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MEMORANDA. 



Address of Letters. — The Society's office being situated in the postal district 

 designated by the letter W, members, in their correspondence with the 

 Secretary, are requested to subjoin that letter to the usual address. 



General Meeting in London, in December, 1864. 



General Meeting in London, May 22, 1865, at Twelve o'clock. 



Meeting at Plymouth, in 1865. 



Monthly ConNCiL (for transaction of business), at 12 o'clock on the first Wed- 

 nesday in every month, excepting January, September, and October: open 

 only to Members of Council and Governors of the Society. 



Weekly Council (for practical communications), at 12 o'clock on all Wednesdays 

 in February, March, April, May, June, July, and November, excepting the first 

 Wednesday in each of those months, and during adjournment: open to all 

 Members of the Society, who are particularly invited by the Council to 

 avail themselves of this privilege. 



Adjournments. — The Council adjourn over Passion and Easter weeks, when 

 those weeks do not include the first Wednesday of the month ; from the first 

 Wednesday in August to the first Wednesday in November; and from the first 

 Wednesday in December to the first Wednesday in February. 



Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs. — Members have the privilege of applying to 

 the Veterinary Committee of the Society ; and of sending animals to the Royal 

 Veterinary College, on the same terms as if they were subscribers to the 

 College. — (A statement of these privileges will be found in the present 

 Appendix.) 



Chemical Analysis. — The privileges of Chemical Analysis enjoyed by Members 

 of the Society will be found stated in the Appendix of the present volume. 



Local Cheques. — Members are particularly requested not to forward Country 

 Cheques for payment in London ; but London Cheques, or Post-office 

 Orders on Vere-street (payable to H. Hall Dare), in lieu of them. All 

 Cheques are required to bear upon them a penny draft or receipt stamp, 

 which must be cancelled in each case by the initials of the drawer. They 

 may also conveniently transmit their Subscriptions to the Society, by re- 

 questing their Country Bankers to pay (through their London Agents) the 

 amount at the Society's Office (No. 12, Hanover Square, London), between 

 the hours of ten and four, when official receipts, signed by the Secretary, 

 will be given for such payments. 



New Members. — Every candidate for admission into the Society must be pro- 

 posed by a Member ; the proposer to specify in writing the full name, usual 

 place of residence, and post-town, of the candidate, either at a Council meet- 

 ing, or by letter addressed to the Secretary. 



Packets by Post. — Packets not exceeding two feet in length, width, or depth, 

 consisting of written or printed matter (but not containing letters sealed or 

 open), if sent without envelopes, or enclosed in envelopes open at each end, 

 may be forwarded by the inland post, if stamped, at the following rates : — 



For a packet not exceeding 4 ounces for quarter of a pound) ... 1 penny 

 „ „ „ 8 „ (or half a pound) .... 2 pence. 



,, „ „ 16 „ (or one pound) 4 „ 



„ ,, „ 24 „ (or one pound and a half) . . 6 „ 



„ „ „ 32 „ (or two pounds) 8 „ 



[And so on in the proportion of 8 ounces for each additional 2d.'] 



",* Members may obtain on application to the Secretary copies of an Abstract of the Cliarter 

 and Bye-Laws, of a Statement of the General Objects, &c., of the Society, of Chemical 

 and Veterinary Privileges, and of other printed papers connected with special depart- 

 ments of the Society's business. 



