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the " controleurs," the " post-honders," the "civile gezaghebbers," 

 and the foresters are authorized to enforce the provisions of this 

 Ordinance. 



This Ordinance has been supplemented by a second, which came 

 into force on ist May, 1912, and the provisions of which are as 

 follows : — 



Article i. — It is prohibited to hunt Birds of Paradise, Parrots, 

 and Crowned Pigeons in Dutch New Guinea without a licence 

 issued by the Governor of the Province Tidon. Article 2. — If any 

 person is found hunting without a licence he will be punished as 

 follows : — If a European, by a fine of 100 guilders, or eight days' 

 imprisonment ; if a native, by a fine of 100 guilders, or three 

 months' hard labour at the Public Works. The birds, eggs, skins, 

 and parts of birds found in the possession of offenders will be 

 confiscated and destroyed. Article 3. — If any person, having a 

 licence, infringes the conditions of same, such licence shall be 

 forfeited. A licence must also be obtained for carrying a gun and 

 two kilogrammes of gunpowder and shot. Skins of birds can be 

 exported only by licence-holders ; if any other person attempts to 

 export them the skins will be confiscated and the offender 

 punished. 



Licences for carrying a gun will be given only for six months — 

 ist April to ist November. The guns must be handed to the 

 Government officials on 1st November of each year, and remain 

 in their custody till ist April. 



Correspondence. 



THE LAUNCESTON SESSION MINUTES. 



To the Editors of " The Emu." 



Dear Sirs, — I desire to correct the minutes of the Launceston 

 session appearing in the last (January, 1913) part of The Emu, 

 p. 145, so far as they relate to the presentation of the report of 

 the Check-list Committee. The minutes state that I read the 

 report — a statement which is correct so far as it goes. To be 

 strictly accurate the minutes should have first stated that I was 

 charged by the convener of the Committee, Mr. A. J. Campbell, 

 with the presentation, on its behalf, of the report, and with the 

 conduct and carriage of the report through the session. 



Again, in regard to the " species register," the minutes are 

 scarcely accurate when they record a statement by me that the 

 register was a system modelled on Dewey's Universal Library 

 System. In answer to a question by Dr. G. Home, I said that 

 the register was suggested by that of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union, but that I had been informed by a friend, who had, at 



