RULES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 75 



OP THE 



NATUEAL HISTORY SOCIETY 



OF 



NORTHUMBERLAND, DURHAM, AND 

 NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 



ADOPTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD ON THE 

 14TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1903. 



OBJECTS. 



1. The objects of the Society shall be the cultivation of the 

 Science of Natural History in all its branches and especially 

 the investigation of the Geology, Botany, Zoology, and 

 Meteorology of the counties of Northumberland and Durham ; 

 the encouragement of the systematic study of Natural History; 

 the protection of the rarer species of plants and animals which 

 are indigenous to the district; the maintenance of the Hancock 

 Museum and its collections; and correspondence and co- 

 operation with any scientific society or association with 

 similar objects. 



CONSTITUTION. 



2. The Society shall consist of ordinary members, honorary 

 members, and associates. 



3. Ordinary members shall be the present members of 

 the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham^ 

 and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the members of the Tyneside 

 Naturalists' Field Club who were members of the latter body 

 on ist January, 1903, and others who may hereafter be elected 

 in manner hereinafter provided. Ordinary members shall pay 

 an annual subscription of One Guinea, except those members 

 who now join the Society as members of the Tyneside 

 Naturalists' Field Club for whom the subscription shall be 

 five shillings, but such members shall have no share or interest 



