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The objects of the Society are declared in the second of its rules to be "the 
promotion of the study of Science in all its branches, and of Public Education, 
by means of Lectures, Field Meetings, the reading and discussion of Papers, and 
in any way that the Council of the Society shall deem advisable*'. 
The branches of Science at present represented are as follows: — Archaeology 
and History, Astronomy, Botany, Geography, Geology, Photography, Physics 
and Chemistry, Zoology — Birds, Insects, Mammals. 
During the Winter Session, from October to April, lectures on matters of 
scientific interest are held on two or three days a week. These are usually illust- 
rated by slides, films, episcope pictures, specimens, diagrams, experiments, etc. 
Throughout the Summer Session, from April to September, Excursions or 
Field Meetings are arranged on two or three days every week, when parties of 
members visit places of scientific interest under the guidance of section chairmen 
and other specialists, sometimes in or near Bournemouth, at other times farther 
afield by coach or train. 
The Society possesses a Library from which books may be borrowed by 
members, and there is a Reading Room where works of reference may be 
consulted. The Museum contains many valuable scientific collections and 
specimens. The Library and the Museum serve to illustrate and illuminate the 
ten Sections of the Society. There is a well-equipped Dark Room for the use of 
members interested in photography. The house stands in a pleasant garden of 
over an acre. 
The management of the Society is vested in a Council, which is elected at the 
Annual General Meeting. Members are elected by the Council. An Entrance Fee 
of 5/- is payable upon nomination for election. The Annual Subscription for 
Town Members is £2 (Life Membership: £15): for Associate Members, aged 
12-18 years, it is 10/-. The Family Subscription (for members of a family living 
in the same house) is as follows: — first adult member, £2; second adult member. 
30/-; each additional adult member, 20/-; children between 12 and 18 years 
(Associate Members), 5/- each. Applicants for Associate Membership pay no 
entrance fee. Town Membership is confined to those who are resident within 
the Municipal, Urban District and Parish Boundaries listed below: — 
HAMPSHIRE: Bournemouth County Borough, Hum, Sopley, Christchurch 
Municipal Borough, Christchurch East. 
DORSET: Poole Municipal Borough, Wimborne Urban District, Hampreston, 
West Moors, West Parley. 
Members, other than Associate Members, living outside the areas listed 
above shall pay half the above rates of subscription. (Life Membership £15.) 
Special subscription for visitors to Bournemouth. 5/- per month. 
Every three months a Programme giving full details of all meetings is 
posted to every member. A Volume of Proceedings is published annually; adult 
members receive a copy. 
Application Forms for Membership and further particulars may be obtained 
from the Honorary Deputy Secretary, Mrs. B. E. Hooton-Smith, B.N.S.S., 
39 Christchurch Road, 
