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MEMORANDA. 



A DDREss OF Letters.— The Society's office being situated in the new postal dis- 

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

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



General Meeting in London, on Friday, December 10, at Eleven o'clock, a.m. 



General Meeting in London, on Monday, May 2.3, 18.59, at Twelve o'clock. 



Country Meeting at Warwick, in 1859. 



JIoNTHLY Council (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, and July, 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 Easter, Passion, and Whitsun 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 tliey were subscribers to the 

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

 Appendix, p. xii.) 



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

 of the Society will be found stated in the present Appendix, p. xi. 



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

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

 Orders (payable to "James Hudson"), in lieu of them. All Cheques are re- 

 quired 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 con- 

 veniently transmit their Subscriptions to the Society, by requesting their 

 Country Bankers to pay (through their London Agents) tlie 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 INIemeers. — 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 deptli, 

 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 (or quarter of a pound) ... 1 penny. 

 „ „ „ 8 „ (or half a pound) .... 'J pence. 



,, „ „ 16 „ (or one pound) 4 „ 



„ ,, „ 24 „ (or one pound and a hall) . . U „ 



„ „ „ 32 „ (or two poiuids) 8 „ 



[.Vnd so on in ihe proportion of 8 ounces for each additional 2d.] 



Members may obtain on application to the Secretary copies of an Abstract of the Charter 

 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. 



