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and Mr. Sharland gave a verbal report of activities in Tasmania. 
Victoria, the home State of the Union, was covered by the Gen¬ 
eral Secretary’s report, but no reports were received from South 
or Western Australia or New Zealand. 
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT. 
At this stage the scrutineers announced that they had com¬ 
pleted the counting of votes for the position of President, and 
that the result was: J. A. Ross, 113 votes; A. PI. Chisholm, 82 
votes. The chairman thereupon declared Mr. Ross duly elected. 
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. 
Prior to the taking of a ballot for three Vice-Presidents, Mr. 
Chisholm asked members to strike out his name, which had been 
placed on the list without his knowledge. The nominee of New 
South Wales members, he said, was Mr. P. A. Gilbert. 
REPORT OF CHECKLIST COMMITTEE. 
Dr. J. A. Leach read the report of the Printing Sub-Committee 
of the Checklist Committee.* Mr. Longman commented on the 
report, and moved that: “In cases where the name adopted for 
an Australian bird differs from that commonly used in works 
published abroad the Checklist Committee should ask the Inter¬ 
national Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to place it on 
the list of nomina conservanda” Dr. Leach asked that before 
this motion was gone on with those members of the Checklist 
Committee who were present should be allowed time to discuss 
it, and Mr. Longman thereupon withdrew his motion. 'The report 
was adopted. 
BIRD SANCTUARIES AND GAME LAWS. 
Mr. Chisholm introduced this matter and referred to the 
Amending Bill to the Animals and Birds Act then under discus¬ 
sion in the Queensland Parliament. He said that the basic prin¬ 
ciple of the bill was that native birds and animals were the 
property of the Crown, and mentioned that among other changes 
it was proposed to give the Minister the power to declare any 
area a sanctuary even without the consent of the owners of the 
land. He stated that there were already more sanctuaries in 
Queensland than in any other State, and more in the vicinity 
of Rockhampton than in any other part of Queensland, and this 
was due to that live local body, the Central Queensland Native 
Birds Protection Association. Mr. Longman said that most of 
the existing sanctuaries were near the coast, and advocated the 
creation of inland sanctuaries. Mr. Gaukrodger supported this 
* The report is printed on page 204.—Editor. 
