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and who has been now released to pass his remaining days at 
leisure. It has been our good fortune for nine or ten years 
to have had him as our Honorary Treasurer after being, as we 
may say, specially trained for us as an expert in finance. We 
trust he will enjoy for many years this responsible, but happily 
not very onerous post, and so free the Society from all anxiety 
about its accounts, and we wish him full enjoyment not only 
of this useful service, but of his freedom from the ties and 
worries of the large State business concern, the present pro- 
portions of which must in measure be credited to him. 
We will also take this opportunity of referring with 
pleasure, to the safe voyage of Mr. EDWIN ASHBY across some- 
what perilous seas to and from America, and to the title 
which has been conferred upon him of C.F.A.O.U. (Corres- 
ponding Fellow of the American Ornithological Union) in 
recognition of the work he has done in connection with 
Australian birds. 
But we have also the sad duty of referring to the decease 
of two of our Fellows. 
contributed verses to the daily Press, and under the stress o 
taken a keen interest in the work of the Society, and appre- 
ciated its records in our Transactions. Her interest is 
practically shown by a gift to our Library of sixteen volumes 
of Lloyd’s Natural History. ast 
Jos. C. Verco, President. 
Evening Meeting, April 10, 1919. 
@ An obituary notice of the late Sir Edward C. Stirling will 
be found on page 1 of this volume.—Ep. ; 
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