PROCEEDINGS OF TPIE UNION. 



Report ob^ Second Annual Meeting. 

 The Second Annual General Meeting of the Union was held 

 in the Transvaal Technical Institute, Johannesburg, on the 

 30th August, 1905. 



The presence in South Africa of the Members of th(^ 

 British Association lent a general interest to the proceedings, 

 which cannot fail to be beneficial in promoting the advance- 

 ment of the objects of the Union. There were present, 

 amongst others, the President of the Union, Mr. W. L. 

 ScLATER, M.A., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. (Director of the South 

 African Museum, Cape Town), who occupied the Chair, 

 Dr. S. Schonland, Hon. M.A. (Oxon.), F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. 

 (Director of the Albany Museum, Grahanistown, Cape 

 Colony, and a Vice-President of the Union), Messrs. H. A. 

 Fry, E. H. U. Draper, E. M. Skea, L. T. Griffin, L. E. Taylor, 

 F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., C. B. Simpson, W. J. Powell, and A. K, 

 Haagner, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. (Hon. Sec). 



Amongst the distinguished visitors were Dr. P. L. Sclater, 

 F.R.S. (Joint Editor of ' The Ibis '), Mr. A. H. Evans, M.A., 

 F.Z.S. (Joint Editor of 'The Ibis'), and Mr. A. B. U. 

 Trevor-Battye, F.Z.S. 



The minutes of the First Annual General Meeting held on 

 the 24th September, 1904, and of the Special General 

 Meeting held on the 5th November, 1904, were read and 

 confirmed. 



The Hon. Secretary and Treasurer (Mr. A. K. Haagner) 

 read the Annual Report of the Union and presented a state- 

 ment of accounts, both of which were adopted and passed on 

 the motion of Dr. Schonland. 



The following gentlemen having been duly proposed and 

 seconded for Membership of the Union, were forthwith 

 elected on the motion of Mr. L. E. Taylor seconded by 

 Dr. Schonland : — 



