Scci-ciai \''s h'r/^ori. 



Secretary's Report. 



There is but little for one to say about the troublous years 

 tbroui^h which we, and the world in j^eneral, have been passinjj^. 

 We have cause for mutual i^ratulation and the reverse. 



Satisfaction that we ha\e held our own, and tlie reverse 

 that we haxe done no nnore. 



When th.e roll is revised we thindv our nund)ers will be 

 al)out the same as last year, possibly a few less. We can all 

 assist in the effort to materially increase our membership, and 

 the present is the best i:)eriod of the year for such an united effort. 



A\'iculture has not yet fully recovered from the paralysing- 

 effects of the war — mrmv aviaries are even yet not re-opened, 

 j>erha]is never will be, and many others have but fe^v occupants, 

 and it is api)arept that the aftermath of war has been as disas- 

 trous in its results to aAiculture and kindred pursuits as the 

 war period itself, and probably to this cause are to be attributed 

 the difficulties with which we liave been contendini;' tlurin;.;- the 

 past year and years. 



One thinj^" must be commented upon, viz : the slackness 

 of a portion of our membershiji in the payment of subscriptions, 

 and the lack of courtesy in not replying" to applications made 

 tor same. The work of the Hon. Sec. has been doubled from 

 this cause, and, if these members persist in their tactics, either 

 the F.B.C. must expel such from the did), or they will find 

 themselves in the position of being- unable to secure officers to 

 carry on the work of the Club, "i'crb sap. 



We do feel that the mend^ers have not done all that they 

 might to assist the officers of the Club, or to further the progress 

 of the Club itself, either in the way of copy for the Club Journal, 

 or in the small details that tend towards efficiency and progress, 

 and this after making all due allowance for the adverse condi- 

 tions under which we have all been labouring. 



Re coloured plates : In the coursing of next year we hope 



