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an annual grant of £200 to cover the necessary expenses. The Curator, 

 Mr. Shakespear, reports that no attempt has been made to molest the 

 birds, and that no unauthorised persona have landed on the island. The 

 Council entertain no doubt that if a resident guardian is maintained on 

 the island it will long remain a secure home for a considerable portion of 

 the avifauna of New Zealand. 



Election op Officers for 1904. — President — Professor 

 A. P. Thomas, F.L.S. ; Vice-Presidents — E. Roberton, Esq., 

 M.D., and J. Stewart, Esq., M.I.C.E. ; Council — Professor 

 F. D. Brown, C. Cooper, Esq., H. Haines, Esq., F.R.C.S., 

 J. H. Howell, B.Sc, J. Kirker, Esq., E. V. Miller, Esq., 

 T. Peacock, Esq., D. Petrie, Esq., J. Reid, Esq., Professor 

 H. W. Segar, J. H. Upton, Esq. ; Trustees— 'Proiessor F. D. 

 Brown, T. Peacock, Esq., J. H. Upton, Esq. ; Secretary and 

 Curator— T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S. , F.Z.S. ; Auditor—^. 

 Gorrie, Esq. 



