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The Minutes of the last Meeting having been read and 

 confirmed, the Committee presented their Report, in which 

 it was stated that, in accordance with the resolution passed at 

 the General Meeting of the Union in 1889, the vacant Secre- 

 taryship had been filled up by the appointment of Mr. F. Du 

 Cane Godman, F.R.S., to that office. 



The accounts presented showed the position of the Union 

 at the close of the year 1889. The cost of the volume for 

 that year had been somewhat in excess of the previous 

 one. This had been mainly caused by its greater size and 

 by the larger number of plates. Moreover, it contained an 

 Index of Contents, occupying 8 pages, which was a new 

 feature in the annual volume. 



Since the last Annual Meeting, as the Committee regretted 

 to have to remind the Members, a great loss had been suffered 

 by the death of Mr. John Henry Gurney, one of the original 

 Members of the Union. Mr. Gurney was a most active and 

 zealous ornithologist, and had been a constant contributor to 

 and liberal supporter of ' The Ibis ' since its foundation. The 

 Union had also to regret the death of Mr. John Marshall, of 

 Taunton, who was elected a Member in 1885. 



Lord Clifton had resigned his Membership, and another 

 Member had been removed under the rules, for non-payment 

 of his subscription. Notwithstanding these losses, the num- 

 ber of Members continued to increase, and there were at 

 present on the list the names of 194 Ordinary, 1 Extraordi- 

 nary, 8 Honorary, and 19 Foreign Members, making a total 

 of 222. 



The following Ordinary Members were then balloted for 

 and declared duly elected : — 



Frank Barclay, Knott's Green, Leyton. 



Harry Brinsley Brooke, 33 Egerton Gardens, Ken- 

 sington. 



Charles Cave, Ditcham Park, Petersfield. 



James A. G. Drummond-Hay, Coldstream Guards, 

 Guards' Club, Pall Mall. 



Lionel Fisher, Kandy, Ceylon. 



