144 MIDLAND UNION OF NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES. 



MIDLAND UNION OF NATUKAL HISTOBY SOCIETIES. 



FIKST ANNUAL MEETING, AT BIRMINGHAM, 

 ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, MAY 27th AND 28th, 1878. 



The arrangements for the forthcoming Meeting of the Members of the 

 Societies in the Union are so far made that we are enabled to publish the 

 following particulars : — 



On Monday May '27th, the Annual Meeting of the Union will be held in the 

 Theatre of the Midland Institute, Paradise Street, Bii-miugbam, at three o'clock 

 precisely, under the presidency of Mr. Edmund Tonks, B.C L., President of the 

 Birmingham Natural Histoiy and Microscopical Society, i he' business of that 

 Meeting will be to receive the Report of the Council ; to decide where the Annual 

 Meetiu" iu 1879 shall be held ; to consider any suggestions which Members 

 may offer; to discuss Joint Excursions during the coming year; and to transact 

 all other necessary business. 



In the evening, at half -past seven o'clock, a Conversazione will be held iu 

 the Town Hall, the arrangements for which are entrusted to a Committee, _con- 

 sisting of Members of the following Societies, namely :— 



tIic Birmingham Natural History and Microscopical Society, 



The Birmingham PhOosopbical Society, 



The Birmingham and Midland Institute Scientific Society, and 



The Birmingham School Natural History Society. 



Every e£fort will be made to provide an Exhibition of objects of Scientific 

 interest. Natural History, Archseology, and Art. worthy of the Union and the town 

 in which its First Annual Meeting will be held. Members of Societies in the 

 Union willing to contribute Specimens or to exhibit or lend Microscopes will oblige 

 bv at once co°mmuuicatiug to Mr. John Morlcy, 24, Sherborne Road, Birmingham, 

 Hon Sec. to the Conversazioue Sub-Committee. The charge for admission to the 

 Conversazione (including Refreshments) will be 2s. 6d. Morning Dress. 



On the following day, Tuesday, May 2Sth, there will be an Excursion to 

 Dudley and the neighbom-hood, under the auspices of the Dudley and Midland 

 Geological and Scientific Society and Field Club, which it is hoped will include 

 visits to 



I._Open Coal Work at Foxyards. 

 n. — Wren's Nest. 



m The Priory Ruins and Castle, and also to the Caverns, if considered safe. 



IV.— Lye Cross Pits. 

 All by special permission of Mr. E. Fisher Smith, on behalf of the Right Hon. 

 the Earl of Dudley. 



Arrangements will be made to meet the wishes of Visitors who may desire to 

 inspect some of the leading Birmingham manufactories. 



As the success of the Conversazione and Excursion will very much depend 

 on ample arrangements being made for the pccommodation of Visitors from a 

 distance, and as it will be impossible to make those arrangements without 

 knowing' the number who will be present, the Secretaries of the Societies in the 

 Union are earnestly urged to bring these particulars before their Members at the 

 earliest possible moment, and to ascertain what number will require tickets, 

 which should be applied for as soon as practicable, but under no circumstances 

 later than Ti'esday, the '2\st day cf Maij. Applications for tickets must be 

 addressed to Mr. Edw. W. Badger, Midland Counties Jlcrald 6|//7te, Bii'mingham. 



Members may secure Tickets for friends not Members of the Union. 



At the earliest possible moment the detailed Programme will be issued to the 

 Secretaries of all the Societies in the Union, for distribution among the Members. 

 If special Railway facilities for Members and Friends coming from a distance 

 can be secured full information will be given iu the detailed Programme. 



