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subscribe will maintain the finances of the Society in a 

 satisfactory and effective condition. 



The objects and advantages of the Society, with the 

 mode in which they are to be carried out, may be further 

 briefly stated thus — 



1. To associate and assemble ladies and gentlemen, 

 whether naturalists, or merely imbued with a taste for the 

 pursuit, irrespective of the particular branch of the study 

 they are interested in, for the purpose of mutual infoiTnation, 

 and the promotion of the science. This will be effected by 

 periodical meetings held in the principal Towns in rota, 

 by local meetings amongst members in convenient neigh- 

 bourhood to each other, and by occasional excursions to 

 collect specimens and investigate objects of interest. 



2. To hold out inducements to the labouring classes by 

 free membership and rewards to study the beautiful works 

 of Creation. 



3. To circulate Journals upon N'atural Histoiy. 



4. To collect specimens and distribute them through the 

 different local museums. 



5. To collect and diffuse by publication con-ect data of 

 every interesting fact relating to Natural History that may 

 occur in East Kent. By these means it is hoped that those 

 who are engaged in the agricultural pursuits for which this 

 county is justly celebrated, will more accurately ascertain 

 and be enabled to remove some of the causes that injure and 

 destroy produce. 



Many similar Societies are flourishing in other counties, 



and it is confidently trusted that the success of the East 



Kent Nattteal Histokt Society will not be less than that 

 of any of them. 



