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alists among its list of members, and certainly no club has done more 

 valuable work. When the Essex Club comes to its jubilee year, as the 

 Woolhope Club has just done, may Professor Meldola once more be 

 found reviewing the excellent scientific and educational labours of his 

 society. 



Sir Samuel Wilks, Bart., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., has been elected 

 President of the Hampstead Scientific Society, in succession to the late 

 Sir Richard Temple. This society was founded in 1899, and now 

 numbers no less than 235 members. Its main work is done in three 

 sections — the Astronomical, the Photographic, and the Natural History 

 sections. The indoor meetings for April and May applied particularly 

 to the two latter sections, and included such subjects as " Flower 

 Photography " and a " Demonstration on Silver Printing " ; while the 

 Natural History section had a paper on " Feathers, their Structure and 

 Uses," an epitome of which we hope to publish in our next issue. The 

 outdoor meetings for the spring and summer include two visits to 

 Regent's Park — one to the Royal Botanic Society's Gardens, the other 

 to the Zoological Society's Gardens. Astronomy should be a strong 

 feature of the Hampstead Scientific Society, as the members are the 

 possessors of a reflecting telescope of lo^-inch mirror, the generous 

 gift of Colonel Heberden. It is erected in a small observatory on East 

 Heath. 



The annual meeting of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club was held 

 in the clubroom in the Free Library, Hereford, on April 3. The general 

 financial statement of the club was presented, and the position found to 

 be satisfactory. Mr Pilley, the assistant secretary, presented his annual 

 report, and the dates and places of the field meetings for the ensuing season 

 were fixed. Mr T. Hutchinson brought before the meeting the question 

 of the adoption of the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1894, within the 

 county, and proposed the following resolution : " That the president be 

 requested to bring before the county council the question of the Wild 

 Birds Protection Act, with a view to its provisions being adopted in 

 the county." This was carried unanimously. The retiring president, 

 Mr T. Blashill, then delivered his presidential address, reviewing the 

 club's history for the past fifty years, this being the fiftieth of the Wool- 

 hope's existence. Beginning with a very few members, the club has 

 now grown to 240, and appropriately enough the jubilee year finds it 

 with the largest membership on record. May the next fifty years prove 

 equally progressive and successful. 



The thirty-third annual meeting of the Norfolk and Norwich Natural- 

 ists' Society was held on 25th March. Dr Henry Woodward, F.R.S., 

 late keeper of the Geological Department of the British Museum, was 

 elected president for the coming session. Mr Bidwell, in proposing Dr 

 Woodward, spoke of the long connection of the Woodward family with 

 Norfolk ; and Mr F. W. Harmer, in seconding, congratulated the society 

 on obtaining such a distinguished scientific man as its president. 



