The following original Rules are copied from the Minute Book 

 of the Club, dated April 13th, 18s 2. 



RULES 



OF THE 



ooll|0p£ Jlaturalists' J^i^ltJ Qtltrb. 



I. — That a Society be formed under the name of " The 

 WooLHOPE Naturalists' Field Club " for the practical study, in 

 all its branches, of the Natural History of Herefordshire and the 

 districts immediately adjacent. 



II. — That the Club consist of Forty Members with such 

 Honorary Members as may be admitted from time to time ; 

 from which number a President and Honorary Secretary be 

 appointed at the Annual Meeting, to be held at Hereford on the 

 Fourth Monday of January in each year. 



III. — That the Members of the Club shall hold three Field 

 Meetings during the year in the most interesting localities for 

 investigation of the Natural History of the district. That the days 

 and places of meeting be selected at the Annual Meeting, and that 

 timely notices of each be communicated to the Members by a 

 circular card from the Secretary. 



IV. — That those Members to whom it may be convenient shall 

 breakfast together at the nearest country Inn at 9 o'clock, after 

 which the researches of the day shall commence, 



V. — That 4 be the hour appointed for Dinner, after which any 

 papers shall be read by the respective authors. Each Member may 

 introduce a friend on such occasions who must pay his own 

 expenses. 



VI. — That the Annual Subscription be Ten Shillings, to be laid 

 out in defraying the cost of printing such papers as may be selected 

 for that purpose by a Committee of Five Members selected at the 

 Annual Meeting from the general body, and to meet any expenses 



