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luuiiig a cuj)ilal tlixuk-d into shares and that application be 

 made to the Attorney-General of Victoria for a licence directing 

 the registration of this Union with limited liability without the 

 addition of the word ' limited ' but with tlu- addition of the word 

 Royal ' to its name." 



" That the president of the Council be and he is hereby 

 authorized to enter into and sign on bahalf of this Union a pre- 

 liminary agreement with a trustee for the intended association 

 providing (amongst other things) for the transference to it of 

 the assets and liabilities of this Union, the continuance of its 

 proceedings, and the admission of its ordinary members, officers, 

 and honorary members into the new association, upon such terms 

 and conditions and with such status as the Council of this Union 

 shall stipulate or approve." 



Mr. Z. Gray, hon. treasurer, was appointed the trustee. 



The memorandum and articles of association will be printed, 

 and a copy sent to each member, bafore they are linally adopted 

 at a special general meeting called for that purpose. 



The ordinary meeting was then resumed. 



Letters were read from the retiring president, Capt. S. A. 

 White : Judge Belcher, of Entebbe, Uganda. British East Africa ; 

 -Major E. A. Le Souef, on active service in Egypt : and Lieut. 

 H. W. Wilson, on active service in France, the latter stating that 

 when out "naturalizing" on the banks of a canal he had acci- 

 dentally met Private (diandler. who was doing the same thing. 



It was decided that the Camera Craft section in The Emu l)e 

 continued, but that discretion should be used as to the ])h()to- 

 graphs reproduced. 



A cordial vote of thanks was carried, with acclamation, to 

 Messrs. Hedderwick. Fookes and Alston, solicitors, for the heavy 

 gratuitous work they had done in preparing the memorandum 

 and articles of association for the Union. 



It was also decided that a letter of appreciation be sent to 

 Capt. S. A. White and Mr. H. L. White for the splendid work 

 these gentlemen had done in the interests of ornithology : it is 

 impossible to estimate its value. 



Mr. G. Gibson stated that all the Egret rookeries in the Northern 

 Territory should be protected, and it was resolved to ask the 

 Federal Government to make sanctuaries of all the known Egret 

 rookeries in the Northern Territory. 



It was stated that the anonymous donor of the £1.000 to the 

 Union had also presented it with a com])lete set of (rould's 

 " Birds of Australia." The Union has pro\'ided a handsome 

 l)ookcase for its reception. 



Dr. H. W. Bryant suggested that the .Egean Partridges should 

 be introduced into AustraHa for the purpose of stocking the 

 islands of Bass Strait with these splendid game birds. They 

 would stand a better chance of becoming established there than 

 on the mainland, where they would have so many more enemies 

 to contend with. He had seen many of these birds at Lemnos 

 and the other islands. 



