%he (©onehologieal Soeic'ig of ©rea* IBrifaii] 

 and Ireland/ 



THE ANNUAL MEETING 



WILL BE HELD AT THE 



London and North Western Hotel, Stafford, 

 On SATURDAY, 22nd. OCX., 1898, 



And will lake the place of the ordinary October Meeting. 



PROGRAMME. 



4 p.m. — Council Meeting. 



4-5 p.m. — Exhibition of Specimens. 



5 p.m. — Meat Tea provided (price 2/- each) for anyone who sends in his 



name to the Proprietor of the London and ^North Western Hotel, 

 Stafford, not later than October 19th. 



6 p.m.— Meeting in the London and North Western Hotel, Stafford. 



BUSINESS : 

 Annual Reports and Balance Sheet. 

 Election of Officers and Council for 1898-9. 

 President's Address by Mr, John R. B. Masefield, M.A., 

 "The Economic Uses of some British MoBlusca." 



EXHIBITS = 

 Members who intend to Exhibit are requested to furnish particulars 

 of their Exhibits and amount of table space required, to Mr. L. E. Adams, 

 68, Wolverhampton Road, Stafford, not later than October 17th. 



W. E. HOYLE, 



Hon. Sec. 



THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT 

 BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



The Object of the Society is the promotion of Conchology, by the holding of 

 Meetings for the reading and discussion of original papers, by the publication of proceedings, 

 and by the formation of a Library and Collections illustrative of the science. 



The Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month, at 7 P.M., at the 

 Manchester Museum, Owens College, Manchester. 



The Library and the Collections are deposited in the Manchester Museum, and 

 are open (10 to 5 daily) to Members presenting an order signed by the Hon. Secretary or Hon. 

 Curator. 



The Subscription is 5/- per annum; life membership £3 3s. 



Resignations take effect at the close of the year in which they are given.. 



The "Journal of Conchology,' (quarterly) edited by W. E. Hoyle, M.A., is the 

 organ of the Society, contains all its proceedings and papers, and is supplied free to every 

 Member who is not in arrear with his subscription. Price to Non-Members, 6/- per annum. 



List Of Shells. — The Conchological Society's List of British Land and Freshwater 

 Shells, 1/6 per dozen post free, may be obtained from the Treasurer or Secretary. 



Remittances should be sent (and made payable) to the Hon. Treasurer. 



All other Communications should be addressed to the Hon. Secretary. 



