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and on his return from Egypt last year had consented to 

 become the Secretary and Treasurer of the Club. Mr. 

 Bonhote was known to many of the older members as 

 the Hon. Secretary and Treasurer of the Union from 1907 

 to 1913, and had managed its affairs with conspicuous 

 success. His loss to the Union, and particularly to the 

 Club, was a very severe one. 



The Chairman further remarked that, had there been 

 sufficient time to warn members, he would have cancelled 

 the October meeting as a mark of the sincere sympathy 

 which he knew all members would feel at the great loss 

 they had sustained. 



At the suggestion of the Chairman, it was unanimously 

 decided to send a letter of appreciation and sympathy to 

 Mrs. J. L. Bonhote. 



The Chairman announced that, owing to Mr. Bonhote's 

 illness, the business meeting of the Club had been un- 

 avoidably postponed until November, as the accounts had 

 not been brought up to date. 



Captain George H.Wilkins, Naturalist on the Shackleton- 

 Rowett Expedition to the Antarctic, who was the Guest of 

 the Club, gave a most interesting outline of the voyage 

 of the ' Quest/ which has resulted in the collection of 

 a number of specimens of interest to science and con- 

 siderable geographical information. 



A selection of the specimens obtained is being presented 

 to the British Museum (Natural History) by Mr. Rowett, 

 who financed the ' Quest ' expedition. 



Mr. Wilkins said: — "The first stop of interest to 

 naturalists was St. Paul's Rocks. This small cluster of 

 rocks is situated about 550 miles Erom the coast of South 

 America, in 29° 15' W. long., and is almost on the equator. 

 The highest point is only fifty feet above the sea, and the 

 entire circumference under three-quarters of a mile. Two 

 species of birds were found — the Booby (Sula sula) and 



