Vol. XXIV. -1 
1925 . J 
Annual Congress 
191 
FAUNA PRESERVATION. 
Dr. Leach read a report by Mr. E. Ashby, Convenor of the 
Committee on Reservations and Methods of Minimising the 
Danger from Fires ;f also a letter from Mr. Ashby stating that 
the resolution carried at the last annual meeting directing the 
Council to appoint members from other States to serve with him 
on the Committee had not been acted upon. Messrs. Barker and 
Chisholm stated that members from Queensland and New South 
Wales respectively had been appointed and the Council notified 
of their appointments. After some discussion Messrs. Chisholm, 
Alexander and Barrett were appointed to go into the matter and 
make recommendations to be discussed in camp. 
HONORARY MEMBERSHIP. 
The subject of an honorary membership for Dr. J. A. Leach, 
retiring President, had been introduced by the voting paper. 
Several members pointed out that Interstate members of the 
Council had not been consulted on this matter, and, moreover, 
that it should not form the subject of a general vote, but stand 
as a recommendation from Council to Congress. They made it 
clear that only the principle of procedure was involved, and not 
the particular recommendation under consideration. Discussion 
being somewhat protracted, and the usual time of adjournment 
long past,and as it had been arranged to start early in the after¬ 
noon on a visit to Gracemere, Mr. Barker moved that the meet¬ 
ing adjourn and that the rest of the business set down for dis¬ 
cussion be dealt with in camp. The chairman ruled this motion 
out of order, upon which Mr. Barker moved that the chairman’s 
ruling be disagreed with. The situation was overcome, on the 
suggestion of Mr. Sharland, by agreeing to hold an additional 
session on Saturday evening. 
The Conference then adjourned till Saturday. 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18th (ROCKHAMPTON). 
Dr. Leach took the chair at 8 p.m. 
HONORARY MEMBERSHIP. 
The chairman withdrew when discussion of this subject was 
resumed, and Mr. Chisholm, Vice-President, occupied the chair. 
He ruled that the general vote taken by the Council was out of 
order, and moved that the appointment of Dr. Leach to Honorary 
Membership be taken as a Council recommendation and endorsed. 
Dr. Leach, he said, had brought a remarkable amount of energy 
to bear on the work of the Union, and had greatly assisted 
popular bird study through the agency o f his “Bird Book.” Mr. 
Barrett seconded the motion, and referred appreciatively to the 
f The report appears on page 196.—Editor. 
