66 THE ANGLING CLUBS AND PRESERVATION 



and Mr. C. K. Eddowes, solicitor, Derby, was appointed 

 clerk and solicitor in his place. 



ToNBRiDGE Angling Club and Fish Preservation 



Society. 



This Society was established at Tonbridge about eight 

 years ago to preserve the upper reaches of the Medway, and 

 put a stop to the continuous poaching and netting which was 

 then going on. The Society received great assistance from 

 the riparian proprietors, and is now in a very flourishing 

 condition. They have recently acquired " The Ballast Pit," 

 a lake of about six acres, which it is the intention of the 

 association to stock with trout. The annual subscription 

 is los. 6d. for the whole fishery, and 5^-. for part ; day 

 tickets, IS. 



President, A. T. Beeching, Esq. ; Hon. Sec, Mr. E. 

 Hollomby, Quarry Hill, Tonbridge. 



Universal Angling Society. 



This Society was formed in 1872, and was principally 

 composed of the former members of the " Yorkshire and 

 Lincolnshire Angling Association," which had ceased to 

 exist as a club in the preceding year. The association 

 owes a great deal of its present success to the good 

 services and management of Mr. Thomas Maplebeck, who 

 was for several years their president. The number of mem- 

 bers at present is eighty, paying an annual subscription of 

 Si", with an entrance fee of 1.5-. 



Secretary, Mr. V/. H. Barker, High Street, Hull. 



The Watford Piscators. . 

 This Society was established in March 1882, for the 

 purpose of putting a stop to the poaching which was going 

 on in the public waters of the neighbourhood, and to rent 



