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was then duly inaugurated, and the officers provisionally 
elected, the management and control of the telescope 
being vested in the Council of the Society. Upwards of 
sixty ladies and gentlemen signified their wish to be 
enrolled as original members. The primary objects of 
the Society are for the promotion of a popular interest in 
and practical study of astronomy, botany, geology, 
microscopy, photography, zoology, and other branches of 
science. 
At one of the first meetings of the Council of the 
new Society, Mr. E. C. Crump, who had acted as hon. 
treasurer and secretary to the Provisional Committee, 
was desirous that a secretary should be appointed. Mr. 
Basil W. Martin was therefore asked to act as honorary 
secretary of the Society, while Mr. Crump retained the 
position of honorary treasurer. 
At a recent meeting of the Council, it was con- 
sidered advisable to alter the title to the Hampstead 
Scientific Society, embracing as it does at the present 
time three separate Sections—Astronomical, Photo- 
graphic, and Natural History. This alteration was to 
be placed before the members at the annual meeting 
for their approval. 
It is hoped that the Natural History Section, which 
has just been formed, will be well supported, and that 
the work which it essays to carry out will be energetic- 
ally pushed forward by those who are able and willing 
to make the Section the success it should ultimately 
become. -° 
