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as against £938 9^. 4rf. in 1916, but we have in the present 

 3^ear .€45 2s. 6d. outstanding on account of plates. The 

 decrease in the payments is due chiefly to the fact that we 

 have not had to pay for extra publications, such as the 

 Jubilee Supplement, the List of British Birds, and the 

 General Index (1895-1912), for which we had to pay in 

 1916. 



"The cost of 'The Ibis' has been £523 6s. 6d. as 

 against £465 1^. lie?, in the previous year. The present 

 volume, which is the fifty-ninth, and the fifth of the Tenth 

 Series, contains 670 pages, and is illustrated with seven 

 coloured and four uncoloured plates and four text-figures. 

 The reason for the increased cost is due to a rise in cost of 

 printing, binding, reproducing plates, and indeed every item 

 connected with the production of 'The Ibis.' 



" It is satisfactory to note that in spite of present circum- 

 stances the sales of ' The Ibis ' and other publications have 

 been well maintained. 



"With regret the Committee report the deaths of the 

 following Members since the last Annual General Meeting: — 

 C. J. Alexander, G. H. Dawson, Prof. Dr. Otto Finsch, 

 Prof. Dr. Emil Goeldi, J. R. Hatfield, Sir H. J. Johnson, 

 Prof. G. Martorelli, Colonel E. S. Mason, A. J. North, 

 F. M. Ogilvie, Godfrey V. Webster. 



" The following gentlemen have resigned: — J. P. Chaworth 

 Musters, F. P. Johnson. 



"The membership of the Union, and comparison with the 

 previous five years, is as follows : — 



" Tiiere are 16 candidates for Ordinary Membership, 1 for 

 Honorary Membership, 1 for Foreign Membership, and 1 for 

 Colonial Membership." 



