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 the proprietors. 



ELECTIONS. 



On a ballot being taken, the Rev. C. C. Dugan, B.A., Preston, 

 and Mr. J. L. Robertson, M.A., Moonee Ponds, were duly 

 elected ordinary members ; and the Misses Gladys Griebenow, 

 Evelyn Pepperell, Janet Sinclair, Lousia Parkinson, Masters 

 Albert Pitcher, Ernest Pitcher, Norman Fullard, Lennie 

 Robson, Clifton Sutherland, and Eric Sutherland as junior 

 members. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



The president reported that a deputation representing the 

 various societies interested in the natural history of Australasia 

 had waited on the Commonwealth Prime Minister, the Hon. A. 

 Deakin, during the week, and made representations as to the 

 enormous destruction of certain birds going on throughout the 

 States, mainly for the purposes of personal decoration. The 

 deputation urged that the export of such bird skins from Australia 

 should be prohibited, and from the Prime Minister's remarks it 

 was almost certain that the traffic would be controlled as desired. 



The hon. secretary stated that the mattter of the purchase of 

 the Blackrock estate, near Sandringham, for a public park had 

 been brought before the Premier since- last meeting, but so far as 

 he could learn there seemed to be little chance of the idea being 

 carried out, owing to the large sum which it was necessary to 

 raise to secure the land, and while those advocating the purchase 

 desired to retain the land in its present wild state, the local shire 

 council contended that it should be cleared for use as a sports 

 reserve. 



The hon. secretary said that he had been asked to announce 

 that a meeting would be held on Thursday, 13th inst., for the 



