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A General Meeting, with Mr. W. L. Sclater, Pre- 

 siJent, in the Chair, was held immediately after the 

 Dinner. 



The Chairman stated that the chief item on the Agenda 

 was the consideration of the Finances, which he regretted 

 to say were not satisfactory. The Balance Sheet drawn up by 

 the late Secretary had been lost, and had not been audited. 

 In conjunction with the present Treasurer a new Statement 

 had been drawn up, which had been carefully considered by 

 the Committee, who recommended its acceptance by the 

 members although unaudited ; but should they accej)t it, 

 this was not to be a precedent for passing future Balance 

 Sheets before they had been audited. 



Mr. Bonhote made a short financial statement, pointing 

 out that the Deficit at the end of last Session came to an 

 amount nearly equalling the Subscriptions due for the 

 present Session. He also submitted an estimated ex- 

 penditure for the current Session, showing that a sum of 

 over £200 would be the normal expenditure in the fdture, 

 in addition to which there was the deficit to be liquidated. 

 He did not see, therefore, how they could carry on unless 

 the Subscription was raised to One Guinea. 



After some discussion the Accounts were passed and the 

 increase of subscription agreed to. 



The question of the publication of the Beport of the 

 Oological Dinners was next discussed, and it was agreed 

 that tliese Reports, for two Dinners in each Session, 

 should appear in the ' Bulletin' provided they did not exceed 

 6 pages each or 12 pages in all ; any extra length should 

 be paid for by members interested, through the Secretary of 

 the Oological Section, Mr. C. Borrer. 



