518 Letters, Extracts, and Notes. [Ibis, 1920. 



L Sclater Dr N. Ticelmrst, and the present Honorary 

 Secretary of the Union, that Mr. A. H. Evans, Dr^E. J O. 

 Hartert, Mr. T. Iredale, Rev. F. C. R. Jourdam, Mr. Cr. x\i. 

 Mathews, and Mr. H. F. Witherby be elected. 



The proposition was put to the meeting and, after several 

 members had spoken on the matter, was carried by a 

 majority of thirty-two. 



The Committee recommended that the Entrance lee to 

 the Union be increased to £4, and that the sale of ' The 

 Ibis' to the public be at the rate of lOs. per number, and 

 that in future members purchasing back numbers shall pay 

 8s per number. This was put to the meeting and carried 

 unanimously. Rule 5 will therefore read as follows :- 



" Every new Ordinary Member sball pay an Entrance 

 " Fee of £4, and an Annual Subscription of £1 5s. on 

 " his election, and every Ordinary Member shall pay 

 " an Annual Subscription of £1 5s. on the 1st January 

 "of each year. Every new Ordinary Member failing 

 "to pay his Entrance Fee and his first Annual Sub- 

 "scription before the 31st December immediately 

 "following his election shall have his election annulled, 

 ^' unless he shall furnish a satisfactory explanation.'' 

 Votes of thanks to the Zoological Society proposed by 

 the Rev J. R. Hale and seconded by Mr. A. L. Butler, 

 to the Auditor and Scrutineers proposed by Mr. J. L. 

 Bonhote and seconded by Mr. G. M. Mathews, were earned 



unanimously. ^ ,1 1 4. +i,« 



Mr D Seth Smith proposed a vote of thanks to the 

 Chairman, and Major C. W. Smeed to the Honorary 

 Secretary which were carried with acclamation. 



The usual Dinner was held later in the evening at 

 Pao-ani's Restaurant, in conjunction with the British 

 Ornithologists' Club, which attracted a record attendance. 



