The Victorian naturalist . ntomology and Marine Biology: Mr. J. W. H. Strong, Legislative Council,Parliament House. Melbourne, 3002. MEMBERSHIP Membership of the is open to any person interested in naturalhistory. The Victorian Naturalist is distributed free to all members, the clubsreference and lending library is available, and other activities are indicated inreports set out in the several preceding* pages of this magazine. New Rates of Subscriptions for 1968 Ordinary Members $ Country Members $ Joint Members $ Junior Members $ Junior Members receiving Vict. Nat. $4


The Victorian naturalist . ntomology and Marine Biology: Mr. J. W. H. Strong, Legislative Council,Parliament House. Melbourne, 3002. MEMBERSHIP Membership of the is open to any person interested in naturalhistory. The Victorian Naturalist is distributed free to all members, the clubsreference and lending library is available, and other activities are indicated inreports set out in the several preceding* pages of this magazine. New Rates of Subscriptions for 1968 Ordinary Members $ Country Members $ Joint Members $ Junior Members $ Junior Members receiving Vict. Nat. $ Subscribers to Viet. Nat $ Affiliated Societies $ Life Membership (reducing after 20 years) $ The cost of individual copies of the Vict. Nat. will be 45 cents. All subscriptions should be made payable to the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, and posted to the Subscription Secretary. Brown Prior Anderson Pty. Ltd. 5 Evans Street Burwood 3125 b 0 5 , q-ff, the VICTORIANNATURALIST Vol. 85, No. 6 JUNE, 1968. Published by the FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB OF VICTORIA In which is incorporated the Microscopical Society of Victoria Registered in Australia for transmission by post as a periodical 45 cents Editorial The Land Utilization AdvisoryCouncil, the Wildlife Reserves Inves-tigation Committee, and the Western-port Co-ordination Committee arethree of a number of impressivelynamed bodies existing in Victoria,which are interested in the welfare ofour natural resources from the pointof view of conservation. Presumablythey should have some degree of in-fluence in keeping a balance betweencommercial development and land-scape preservation. But just how effec-tive are these bodies when they meetthe pressures of large combines to-gether with the snide operations ofthe PR men. Where a choice may exist betweenfull-scale commercial exploitation ofan area, or a balance between thisand retention of some of its aestheticalqualities; the scales appear to beheavily weighted on the si


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