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In response thereto, I have to state that your complaint in this matter was referred to 

 the Governor of Hawaii, and a copy of his report in the premises is herewith transmitted 

 for your information. 



It will be seen therefrom that a proposition of the character indicated in your letter 

 was submitted by one Captain Max Schlemmer, but upon consideration thereof it was 

 denied. 



Very respectfully, 

 (Signed) E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary. 



Territory of Hawaii, March 29, 1905 

 Application was made by Captain Schlemmer, under date of December 17, 1904, for 

 a 99 years' lease of Laysan Island, Lisiansky Island and French Frigate Shoals with the 

 option of taking a certain number of birds from Lisiansky and French Frigate Shoals, the 

 Territory to be paid a royalty of ten per cent of net realizations. The proposition was not 

 accepted, and I enclose copy of the correspondence for the information of the Department 

 and of the National Association of Audubon Societies, should the Secretary of the Interior 

 deem it advisable to supply it. 



(Signed) G. R Carter, Governor. 



Mexico. — Bird protection in this Republic must be taking some hold of 

 the citizens as the result of the steady output of valuable educational litera- 

 ture that is being published by the "Comission de Parasitologia Agricola." 



Bahama Islands, W. I. — Very largely through the efforts of our treasurer, 

 Mr. Chapman, most of the birds of these Islands now receive legal protec- 

 tion during the whole or a portion of the year. 



The bill was prepared by our fellow member at the request of the 

 Colonial Governor, and was adopted with some modifications. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR THE COMING YEAR 



Duty of Members. — At this time, it is pertinent to say something to the 

 members of the Association, and to point out to them their part in this 

 great undertaking. You should not cease to think and act after you have 

 attended an annual meeting and elected managers, or have read the Annual 

 Report, or renewed your yearly subscription. It is your duty, by every means 

 in your power, to uphold the hands of the officers you have chosen and to be 

 loyal to the principles of the Audubon movement. This may mean that you 

 will be called a faddist, or perhaps even that more distasteful title, a crank. 

 For example, I conceive it to be the fundamental principle of Audubonism to 

 eschew the use of all feathers, except those of the Ostrich. While it 

 undoubtedly is permissible to wear the plumage of domestic fowls, either in 

 the natural or manufactured state, yet the true and consistent member of this 

 Society will not use any plumage, either natural or manufactured, that can 

 only be obtained by the sacrifice of life. If this stand is taken, there is no 

 possibility of the feathers of wild birds being used in manufactured orna- 



