200 Royal Aiisttalasian Ornithologists' Union. [ , :;ti,"'l' ui 



priiitiiij^ coniiuitk'c, A. J. CamplK'll. A. H. E. Maltiii;^K-y, W. I>. 

 Alexander. 



Local State scm retaries :— New Soutii Wales. A. S. Le Souel : 

 South Australia, (apt. S. A. White : Western Australia. W. T. 

 Forster ; Tasmania, W. L. May ; New Zealand, W. R. B. Oliver : 

 Northern Territory, G. F. Hill ; Queensland, E. M. Cornwall. 



Members of Council : — Victoria, Col. C. S. Ryan, C.B., A. H. E. 

 Mattingley, A. C. Stone; New South Wales, "Dr. J. B. Cleland. 

 Dr. E. A. D'Ombrain ; Queensland, C. A. Barnard ; South Aus- 

 tralia, E. Ashby ; Western Austraha, Major A. E. Le Souef : 

 Tasmania, Col. W. V. Legge. 



Col. Charles S. Ryan, C.B., and Mr. A. W^ Milligan were elected 

 honorary associate members. 



The following new members were also elected : — 



Victoria. — Miss C. C. Currie, Lardner ; Mrs. Strange, Ararat : Dr. 

 A. N. M' Arthur, Boundary-road, Toorak ; Messrs. J. Cross, B.A.. 

 Evan-street, Port Melbourne ; R. H. Croll, Education Department, 

 Melbourne ; W. J. Lindsay, "Quamby," W^oolsthorpe ; W. Laidlaw, 

 Department of Agriculture, Melbourne ; C. A. Ladwig, 154 Williams- 

 road, Prahran ; K. MacMeikan. Neerim-road, Murrumbeena ; H. 

 Pottenger, Kinross-avenue, Caulfield ; W. H. Sloane, Buckland- 

 avenue, Geelong ; H. B. W'illiamson, Redan ; T. Tregellas, 

 Robinson's-road, Auburn ; A. Wilkie, Zoological Gardens, Mel- 

 bourne ; and Victorian Railways Institute, Melbourne. 



New South Wales. — Mrs. A. K. Smith, Wanganella, via Denili- 

 quin ; Messrs. D. B. Jolley, Lismore ; E. A. W'. Tubman, Dulwich 

 Hill ; H. J. Tanner, Lismore ; A. M'L. Bowler, Annandayle South, 

 Holbrook ; and J. Sloane, Mulwala Station, Mulwala. 



Queensland. — Mrs. J. Black, Pajingo Station. Charters Towers ; 

 Mr. H. M. Moore, Barambah, Goomeri. 



South Australia. — Messrs. Atkinson and Co., Adelaide : Mr. 

 M. E. Saunders, loi King William-street, Adelaide. 



Western Australia.— Mx. M. W^ Elliott, Dumbleyung : the 

 Librarian, Parliament House, Perth. 



Tasmania. — Messrs. L. A. Thurston, W^est Devon port : J. 

 Harrison, Wynyard ; B. G. Nicholls, King Island. 



New Zealand. — Dr. T. J. Ick-Hewins, Box 13. Waiuku. 



England. — Mr. A. H. Evans, Cambridge. 



America. — Mr. F. M. Bean, Gross Point, Michigan. 



The meeting then resolved itself into a special general meeting, 

 in accordance with the notice that had been sent out to all 

 members. 



Messrs. Hedderwick, Fookes and Alston, solicitors, had strongly 

 advised that the Union should be registered, as, until that was 

 done, the donor of £1,000 could not hand over the money, there 

 being no legally constituted association to receive it. 



The following resolutions were carried vmanimously : — 



" That the Council of this Union be and it is hereby authorized 

 to take steps to have this Union registered under the Companies 

 Ac/ I()i3 of Mctoria as a company limited by guarantee and not 



