Mr. W. N. Atkinsshowp

Professor T. W. Kirk, Biologist to theNew Zealand Department of Agriculture,was introuuced by the chairman as beinga visitor to Ho'bart and a leading scientist in Xew Zealand.The secretary read a letter from t,he

new .,"urator of the Museum ( 1 ~ 1 r . RobertHall), in which the wish was expressedthat members would assist in building upthe ~ I u s e u m .The following nine members wereelected:---4}1isses O. Barnard and N_111'h.ay; }lessrs. C. Harrison, F. Hey

wood, L. Dechaineux, A. J. Tal'lor, W. E_Masters, A . . Honey, and A. E. Russell_This brings the club's total membershipup to over 100.The exhibition of s p e c i m e n ~ was as

follow,,: - Fern impressions from 'theSandfiy coal measures, by E. ,s. Anthony;(7)

nest and eggs of summer bird, by A. L.Butler; case of lady .birds, by A. M. Lea.;and photos of cuckoos (taken by Mr.Kinane, of ~ l e l b o u r n e l , by E. A. Elliott;and book of pressed ferns of ~ e w Zealand, by J. \V. Tarleton.'Mr. L. Rodway, Government Botanist,then gave informwtion as to the collection of plants and .how to pres'erve themwhen collected. He advised members tocOllled only in dry weather, otherwisethe .plants would become mildewed. Inmounting them i t was best to 'havesheets of paper of a regular or uniformsize. They may be gummed on to thesesheets, though with most plant,s it wasbetter to fasten them with small tags ofsheet lead passed through the paper andbent over. FUll data .should be writtenon the papers with all specimens..;.r. A. L. Butler showed how to bloweggs through only one small hole on theside. In this way the egg was not disfigured a t all. Different kinds of drills,

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THE TASMANIAN NATURALIST.

j{nnual :/tteeting.The annual meeting of th e club washeld in the Masonic Hall on Thursdayeve-l1ing, Sep-tember 26, Mr. S. Clemespresiding.The following new members were

e l e c t e d : ~ e v . H. B. Atkinson (o f Evandale), ~ I e s s r ~ . IV. A. Weymouth, G. J.\ V i l l i a m ~ , and A. O. Green (of Hobart).Exhihition of Specimens.-'A "handfish," of the genus Antennarius, \vas forwarded by ""Ir. A. E. Brent, having beentaken in the Derwent. Mr. A. M. Leaexhibit ." two cases of walking-stick insecb;, praying mantis, grasshoppers, crickets. and earwigs, and made interesting

r e m a r k ~ on them. Mr. W. N. Atkinsshowed a collection of land shells, and.MI'. E. A. Elliott a .Tapanese painting ofa hawk.A diseussion took place as to theadoption of a badge by th e club, theplatypu" and native tiger being considered. But this matter was referred toth e committee for decision..The annual report was read and adopted. Thi" showpd that during three yearsth" mem hership of the club had amounted to over DO members. The meetingsand excun;ions had been well attended,alid mlleh Ilseful work done. A journalhad jWPIl "tarted, and ot-her pUblications

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The balance-sheet- showed a creditbalance of 6s Sd.The foUo-wing office- bearers were elected:----'Chairman, 'ylr. L. Rodway; vicechairman, Mr. A. L. Butler; hon. editor"Tasmanian ~ a t u r a l i s t , " Mr. A. M.Lea; hon. treasurer, Mr. R. A. Black;horil. secretary, Mr. E. A. Eniott, andassistant secretary, Mr. E. S. Anthony;committee, Mr. S. Clemes, Dr. F. Noetling, Messrs. W. C. Cato, J . H. Gould,F. L. Brownell, and Glive E. Lord.The chairman (.Mr. Clemes) then gavea presidential address, entitled "Idealsof a Field Naturalists' Club." He said themain point of i t lay in the firs't word,"'field."' The club existed for affordingopportunities to go out of doors, and,under the ins-truction of experts, learnabout nature from nature itself. rot wasnot possible fo r -anyone to become aspecialist in more th-an one subject; yetif a person began to take an interest inone subject he would soon find that i tbrought him somewhat in contact withother branches which made up naturalhistory.A general discussion followed, themembers endorsing the chairman's remarks.The meeting closed with the usualconversazione.

CJetober :JVleeting.A monthly meeting of th e club washeld at the ~ I a , o ; o l l i c Hall on Odober 31.Mr. L. Roaway occupied the chair, andthere was a large attendance.1'rof",,o;or T. W. Kirk, Biologist to theKew Zealand Department of Agriculture,was introauced by the -chairman as beinga visitor to Ho-bart and a leading scientist in New Zealand.The secretary read a letter from thenew -,"urator of the Museum (,}Ir. RobertHall), in which the wish was expressedthat members would assist in building upthe :Nluseum.

The following nine members weree l e c t e d : - - - j ~ I i s s e s O. Barnard and N."l1'h.ay; }lessrs. C. Harrison, Ji'. Heywood, L. Dechaineux, A. J. Tal'lor, W. E.M a s t e r ~ , A. ,J. Honey, and A. J;:;. Russell.This brings the club's total membershipup to over 100.

The exhibition of s-pecimens was asfollow,,: - Fern impressions from theSand-fiy coal measures, by E. 's. Anthony;

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nest and eggs of summer bird, by A. L.Butler; case of laay _birds, by A. M. Lea;and photos of cuckoos (taken by Mr.Kinalle, of Melbourne), by E. A. Elliott;and book of pressed ferns of Xew Zealand, by J. \V. Tarleton.'Mr. L. Rodway, Government Botanist,then gave informwtion as to the collection of plants and how to pres-erve themwhen collected. He advised members to.c