Extract from original Prospectus. 



"This Society was established in accordance with a resolution 

 "passed at a Public Meeting, held on the 6th of November, 1872, 

 " at the Commercial Rooms, Upper Lewisham Road ; the objects 

 "which.it is intended to fulfil being — 



"First. — To enable Microscopists, Students of Natural History, and others, 

 "residing in the neighbourhood of New Cross, Lewisham, and 

 " Deptford, to meet and interchange communications and specimens 

 "at stated intervals ; to exhibit objects of interest to Members and 

 " Visitors ; to promote the acquisition of skill in the use of the 

 " Microscope, and an acquaintance with the manifold beauties of 

 "nature, which — invisible by unaided vision — are so marvellously 

 "revealed by our modern instruments ; for the formation of Cabinets 

 "illustrating Geology, Entomology, and Mineralogy; also a Cabinet 

 "and Herbarium for the use of of Botanical Members, 



"Second, — By Lectures and Papers, to afford instruction to the Members 

 " in the above subjects, and to develop a taste for the study of the 

 " same. 



"Third. — By occasional Excursions into the Country around, to investigate 

 " the natural productions of the district and to procure fresh 

 "material for observation," 



