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 Historj', and others, 

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

 " Deptford, to meet and interchange communications and speci- 

 " mens at stated intervals ; to exhibit objects of interest to Mem- 

 " bers 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 mar- 

 " vellously revealed by our modern instruments ; for the formation 

 "of cabinets illustrating Geolog)', Entomology, and Mineralogy; 

 " also a Cabinet and Herbarium for the use of Botanical Members. 



" Second. — By Lectures and Papers, to aflbrd 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 round, to investigate 

 " the natural productions of the district and to procure fresh 

 " material for observation." 



