Annual Meeting of the B. 0. U. 437 



The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting having been read 

 and confirmed, the Report of the Committee was read. It 

 stated that the Union had suffered the loss of six Members 

 by death since the last Anniversary. These were : — Mr. W. 

 Borrer, Mr. W. E. Brooks, Professor O. C. Marsh, Mr. A. 

 H. Everett, Mr. Osbert Salvin, and the Rev. A. C. Smith. 

 To these names should be added that of Mr. F. C. Aplin, 

 whose death in August 1897 was accidentally omitted to be 

 noticed at the Annual General Meeting held in 1898. 



Four Members had withdrawn, and four Members had 

 been removed under the operation of Rule 6, for non-payment 

 of their subscriptions. 



The number of the Members of the Union was 338, con- 

 sisting of 308 Ordinary, 2 Extraordinary, 10 Honorary, and 

 18 Foreign Members. There were 25 Candidates for the 

 Ordinary Membership to be balloted for. 



The state of the finances of the Union had justified the 

 Committee in proceeding with the printing of the Subject- 

 Index of the 36 volumes of ' The Ibis,' extending from 1859 

 to 1894. The manuscript of this Index had been completed. 

 The Index had been framed on the same system as the 

 Subject-Index of each separate series of 'The Ibis.' Four 

 sheets, or 64 pages, had been already set up and passed for 

 press. It was hoped the volume would be ready by the 

 autumn. It was proposed to print only 300 copies of this 

 Index. Members who had not compounded for the purchase 

 of the two Index-volumes were therefore recommended to 

 make early application for this Subject- Index volume, the 

 cost of which would be .£1 1*. 



The Report having been adopted, the accounts for the 

 year, which had been audited by Mr. H. E. Dresser, were 

 presented by the Secretary, and approved by the Meeting. 



Mr. F. DuCane Godman, F.R.S., was re-elected President, 

 and Mr. E. W. Oates Secretary of the Union for the ensuing 

 year. Mr. W. E. de Winton was elected a Member of the 

 Committee in the place of Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe, who 

 retired by seniority. 



