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Protection of Birds. — Mr. Haagner stated that work in 

 tin's direction during the past had been spasmodic and 

 meagre, but at last we were on the road to a climax, as 

 there was a .Draft Bill before the Union Parliament. A 

 joint Committee had been formed in Johannesburg, for 

 the object of watching this from a practical and economic 

 standpoint, which consisted of delegates from the Transvaal 

 Game Protection Association and the Agricultural Societies 

 of Johannesburg and Pretoria. The Directors of both 

 the Transvaal Museum and the Zoo had been asked to go 

 on this Committee, and the S. A. 0. U. had been asked 

 to nominate two members. He would like to propose 

 Messrs. Langford and Roberts. This was seconded by 

 Mr. Ayres. The Chairman agreed to this proposal and 

 suggested further that, when a Draft Bill had been proposed, 

 that the members of the Union should be called too-ether 

 to discuss same. This was also agreed upon. Mr. Langford 

 drew attention to a paper in the 'Agricultural Journal' 

 by a certain Mr. von Weilligh, and stated that it was in- 

 accurate and liable to do more harm than good. Mr^ 

 Roberts endorsed this view, and the Chairman proposed 

 that a letter be written to the Editor of the 'Ao-ricultural 

 Journal ' offering him the suggestion that any articles sent 

 in bearing upon Ornithology should in future first be 

 submitted to the Editors of the Journal of the S. A. 0. U. 

 This was seconded by Mr. Roberts and carried. 



Altemtion to Rules. — Rule 15 last paragraph was amended 

 to read : — 



" For Ordinary Members there shall be an entrance 

 fee of half a guinea, and the annual subscription shall be 

 ten shillings and sixpence." 



This was proposed by Dr. Peringuey and seconded by 

 Mr. A. K. Haagner. On the motion of Mr. Haagner the 

 resolution of last year referring to Associate Members was 

 rescinded. 



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