ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



CO-PATROrtS: 



Their Majesties the King and Queen. 



OFFICE-BEARERS : 



President: Mr. J- W. MELLOR. 



Vice-Presidents rf^*^- ^- ^- ^- MATTINGLEY, C.M.Z.S. 

 I Mr. ROBERT HALL, C.M.Z.S. 

 Hon. Secretary: Mr. F. ERASMUS WILSON. 



(c/o Zoological Gardens, Melbourne. Private Address — 26 Clive Road, Auburn, 



Victoria.) 



Hon. Treasurer: Mr. Z. GRAY. 



(Address — 190 Bridport Street, South Melbourne.) 



Hon. Librarian: Mr. W. H. D. Le SOUEF, C.M.Z.S. 



Hon. Editors of The Emui^^^- ^- J" CAMPBELL. Cou Mem. B.O.U. 



I Mr. CHARLES BARRETT. 



Hon. Press Correspondent: Mr. E. BROOKE NICHOLLS. 

 Local State Secretaries : 



Victoria— Mr. F. E. WILSON 

 N.S.W.— Mr. A. S. LE SOUEF, C.M.Z.S 

 Queensland- Dr. HAMLYN HARRIS, 



S. A.— Captain S. A. WHITE 

 W.A.— Mr. T. CARTER, M.B.O.U. 

 Tasmania— Mr. A. L. BUTLER 



F.Z.S. 



New Zealand— Mr. A. HAMILTON. 



Members of Council : Victoria— Dr. C. S. RYAN, Mr. J. A. LEACH, 

 M.Sc, Dr. GEO. HORNE; New South Wales— Dr. WM. MACGILLI- 

 VRAY, Mr. A. F. BASSET HULL ; Queensland— Mr. C. A. BARNARD ; 

 South Australia— Dr. A. M. MORGAN ; Western Australia— Mr. A. W. 

 MILLIGAN. 



OBJEGTS, &c.- - - - 



^HE objects of the Society are the advancement and popularization 

 |Y^ of the Science of Ornithology, the protection of useful and 

 ornamental avifauna, and the publication of a magazine called 

 T/ie Emu. 



The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Council, con- 

 sisting of a President, two Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, 

 Press Correspondent, Editors of The Ejhu, and fourteen members ; each 

 office-bearer and member of the Council shall retire at the end of each 

 financial year, but shall be eligible for re-election. 



The Annual Meeting shall be held in one or other of the principal 

 towns of the different States, such State to be decided at the previous 

 Annual Meeting. 



Every member shall be required to pay an annual subscription of 

 fifteen shillings, payable in advance in July each year. (Cheques, &c., 

 subject to exchange, should include the amount of the exchange.) 



The offices of the Society shall be at the office of the Hon. Secretary 

 of the Society for the time being, or at such other place as the Council 

 may appoint. 



