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MEMOEANDA. 
Aduuess op Letteks. — The Society's ofHce being Rituated in the postal district designated by tho 
letter W. members in tUeir correspondence witli the Secretary, are requested to subjoin that 
letter to the usual address. 
General Meeting in Loudon, May 22nd, 1871, at 12 o'clock. 
MEETraa at Wolverhampton, in July, 1871. 
General Meeting in London, in December, 1871. 
Monthly Codncil (for transaction of business), at 12 o'clock on the first Wednesday in every month, 
e.xcepting January, September, and October: open only to Members of Council aud Governors of 
the Society. 
ADJ0URN3IKNT.S. — The Council adjourn over Pa-ssion and Easter iveeks, when those weeks do not 
include the first Wednesday of the month ; from the first Wednesday in August to thi,' first 
■\Vcduesday m November ; and from the first Weduesday in December to the first Wednesday in 
February. 
Office IIonRS.— 10 to 4. From the Council Meeting in August until the Council Meeting in April, 
on Saturdays, 10 to 2. 
Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs. — Members have the privilege of applying to the Veterinary 
Committee of the Society; and of seuding animals to the Royal Veterinaiy College, on the 
same terms as if they were subscribers to the College. — (A statement ol these privileges wiU be 
found in the AppendLx.) 
Chemical Analysis. — The privileges of Chemical Analysis enjoyed by Members of the Society will 
be found stated in the Appendi.x to the present volume. 
Subscriptions. — 1. Annual. — The subscription of a Governor is £5, and that of a Member £1, due in 
advance ou the 1st of January of each ye.ir, and becoming in arrear if unpaid by the 1st of 
June. 2. For Life. — Govern"rs may compound for their subscription for future years by paying 
at once the sum of £50, and Members by paying £10. 
Payments. — Subscriptions may be paid to the Secretary, in the most direct and satisfactory manner, 
either at the office of the Society, No. 12, Hanover Square, London, W., or by means of post- 
office orders, to be obtained at any of tbe principal post offices throughout the kingdom, and made 
payable to him at the Vere Street Office, London, W. ; but any cheque ou a banker s or any 
other house of business in London will be equally available, if made payable on demand. In 
obtaining post-office orders care should be taken to give the postmaster the correct initials 
and surname of the Secretary of the Society (H. M. Jenkins), otherwise the payment 
will be refused to him at the post-office ou which such order has been obtained; and when 
remitting the mouey-orders it should be stated by whom, and on whose account, they are sent. 
Cheques should be made payable as drafts on demand (not as bills only payable after sight or a 
certain number of days after date), and should be drawn on a London (not on a local country) 
banker. When payment is made to the London and Westminster Bank, St. James's Square 
Branch, as the bankers of the Society, it will be desirable that the Secretary should be advised 
by letter of such payment, in order that the entry in the bauker's book may be at once iden- 
tified, and the amount posted to the credit of the proper party. No coiu can be remitted by post, 
unless the letter be registered. 
New Members. — Every candidate for admission into the Society must be proposed by a Member; 
the proposer to specify in writing the full name, usual place of residence, and post-town, of the 
candidate, either at a Couucil meeting, or by letter addressed to the Secretary. Forms of Proposal 
may be obtained ou appUcation to the Secretary. 
Packets by Post. — Packets not exceeding two feet in length, width, or depth, consisting of written or 
printed matter (but not containing letters sealed or open), if sent without envelopes, or enclosed 
in envelopes open at each end, may be forwarded by the iidand post, if stamped, at the followmg 
rates : — One Halfpenny for every two oimces or fractional part of two ounces. 
%* Members may obtain on application to the Secretary copies of an Abstract of the Charter 
and Bye-laws, of a Statement of the General Objects, &c., of the Society, of Chemii-al 
and Veterinary Privileges, and of other printed papers connected with special depart- 
ments of the Society's business. 
