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New South Wales properties— the National Park, south of 

 Sydney, and the Kuringai Chase, south of Broken Bay and 

 the Hawkesbury. 



Dangerous Reef, The Pages, and Casuarina Island. 



In January last a communication from the Crown Lands 

 Office was received asking the Committee's views regarding 

 a request from the Ornithological Association that Danger- 

 ous Reef (near Port Lincoln) and other uninhabited islands 

 should be totally reserved as breeding-grounds for birds, and 

 that persons be forbidden to visit them. The Secretary 

 wrote in reply supporting the request and urging upon the 

 Commissioner the desirability of protecting the birds and 

 seals upon Dangerous Reef and also upon The Pages and 

 Casuarina Island, near the coast of Kangaroo Island. In 

 The Gazette of May 9, 1909, these islands were proclaimed 

 bird-protected districts. 



There would appear to be no power under existing legis- 

 lation to extend the protection of seals beyond the terms of 

 the close seasons provided in each year under the Game Act. 



A Model Game Bill. 



A request from the Australasian Ornithologists' Union 

 having been made to the Government to appoint a repre- 

 sentative to join in the discussion of this matter at the an- 

 nual meeting held in Melbourne, in November last, the 

 Secretary, in response to a communication from the Com- 

 missioner of Crown Lands, wrote to him recommending Mr. 

 J. W. Mellor, who subsequently took part in the Confer- 

 ence and made many valuable suggestions. 



Reported Destruction of Pelicans. 



A paragraph referring to the destruction of a number 

 of pelicans by the vice-regal party on a journey down the 

 Murray during last month having been published in The 

 Heghter, the Secretary caused enquiries to be made, and re- 

 ceived a letter from the Private Secretary stating that the 

 paragraph was written more as a joke than as an accurate 

 account, and that it was in consequence not to be taken too 

 literally. 



Saml. Dixon, Chairman. 



M. S. Clark, Hon. Secretary. 



September 21, 1909. 



