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State’s representatives on the Council without regard to the 
views of those in the State, who knew their own men best. 
The Chairman pointed out that members of Council were 
elected as Australians, not as representatives of States. The 
Union was governed by articles of association, but they might 
have these amended in the desired way. Dr. Chenery said he 
thought each State should both nominate and elect its own 
representatives. 
After considerable discussion as to the method of procedure 
for altering the articles of association, the following amended 
motion was adopted: “That each State be given representation 
on the Council, such representation to be a Vice-President, Hon. 
State Secretary, and one other Councillor for each hundred 
members or part thereof, who shall be elected by the members 
in the State to which they belong.” 
PROCEDURE AT COUNCIL MEETING. 
Notice of three motions on this subject by Dr. D’Ombrain had 
appeared on the voting paper. It was pointed out that they had 
not been received by the Hon. Secretary by the proper date, and 
the Chairman therefore ruled them out of order. He pointed 
out at the same time that the motion already carried, on the 
recommendation of the Council, covered almost the same ground. 
ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 
For the positions of Secretary, Treasurer, Curators, Press 
Correspondent, Assistant Secretary, Librarian, Assistant Editor, 
Auditors and State Secretaries, only the requisite number of 
nominations had been received. The Chairman formally de¬ 
clared the unopposed candidates duly elected. 
EXPORT OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. 
This subject, postponed from an earlier meeting, was now re¬ 
ferred for discussion to Byfield Camp. 
COLLECTION OF MIGRATION DATA. 
Dr. Leach reported that Mr. Cohn, of Bendigo, had offered 
to collect and tabulate data on the migration of Australian birds, 
and the Council had accepted his offer. A notice had been 
published in the Emu asking members interested to communicate 
with Mr. Cohn. Several members expressed the opinion that 
this matter was of sufficient importance to warrant the appoint¬ 
ment of a committee comprising members from each State, with 
Mr. Cohn as convenor and secretary. The matter was referred 
to camp for discussion. 
BIRD BANDING. 
A letter was received from Mr. YV. I. Lyon, Secretary of the 
Inland Bird Banding Association, Illinois, U.S.A., asking for in¬ 
formation about bird banding in Australia, and stating that 
