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Wf must, however, reserve the list of awards and full 
reierence to the various exhibits to our next issue, merely 
in conclusion stating that the Hybrid Class was most successful, 
the following being staged. 
Bod -headed X Ribbon I'lnrli. 
Greenfinch X Himalayan Siskin. 
Spice Finch X Bib Finch. 
Silverbill X Bengalese . 
Bed-vented X Red -eared Bulbul . 
Tri -coloured Mannikin X Bengale.se. 
Magpie Mannikin X Bengalese. 
We hope to illustrate and describe the above interesting 
Hybrids in our next issue. 
We much regretted to note that the attendance was 
very much below average, and fear, that notwithstanding the 
worthy source to which any profits were to go, that the Show 
must result in a financial loss to its promoters. 
REroBT: We do not intend occupying space here, as 
we feel the Club Journal speaks for itself as to the progress of 
the Club, and we are pleased once more to be in a position 
to report progress. The net gain cannot be computed at 
present, there have been some of our members who have 
joined the " great majority," others have retired from various 
causes, but the number is not large, and we have the pleasure 
to state that during the year we have enrolled 52 new 
members. 
The coming year is likely to be a difficult one for 
all such societies — as near as possible we shall proceed on 
present lines, keenly, we hope, on the alert to improve and 
advance as opportunity presents itself. 
The present Vol. runs into over 400 pages, irrespective 
of indices and an 80 page hiset; we can hardly hope to reach 
such bulk next year, but, w^e are assured that the members 
will all stand by us, and by supplementing their subscriptions 
by such donations as they feel the critical times justify, 
prevent any drastic retrenchment. 
During the year, results in some aviaries have been 
poor, in others quite good, local conditions being possibly the 
governing factor in such cases. Several species have been 
bred for the first time in capliviiy, and numerous interesting 
lij bridis liuvy been similarly brouyht iut(j existence ; to enumerate 
