^"i lo^ 1 Royal Australasian Ovnithologisis' Union. 15-^ 



Guinea. Lunch in Museum grounds as guests of Hon. W. T. 

 Paget, Secretary for Agriculture and Administrator Native Birds 

 rrotection Acts. Address to i,6oo State school children by W. H. 

 Dudley Le Souef, Esq., C.M.Z.S., at Lyceum, George-street, 

 Secretary for Public Instruction presiding. Ride over Brisbane 

 tram lines to view the city. An " at home " at Mr. John Bell's, 

 Highgate Hill : falconry and works relating thereto. 7 p.m. — ■ 

 Annual meeting, members only, at Public Library (Royal Geo- 

 graphical Society's rooms). 8.15 p.m. — Annual meeting con- 

 tinued — visitors admitted ; Sir Wm. Macgregor, G.C.M.G., C.B., 

 in the chair. The president's address, "The Union and its 

 Work," by Mr. A. J. Campbell. Reading of papers, illustrated by 

 lantern slides : — Captain S. A. White, " Ornithologists at Warunda"; 

 W. H. D. Le Souef, " Penguins " ; A. H. E. Mattingley. 

 " Production of Call of Podargus " (taken as read). 



^th October. — Drag excursion to Enoggera Waterworks Reserve 

 as guests of Field Naturalists' Club. 8 p.m. — Pubhc lecture — 

 Visit of Ornithologists' Union to Bass Strait. Lecturers- 

 Messrs. J. A. Leach, A. J. Campbell, and W. H. D. Le Soutif. (Sir 

 Arthur Morgan presided.) 



6th October. — Steamer excursion to mouth of Brisbane River 

 and islands adjacent, as guests of the Field Naturalists' Club. 

 6 to 8 p.m. — Adjourned annual meeting. 10.25 P-m. — Depart for 

 Gladstone. 



yth October. — Board Commonwealth trawler Endeavoin and 

 depart for Capricorn Group for working excursion. 



i&h October. — Lecture to State school teachers at Brisbane by 

 J. A. Leach, Esq., M.Sc, Nature Study Inspector of Victoria. 



19^/t October. — Visit Bundaberg. 



21st October. — Visit Toowoomba. 



2yd October. — Visit Warwick. 



Annual Meeting. 



The president, Mr. A. J. Campbell, took the chair at 7 p.m., 

 ^id declared the meeting open. All delegates attended. 



Letters of apology were read. 



The minutes of the ninth annual session were read, confirmed, 

 and signed, on the motion of Mr. J. A. Leach, seconded by Capt. 

 S. A. White. 



The annual report was then read by the hon. secretary. Mr. 

 E. B. NichoUs took exception to part of paragraph relating to 

 formation of Gould League, and on the motion of Captain S. A. 

 White, seconded by Mr. E. B. Nicholls, the report was referred 

 back to the Council. 



Discussion ensued with regard to a number of points mentioned 

 in the report, and, on the motion of Mr. Mellor, seconded by Mr. 

 L. Harrison, the adoption of the report was held over. 



Hon. Treasurer's Report. — The hon. treasurer's report and 

 balance-sheet were read by Mr. Z. Gray, in the absence of the 

 treasurer. Mr. Z. Gray moved that the report and balance-sheet 

 be adopted. Seconded by Mr. H. W. Wilson. Carried. 



