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The second General Meeting of the Members of this 

 Society was held at Canterbury, on Thursday, the 29th August. 

 The programme of proceedings for the day comprised an ex- 

 cursion to Shottenden Mill and Perry Wood, near Selling 

 Station, on the London Chatham and Dover Railway. The 

 Excursionists, about 25 in number, were under the guidance 

 of the Very Rev. the Dean of Canterbury, President for the 

 year, George Dowker, Esq., and the Rev. B. S. Maiden. 

 Among those present where F. H. Sankey, Esq., of Wingham, 

 Mr. E. Sankey, and Miss Sankey ; F. Slater, Esq., Kenfield, 

 and Mrs. and Miss Slater; John Brent, Esq., and Mr. F. 

 Brent ; the Rev. H. L. Jenner, of Preston-next Wingham ; 

 Mrs. Horsley, Master Horsley, and the Misses Horsley ; 

 Master — Rigden ; Edw. Neame, Esq., and Mrs. Neame ; 

 Mr. R. Slater, and Miss Slater; J. F. Crookes, Esq. ; Miss 

 Hoare ; the Rev. — Beardsworth, of Selling ; Captain 

 and Mrs. Kemp ; — Hatfield, Esq., and family ; the Rev. 

 — White, of Boughton, and Mrs. White ; the Rev. J. Mitch- 

 inson; Miss Alford ; — Corbett, Esq.; J. Marten, Esq., &c. 

 The Excursionists found one or two rare plants, and among 

 other places of interest visited was the supposed site of a 

 Saxon camp, and Mrs. Neame explained the historical asso- 

 ciations connected therewith, pointing out the three large 

 beech trees under which our Saxon forefathers held their Court. 

 The geological features and peculiarities of the districts where 

 ably pointed out and explained by Mr. Dowker. 



On the return of the Excursionists to Canterbury a number 

 of them partook of Luncheon which had been provided by Mr. 

 Moore of the Freemason's Tavern, and a public meeting was 

 subsequently held in the Music Hall. Among the specimens 

 of natural history exhibited we may notice an almost complete 

 collection of British Ferns from Mr. Alderman Master's Exotic 

 Nursery, also a number of specimens of sea weeds ; a quantity 

 of dried Australian plants, exhibited by Mr. Slater of Kenfield ; 

 and a quantity of chalk fossils also by Mr. Slater. 



The Dean of Canterbury presided, and having briefly 



