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The committee, in inviting the co-operation and support 

 of all who reside in this division of the county, and who 

 are interested in or have a taste for Natural History in any 

 of its branches, beg to draw their attention to the objects 

 for which the Society has been established. 



The Natural History of every county or part of a county 

 necessarily bears some important relation to the country at 

 large, and the science in general ; that of Kent, from its 

 geological characters, its geographical position, with its 

 rivers and sea-girt shore, has a high reputation in this 

 respect. The abundance and variety of its Fauna and 

 Flora have long been recognised. To develop and 

 encourage a more general and practical knowledge of these 

 features of the district is a primary object of the Society. 

 At the same time, it proposes to cultivate and apply a 

 more extended and enlarged acquaintance with the general 

 principles of the science, without which the study of 

 local details is incomplete and comparatively unsatisfactory. 



The love of Natural History is common to all grades 

 of society, and its pursuit has ever had an influence for 

 good upon its followers; the Society therefore aims to 

 associate all classes in its roll of members. With this 

 view a high subscription has been avoided, and it is hoped 

 that the larger number who may thus be induced to 



