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SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



METROPOLITAN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 

 The following is a list of societies in the London district 

 devoted to natural science, with hours and places of meeting. 

 They may be visited with introduction from a Fellow, 

 Member, or Secretary. Will secretaries send additions or 

 •corrections 

 Anthropological Institute of Great Britain, 3, 



Hanover Square. Second and fourth Tuesdays at 



8.30 p.m., November to June. 

 Battersea Field Club and Literary and Scientific 



Society. Public Library, Lavender Hill, S.W. Thurs- 

 days, 8 p.m. 

 -City of London College Science Society, White Street, 



Moorfields, E.C. Last Wednesday in each month, 



October to May, 7.30 p.m. 

 •City of London Entomological and Natural History 



Society, London Institution, Finsbury Circus. First 



and third Tuesdays, 7.30 p.m. 



•Conchological Society, London Branch, St. Peter's 

 Rectory, Walworth. Irregular meetings. Rev. J. W. 

 Horsley, President, will answer enquiries. 



■Croydon Microscopical and Natural History Club, 

 Public Hall. Third Tuesdays, October to May, 8 pm. 



'Dulwich Scientific and Literary Association. Fort- 

 nightly lectures Lordship Lane Hall, second and fourth 

 Mondays, 8.15 p.m., from October, for winter season. 



Baling Natural Science and Microscopical Society- 

 Victoria Hall, Ealing. Second and last Saturdays. 

 October to May, 8 p.m. 



Entomological Society, ii, Chandos Street, Cavendish 

 Square. First Wednesday, October to June (except 

 January). Third Wednesday, January, February, March 

 and November, 8 p.m. 



•Geologists' Association, University College, Gower 

 Street. First Friday, 8 p.m., November to July. 



•Geological Society of London, Burlington House, 

 Piccadilly. First and third Wednesdays, 8 p.m., 

 November to June. 

 Lambeth Field Club and Scientific Society, St. Mary 

 Newington Schools, Newington Butts, S.E. First Mon- 

 days all the year and third Mondays in winter, 8 p.m. 



jLinnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly. 

 First and third Thursdays at 8 p.m., November to June. 



JLondon Amateur Scientific Society, Memorial Hall' 



Farringdon Street, E.C. Fourth Friday in each month. 



October to May, 7.30 p.m. 

 :Lubbock Field -Club. Working Men's College, Great 



Ormond Street, Bloomsbury, W.C. Excursions second 



Sundays, Meetings following Mondays, 8 pm. 

 -Malacological Society of London, meets in Linnean 



Society's Rooms, Burlington House. Second Friday 



each month, November to June, 8 p.m. 

 Mineralogical Society. Meets in rooms of Geological 



Society, February 4th, April 14th, June 23rd, November 



17th, 8 p.m. 

 Nonpareil Entomological and Natural History 



Society, 99, Mansfield Street, Kingsland Road, N.E. 



First and third Thursdays, 8 p.m. 

 •North Kent Natural History and Scientific Society 



St. John's Schools, Wellington Street, Woolwich- 

 Alternate Wednesdays, 7.30 p.m. 

 North London Natural History Society, North-East 



London Institution, Hackney Downs Station. First 



and third Thursdays, 7.45 p.m. 

 *Cjuekett Microscopical Club, 20, Hanover Square. First 



and third Fridays, 8 p.m. 

 Royal Botanic Society of London, Regent's Park. 



Second and fourth Saturdays at 3.45 p.m. 

 Royal Horticultural Society, 117. Victoria Street, S.W. 



Second and fourth Tuesdays, except December to 



February ; 2 p.m. on show days, which vary. 

 Royal Meteorological Society, 22, Great George Street, 



Westminster. 3rd Wednesday, November to June, 8 p.m. 



Royal Microscopical Society, 20, Hanover Square. 



Third Wednesdays, October to June, S p.m. 

 -Selbornb Society, 20, Hanover Square. No winter 



meetings. 

 :Sidcup Literary and Scientific Society, Public Hall, 



Sidcup. First and third Tuesdays, October to May, 8 p.m. 



South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society, Hibernia Chambers, London Bridge, S.E. 

 Second and fourth Thursdays, 8 p.m. 



tSutton Scientific and Literary Society, Public Hall 

 Chambers. Second and forth Tuesdays, 8 p.m. 



West Kent Natural History, Microscopical and 

 Photographic Society. Meets in School for Sons of 

 Missionaries, Blackheath, third Wednesday, in Decem- 

 ber, fourth Wednesdays in October, November, January, 

 February, March, April, May, 8 p.m. 



Zoological Society of London, 3, Hanover Square. First 

 and third Tuesdays, 8.30 p.m., November to August. 



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