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R. Ogilvie-Grant) and the Hon. Secretaiy and Treasurer 

 (Mr. H. F. Witlierby) had both found it necessary, through 

 stress of other business, to resign their office. 



The Chairman announced that at the Meeting of the 

 Committee held on the 23rd of July the following Officers 

 and Committee had been elected : — 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild, Ph.D., F.R.S., 



CJiairman. 

 David A. Bannerman^ Editor of the ' Bulletin.' 

 Percy R. Lowe, Secretary and Treasurer, 

 E. G. B. Meade-AValdo, Vice- Chairman.'^ 

 W. L. Sclater, Editor of ' The Ibis; 



Vice- Chairman. . Members of the 



C. B. RiCKETT. j Committee. 



E. Bidwell (in place of N. E. Tice- | 



HURST, retiring by seniority). J 



The Chairman asked the Members of the B. O. C. to 

 join with him in passing a very hearty vote of thanks to 

 the retiring Editor and Secretary, both of whom had done 

 so much to further the interests of the Club. He said 

 that the excellence of the 'Bulletin^ was owing to the 

 untiring efforts of Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, and that the duties of 

 Hon. Secretary and Treasurer had been most ably carried 

 out by Mr. Witherby. He was sure that the Members of 

 the Club would like to express their appreciation of the 

 services rendered by these two gentlemen. 



The retiring Secretary and Treasurer read a statement of 

 the accounts which had been duly audited by Mr. Seth-Smith. 



The Chairman gave the following Address : — 

 '^Brother Members of the B. 0. C.^ — 



" In my Address delivered last November, owing to there 

 having been no Address in the previous session, I had the 

 results of two years ornithological activity to draw upon. 



