MEMORANDA. 



Address of Letters.— The Society's office being situated in the new postal dis- 

 trict 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, on Monday, May 23, 18.59, at Twelve o'clock. 



Country Meeting at Warwick, in the week commencing Monday, the 11th of 

 July, 1859. 



General Meeting in London, on Friday, December 9, at Ele'ven o'clock, a.m. 



Monthly 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. 



Weeklv 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 V^eterinary 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, p. xii.) 



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

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

 p. xi. 



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

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

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

 quired to liear 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 fthrough their London Agents) the amount at the 

 Society's Office (Xo. 12, Hanover Square, London!, between the hours of ten 

 and four, when official receipts, signed by the Secretary, Avill be given for 

 such payments. 



New JIembers. — 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. — ^I'ackets 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 e.xceediiig 4 ounces for (juarter of a pound) ... 1 penny. 



„ „ „ 8 „ (or ball a jiound) . . . . '2 pence. 



,, „ „ ]tj „ (or one pound) 4 „ 



„ „ „ 24 „ (or one pound and a half) . . K „ 



„ „ „ 32 „ (or two jKjUlids) 8 „ 



[And so on la the proportion of 8 ounces for each additional 2<Z.] 



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

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

 and Veterinary I'rivileges, and of otlier printed papers connected with special depart- 

 ments of the Society's business. 



