114 \nDLAND UNION SOCIETIES. 



The Leicestkr Literary and Philosophical Society held its first 

 Meeting in September, 1835, and is one of the oldest Societies in the 

 Union. At its last Annual Meeting the roll of Members contained the 

 names of 27!) subscribing 21s. annually, twenty-two Lady Associates 

 subscribing 10s. (id. annually, and twenty-four Hon. Members; total, 

 325. The Society publishes its transactions and an Annual Report. 

 From the last published report it appears that during the forty-hfth 

 session of the Society, fourteen Ordinary Meetings were held, at which 

 the usual number of six professional and eight non-professional 

 lectures were delivered. The Natural History Section held fifteen 

 Meetings. This Section has for some time past been busily occupied 

 with the preparation of a Leicestershire Flora upon the basis of 

 Coleman's MS. The plan of the work has been finally determined, 

 and the materials collected are being rapidly put in form : it will, however, 

 be a considerable time yet before the work is ready for the press. The 

 Society has also Geological, Microscopical, Meteorological, ArchfEological, 

 and Fine Art Sections, and renders important services to the Town 

 Museum, of which Mr. Montagu Browne, F.Z.S., a Member of the 

 Union, is Curator. The Society makes one excursion annually. The 

 Natural History section makes several excursions during the summer. 

 The Rev. Joseph Wood, Leicester, is President of the Society ; 

 Mr. Geo. Hull, London Road, Leicester, and Mr. W. Simpson, 47, 

 New Walk, Leicester, are the Hon. Sees. The second Annual Meeting 

 of the Union (1879) was held in connection with this Society. 



The North-uiptoxshire Natural History Society and Field Club 

 was formed on March 7th, 187C. It numbered about 140 Members on 

 1st January last. The annual subscription is 10s. Meetings are held 

 monthly. Sectional meetings for special branches of science are held 

 occasionally in addition. Whole-day excursions are made monthly 

 during five months of summer and autumn ; evening walks, starting 

 about 5 o'clock p.m., are made at intervals of about a fortnight. Five 

 papers were read before the Society during the past year. The Society 

 has a Photographical Section which has provided the Society with a 

 number of valuable albums of local scenery and buildings. Some of 

 the most important labours of this Society are- expended on the 

 quarterly Journal, which is issued to the Members free of charge, and 

 to Honorary and Corresponding Meinbers at the cost price, viz., os. 

 per annum. Six numbers have at present been issued, each containing 

 a photogi'aph of some remarkable Northamptonshire tree, the 

 photograph taken by a member of the Photographical Section, and 

 the tree described by Mr. R. G. Scriven. Of the papers which have at 

 present appeared in this journal, and which are of special local value, 

 the following are the principal : — " Birds of Northamptonshire," bv the 

 Lord Lilford, F.L.S., F.Z.S. etc. ; '• Northants Flora," bv Mr. G. C. 

 Druce, F.L.S., and "Local Geology," by Mr. B. Thompson, F.G.S., 

 F.C.S. ; besides these, each number contains Meteorological reports 

 from different stations in the county, summarised by Mr. H. Terrj', 

 reports of meetings of the Society, and various other papers and notes 

 relating to general science. The journal is edited bv the Rev. S. J. W. 

 Sanders, M.A., Mr. R. G. Scriven, and Mr. B. Thompson, F.G.S., 

 F.C.S. It is hoped eventually to i^rint papers dealing with the whole 

 of the Natural History of Northamptonshire. The Right Hon. the 

 Lord Lilford, Lilford Hall, Oundle, is the President of the Society, and 

 Mr. T. L. Cordeaux, Queen's Cottage, Northampton, and Mr. C. E. 

 Crick, 1, the Horsemarket. Northampton, are the Honorary Secretaries. 

 The Annual Meeting of the Union was held in connection with this 

 Society in 1880, 



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