VI 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNION, 



Report of First Annual Meeting. 



The First Annual General Meeting of the Union was held 

 in Pretoria in the Directors' Room of the Transvaal Museum 

 (b}' kind permission of Dr. Gunning) at 4 P.M on the 2'4th 

 September, 1904. Owing to the visit of H.R.H. Princess 

 Christian of Schleswig-Holstein to the adjoining Zoological 

 Gardens, the attendance wiis, unfortunately, very small. 

 There were present Messrs. J. Bnrtt Davy, F.L.S., Newton 

 Spicer, B. Langford, E. Skea, L. E. Taylor, C. B. Horsbrugh, 

 F. J. Ellemor, L. Griffin, and A. Haagner, M.B.O.U. 

 Mr. J. BuRTT Davy was elected to the Chair. The Minutes of 

 the Inaugural Meeting were read and passed. Mr. Haagner 

 reported that the Committee appointed at the Inaugural 

 Meeting had draw^n up Rules for submission and confirmation, 

 and that the Officers of the Union had been elected by ballot 

 of the Members by means of correspondence. Thirteen new 

 Members had applied for admission to the Union, thus 

 bringing the number up to 53. 



On the motion of Mr. Spicer, seconded by Mr. Langford, 

 Mr. Haagner^s Report was adopted. 



The Draft Rules were then read and discussed. Rules 4 

 and 13 were amended, and, on the motion of Mr. Haagner, 

 seconded by Mr. Spicer, were finally adopted in their 

 entirety. 



The election of office-bearers, with their proj)Osers and 

 seconders, were, on the motion of Mr. Griffin, seconded by 

 Mr. Horsbrugh, unanimously confirmed by the Meeting. 



Some discussion took place as to the name and scope of the 

 proposed Journal, and it was proposed by Mr. Skea, seconded 

 by Mr. Ellemor, that its name should be " The Ostrich : a 

 Journal of South African Ornithology.'^ This motion 

 was passed. 



