REPORT 
3 
Donations of books for the Library have been received 
from Mr. R. J. Cunninghame, Messrs. Rowland Ward and Co., 
and Mr. A. S. Neave, and the Committee wish to place on 
record their appreciation of the generosity and kindness 
of the donors. It is hoped that the Library in course of 
time will become of considerable value to members and an 
added inducement for membership. 
On June 23 Mr. Cherry Kearton very kindly gave a 
Cinematograph Exhibition of some of his nature photographs 
in the Railway Institute, in aid of the funds of the Society, 
which resulted in a substantial amount being placed to our 
credit. 
It was deemed advisable in consequence of the prepon- 
derance of non-Nairobi residents amongst our members, to 
propose an alteration of the Rules, and substitute a Referendum 
instead of an Annual Meeting for the election of the Committee. 
These alterations were carried unanimously, and in future 
all members will have an opportunity of nominating and 
voting for members of the new Committee each year. 
The British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, Washing- 
ton, the American Geographical Society, the Academy of 
Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, the Australian Museum of 
Sydney, the Royal Colonial Institute, the Missouri Botanical 
Gardens, the Natural History Museum of Hamburg, and the 
Bombay Natural History Society, have all undertaken 
to send copies of their publications in exchange for our 
Journal. 
The Committee would again urge upon members the 
necessity for united action in order to increase the membership 
of the Society and to obtain contributions for publication in 
the Journal. The Society is now at considerable expense 
with the rental of the Museum building, viz. £30 per annum ; 
in addition, each number of the Journal costs on an average 
£26, and if the ambition of the Committee is to be attained 
and a quarterly number eventually issued, a considerable 
increase in membership will have to take place to meet the 
necessary expenditure. In addition, funds will be required 
for the purchase of cases and the setting up of specimens for 
the Museum and the purchase of books for the Library, and 
