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hibition would prevent residents in the bush from using a weapon 
that was frequently valuable for the destruction of pests and foi 
which ammunition was cheap. He suggested that the use o 
the pea rifle might be curtailed by licences. In reply, Mr. Bariett 
said that in Victoria all regulations had proved ineffective in 
practice. The motion was carried unanimously. 
THANKS TO THE PRESS. 
A vote of thanks to the representatives of the press was car¬ 
ried, on the motion of Mr. Barrett, who said that at no previous 
conference of the Union had such excellent reports of the pro¬ 
ceedings been published in the local newspapers. 
The conference then adjourned to Byfield Camp. 
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22nd (BYFIELD). 
In the evening Mr. Alexander, Vice-President, took the chaii , 
and consideration was given to several matters held over and 
referred to camp. 
EXPORT OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS AND ANIMALS. 
After further discussion on this subject, three resolutions 
moved by Mr. Chisholm were carried:— 
1. “This conference considers that abstracts of the minutes of 
the State Committees appointed to advise the Minister for Cus¬ 
toms with regard to the issue of permits for the export of 
animals and birds should be exchanged among the several com¬ 
mittees with a view of promoting uniformity of action through¬ 
out Australia/’ 
2. “This Conference considers that no export of Australian 
birds for private profit should be allowed.” 
3. “That the Minister for Customs be thanked for the steps 
he has taken to prevent the export of Australian birds, but that 
the Union desires to draw his attention to the fact that, according 
to lists issued by dealers in England, some export is still taking 
place, and trusts he will take steps to have even stricter surveil¬ 
lance of the different ports of the Commonwealth undertaken in 
order to stop this traffic.” 
BIRD PROTECTION. 
It was pointed out that the names of several members of the 
Union appeared in the list of original members of the Inter¬ 
national Museum of Comparative Oology of 'Santa Barbara, 
California, though as the list was prefaced by the statement that 
it included the names of a number whose election had not been 
confirmed by written acceptance, it was probable that the names 
of R.A.O.U. members had been included without their consent. 
