THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF NATURE RESERVES. 



President— The Right Hon. JAMES W. LOWTHER, P.C., M.P., F.R.G.S. 



( Speaker of the House of Commons ). 

 COUNCIL 



Dr. I. Bayley Balfour, M.D., F.R.S. 

 Sir Edward H. Busk, M.A., LL.B. 

 Sir Francis Darwin, M.B., F.R.S. 

 Dr. F. Dawtrby Drewitt, M.D. 

 *G. Claridgb Drucb. 

 Professor J. Bretland Farmer, F.R.S. 

 L. Fletcher, F.R.S. 

 J. 0. F. Fryer, M.A. 



Rt Hon. Sir Edward Grey, Bart., K.G., M.P. 

 Rt. Hon. Viscount Haldane, P.C, F.R.S. 

 Rt. Hon. L. V. Harcourt, P.C, M.P. 

 T. F. Husband, I.S.O. 

 F. E. Lemon, M.A. 

 Lord Lucas, P.C. 



' Sir Hkrbert E. Maxwell, Bart., F.R.S. 



j *E. G. B. Mkade-Waldo. 



i *Hon. E. S. Montagu, M.P. 



i Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.xM.G., M.A. 



^Professor F. W. Oliver, D.Sc, F.R.S. 

 1 Earl of Plymouth, P.C, C.B. 

 j Professor E. B. Poulton, F.R.S. 



Lieut. -Col. Sir David Prain, F.R.S. 



*Hon. N. C. Rothschild. 



*W. H St Quintin. 



H. F. SCHARFF. 



Professor A. G. Tansley, M.A. 

 A. B. R. Trevor-Battye, 



Bon. Secretaries — *W. R. Ogilvik-Grant. ^ 



*Hon. F. R. Hknley. \Ex officio. 

 Hon. Treasurer— *C. E. Fagan, I.S.O. J 

 Hon. Solicitor— J. Arthur Dawes, M.P. 

 ^Members of tlie Executive Committee. 



In view of the dangers which at present seriouslv threaten our indigenous fauna 

 and flora with extinction, the above Society has been formed with the following 

 objects : — 



I. To collect and collate information as to areas of land in the United 

 Kingdom, which retain their primitive conditions and contain rare and 

 local species liable to extinction owing to building, drainage and dis- 

 afForestation, or in consequence of the cupidity of collectors. 

 All such information to be treated as strictly confidential. 

 II. To prepare a scheme showing the areas which in the opinion of the 

 Society should be acquired as Nature Reserves. 



III. To acquire such areas and, if desirable, to hand them over to tjie 



National Trust under such conditions as may be necessary. 



IV. To preserve for posterity as a national possession some part at least of 



our native land, its fauna, flora, and geological features. 

 V. To encourage the love of Nature and to educate public opinion to a 

 better knowledge of the value of Nature Study. 



These objects are to be attained by means of the Press, by personal efforts, 

 and by correspondence with local Societies and individuals. 



The Society exacts no subscription from its members, who are elected by 

 invitation of the Executive Committee. All interested in the objects here out- 

 lined are invited to communicate with the Secretaries at the address given 

 below, and those who are anxious to forward the aims of the Society can do so, 

 not only by supplying the Executive Committee with information, but also (when 

 asked to do so) by rendering financial assistance, however slight, for the purchase 

 of any desired area, and by inducing their friends to do likewise. It may be 

 pointed out that in the past the National Trust has been greatly assisted by such 

 voluntary contributions. 



Communications should be addressed to " The Secretary, Society for the 

 Promotion of Nature Reserves, Natural History Museum, Cromwell 

 Road, London, 8. W. " 



