360 Letters, Extracts, and Notes. 



"The following gentlemen have resigned : — Earl Darnley, 

 Lord Walsingham, and Mr. JefFery Whitehead. 



"■The names of Messrs. Harry Becher, Norman Gilroy, 

 (jr. M. Hedges, and Stuart Maples, have been removed from 

 the List of Members under Rule 6. 



''The membership of the Union, and comparison with the 

 previous five years is as follows : — 



1914. 1913. 1912. 1911. 1910. 1909. 



Ordinary 



Members.. 



.433 



425 



420 



419 



424 



422 



Extraordinary „ 



1 



2 



3 



3 



3 



2 



Honorary 



„ 



7 



8 



9 



9 



9 



10 



Hon. Lady 



)) 



6 



5 



6 



4 







Colonial 



)) 



9 



9 



9 



10 



9 



8 



Foreign 



,, 



19 



19 



20 



19 



20 



19 



" There are 23 Candidates for Ordinary Membership, 2 for 

 Honorary, 1 for Colonial, and 3 for Foreign Membership. , 



■' After due consideration the Committee decided to 

 transfer the agency for the sale of the B. O. U. publications 

 from Mr. E. H. Porter to Messrs. William Wesley & Son, 

 and to place the distribution to Members in the hands of 

 the printers, Messrs. Taylor & Francis. These arrangements 

 will somewhat reduce the cost of distribution, and the 

 Committee also hope that the new conditions will improve 

 the sales of the Union's publications. 



" The Committee have decided that instead of having 

 varying reductions on the different publications issued by the 

 Union, in future all such publications shall be available for 

 purchase by Members at the uniform reduction of 25% olf 

 the published prices. The stock is being thoroughly over- 

 hauled, and a list of the publications now in stock will be 

 published in the circular issued with each part of the ' The 

 J bis' as soon as possible. 



"The new edition of the B. O. U. List of British Birds 

 is now in the press, and the Committee hope that it will be 

 possible to issue it during the course of the present year. 



