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HERTFORDSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 



AND FIELD CLUB. 



The objects of the' Society are: — 1. The mvestigation of the Meteorology, 

 Geology, Botany, and Zoology of the County of Hertford. 2. The publication of 

 the results of such investigation made by its Members. 3. The dissemination 

 amongst its Members of information on Natiu-al History and Microscopical 

 Science. 4. The formation of a Library of works on Natural History, and of a 

 Museiim illustrative of the Geology, Eotany, and Zoology of the County (the 

 Vertebrata excepted). 5. The discouragement of the practice of removing rare 

 plants from the localities of -which they are characteristic, and of exterminating 

 rare birds, fish, and other animals. " 



The head-quarters of the Society are at the Watford Public Library, Avhere 

 Evening Meetings are held during the winter on the Third Tuesday in each 

 month. Evening meetings are also held at St. Albans, Hertford, Ware, and 

 other places ; and during the summer months Field Meetings are held in various 

 parts of the County. 



The Transactions of the Society, which have already contributed materially to 

 the knowledge of the Natural History of the County, are pubhshed in parts, each 

 containing from 32 to 48 pages, at intervals of about three months, and are issued 

 free to Members. 



Members pay an Entrance Fee of 10s., and an Annual Subscription of 10s., 

 for which they may compound by a payment of £5. Ladies are eligible for 

 election. 



Donations to the Library, and letters relating thereto, should be adcbessed to 

 the Librarian, Arthm- Cottam, F.R.A.S., Eldercroft, Watford ; and to the 

 Museum, to the Ciu-ator, W. L. Smith, Nascot VLUas, Watford. Subscrip- 

 tions, etc., are payable to the Treasurer, C. F. Humbert, F.G.S., Little Nascot, 

 AYatford. 



All other communications relating to the Society should be addressed to John 

 Hopkinson, F.L.S., Wansford House, Watford, or to R. B. Croft, E.N.,F.L.S., 

 Fanhams Hall, AVare, the Honorary Secretaries. 



