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Australasian Ornithologists' Union. 



r Emu 

 L7th Jan. 



STATEMENT OF COLOURED FIGURE FUND, 

 Year ending 30/// June, 1903. 



Lecture Account. 



By sale of tickets 



£ s. d. 

 24 18 6 



£24 1 8 6 



To Hire Athenaeum 

 , Lanternist 

 , Slides 

 , Printing 

 , Posters 

 , Balance (profit) 



£ s. d. 



440 

 200 



O IQ O 

 606 



i 14 6 

 10 o 6 



£24 18 6 



Members' donations, 190 1-2 



1902-3 



Trade advertisements, 1902 



J 9°3 

 Credit balance, Lecture 



,624 14 2 



Coloured Plate — Maluri 

 Balance in hand 



26/11/03. 



1 3 1 6 6 

 1 o 1 7 8 



£24 14 2 



REPORT FOR 1902-3. 

 To the President and Members of the Aust. O.U. 



Ladies and Gentlemen, — I have the honour to report that 

 the Aust. O.U. is gradually increasing in numbers, as since the 

 last meeting eleven have joined from Victoria, one from New 

 South Wales, one from Queensland, two from South Australia, 

 three from Western Australia, seven from Tasmania, three from 

 America, one from Germany, one from New Zealand, and one 

 from England ; total, 30. Four have resigned, and we have 

 lost one through decease. 



The Emu still maintains its high degree of excellence, and it 

 is of interest to notice that Nature says " that the excellence of 

 its journal speaks for itself, and may be regarded as a proof of 

 its success ; " Bird-Lore, of the U.S., America, says " The Emu 

 continues to grow in size and excellence," &c. ; The Ibis and 



