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MEMOEANDA. 
Address of Letters. — The Society's office being situated in the postal district 
designated by the letter VV> members, in their con'espondence with the 
Secretary, are requested to subjoin that letter to the usual address. 
General JIekting in London, May 22nd, 1869, at Twelve o'clock. 
Meeting at Manchester, in July, 18C9. 
General Meeting in London, in December, 18C9. 
Monthly Codncil (for transaction of business), at 12 o'clock on the first Wed- 
nesday in every month, excepting January, September, and October : open 
only to Members of Council and Governors of the Society. 
Weekly Council (for practical communications), at 12 o'clock on all Wednesdays 
in February, March, April, May, June, July, and November, excepting the 
first Wednesday in each of those months, and during adjournment : open to 
all Members of the Society, who are particularly invited by the Council to 
avail themselves of this privilege. 
Adjournments. — The Council adjourn over Passion and Easter weeks, when 
those weeks do not include tlie first Wednesday of the month; from tiie first 
Wednesday in August to the first Wednesday in November ; and from the 
first Wednesday in December to the first Wednesday in February. 
Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs. — Members have the privilege of applying to 
the Veterinary Committee of the Society ; and of sending animals to the 
Iioyal Veterinary College, on the same terms as if they were subscribers to 
the College. — (A. statement of these privileges will he found in the present 
Appendix.) 
Chemical Analy.sis. — The privileges of Chemical Analysis enjoyed by Members 
of the Society will be found stated in the Appendix of the present volume. 
Local Cheques. — Members are particularly requested not to forward Country 
Cheques for payment in Lo;:don ; but London Cheques, or Post-ofiice 
Orders on Vere-street (payable to H. M. Jeniuns), in lieu of them. All 
Cheques are required to bear upon them a penny draft or receipt stamp, 
which must be cancelled in each case by the initials of the drawer. They 
may also conveniently transmit their Subscriptions to the Society, by re- 
questing their Country Bankers to pay (through their London Agents) the 
amount at the Societ) 's Olfice (No. 12, Hanover Square, London), between 
the hours of ten and four, when official receipts, signed by the Secretary, 
will be given for such payments. 
New Members. — Every candidate for admission into the Society must be pro- 
posed by a Member; the proposer to specifiy in writing the full name, usual 
place of residence, and post-town, of the candidate, either at a Council meet- 
ing, or by letter addressed to the Secretary. 
Packets ry Po,st. — Packets not exceeding two feet in length, width, or depth, 
consisting of written or printed matter fbut not containing letters sealed or 
open), if sent without envelopes, or enclosed in envelopes open at each end, 
may be forwarded by the inland post, if stamped, at the following rates : — 
One Penny for every quarter of a pound or fraction of a quarter of a pound. 
•;,* Mcmliprs may obtain on application to the Secretary copies of an Al^stract of tlic Clinrter 
and Bye-Laws, of a Statement of tlie General Objects, &c., of tbe Society, of Cliemical 
and Veterinary Privilrges, and of otlier printed papers connected with special liepai-t- 
ments of the Society's bu(-inef.s. 
