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Lt.-Col.E. A. Butler, J. C. Crowley, Guy L^Estrange Ewen, 

 Lt.-Col. H. H. Hariugton, J. A. Harvie-Brown, Lt.-CoL 

 Boyd Horsbrugh, Lord Lucas, T. H, Nelson, Major F. W. 

 Proctor, Tbe Rev. Canon S. G. Scott, Captain F. C. Selous, 



'^The following gentlemen have resigned: — Dr. F. D. 

 Drewitt, G. F. Buxton, The Hon. and Rev. Canon Dutton, 

 M. D. Macnaghten. 



" The name of H. M. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has been 

 removed from the list of Ordinary Members of the Union. 



"The membership of the Union, and comparison with the 

 previous five years, is as follows : — 



" There are 16 candidates for Ordinary Membership, 1 for 

 Honorary Membership, and 2 for Foreign Membership." 



The Statement of Accounts for the year 1916, previously 

 circulated to Members, was submitted and approved. 



Mr. E.C. Stuart Baker was re-elected Honorary Secretary 

 and Treasurer for the ensuing year, and Mr. H. E. Howard 

 was elected a Member of the Committee in the place of 

 Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, who retired by rotation. 



Mr. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo and Mr. Hugh Whistler were 

 appointed Scrutineers to superintend the Ballot. 



The following sixteen gentlemen were elected Ordinary 

 Members of the Union : — J. W. Bertram-Jones, Josias 

 Cunningham, Benjamin G. Larapard-Vachell, J. M. D. 

 Mackenzie, Herbert T. Malcomson, Capt. Edward H. Mann, 

 M.C., R.H.A., A. C. Nicholl, Gregory T. Poliakov, Colonel 

 Rullion H. Rattray, William Raw, R.N.V.R., Capt. John 

 Sherard Reeve, Sydney Maddock Robinson, Capt. Wm, 

 Shipton, M.B., B.C., R.A.M.C, Capt. Hugh Frederic 

 Stoneham, Godfrey Webster, and Charles E. M. Woodford. 



Frank Michler Chapman, a Foreign Member of the Union, 

 was elected an Honorary Member. 



