1^2 Royal Ajtsiralasian Ornithologists' Union. [isf'Tan 



The chairman read the following royal and vice-royal letters : — 



Buckingham Palace, 



22nd July, iqii. 



Dear Mr. Campbell, — I have duly received the tenth volume 

 of The Emu which you have been good enough to send through 

 Colonel C. S. Ryan for the acceptance of the King and Queen. 



I have submitted the volume to Their Majesties, and pointed 

 out to them their likenesses on page 355, and have received Their 

 Majesties' commands to request you to be good enough to con- 

 vey their thanks to the Council for their kindness in sending the 

 book. 



I am, yours faithfully, 



E. W. Wallington. 

 A. J. Campbell, Esq., 



President Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, 

 Zoological Gardens. Melbourne. 



commonwealth of australia. 



(governor-general. ) 



Mr. Campbell and Gentlemen, — It has gratified me not a 

 little to receive the assurance of your loyal devotion to our most 

 gracious Sovereign, King George. The Union which you repre- 

 sent has been specially honoured with the patronage of Their 

 Majesties the King and Queen, who have thereby shown their 

 interest in the object which you have set before yourselves 



I thank you for your congratulations upon my appointment 

 as Governor-General of the Commonwealth, and it is a pleasure 

 to me to realize that, inasmuch as you include within the sphere 

 of your operations the sister Dominion of New Zealand, I am 

 the recipient on this occasion of a courteous compliment from 

 fellow-subjects of His Majesty both within and without the 

 Commonwealth. 



The study of bird-life, and the protection of rare and beautiful 

 species from destruction, are objects which have my warmest 

 sympathy, and which I should be glad to see furthered in every 

 part of our world-wide Empire. 



I ask you to convey to the members of the Royal Australasian 

 Ornithologists' Union an expression of my interest in their work 

 and of my good wishes for their continued and increasing 

 prosperity. 



Denman. 



25th August, 1911. 



