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WEDNESDAY, JULY 29th, 1908. 



The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Society was held in 

 the Linnean Hall, Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay, on Wednesday 

 evening, July 29th, 1908. 



Mr. J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. George I. Playfair, Auburn, was elected an Ordinary 

 Member of the Society. 



The attention of Members was called to a circular received 

 from the Hon. Secretaries of the Anderson Stuart Testimonial 

 Fund. 



A letter from the Royal Society of South Australia was read, 

 urging " the necessity for legislation to preserve the fauna of 

 New South Wales. This, it is thought, may be possibly best 

 effected by providing for the complete protection of the fauna in 

 all the forests of the State, in any legislation which may be 

 introduced on the Report of the Royal Commission on Forestry " 

 now exercising its functions. 



A letter from the Advisory Committee re Fisheries and Game 

 Acts in Victoria, Melbourne, inviting the Society's co-operation in 

 approaching the Federal Government with a view to the preven- 

 tion of the export of the plumes or skins of Egrets, Lyrebirds, 

 Birds of Paradise, &c, as one means of checking the destruction 

 of native birds, was also read. The recent introduction, to the 

 British Parliament, of the Prohibition of Plumage Importation 

 Bill, by Lord Avebury, suggests that the present time is a suitable 

 one for taking actio n in Australia 



At the next Meeting of the Society, on 26th August, it is 

 proposed to afford the Members the opportunity of considering 

 the two propositions outlined above, as part of the general ques- 

 tion of the welfare of the flora and fauna, and the best means of 



