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MEMOEANDA. 
Address op Lettebs.— The Society's office being situated in tlie postal district designated by tlie 
letter W. Members, in their correspondence with the Secretary, are requested to sul^join thai 
letter to the usual address. 
Genibal Meetiko in London. May 23rd, 1887, at 12 o'clock. 
Meeting at Xewcastle-upon-Tyne, July 11th to 15th, 1887. 
Gexerax Meetixg in London, December, 1887. 
Monthly Cocncii. (for transaction of business), at 12 o'clock on the first Wednesday In every month, 
excepting January, Septeml>er, and October : open only to Members of CJouncil and Governors of 
the Society. 
ADjotTKNJresTS. — The Council a4)oum over Passion and Eaater weeks, when those weeks do not 
include the first Wednesday of the month ; from the first Wednesday in August to the first 
Wednesday in November ; and from the first Wednesday in December to the first Wednesday in 
February. 
Office Hoijbs.— 10 to 4. On Saturdays, 10 to 3. 
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 Royal Veterinary College, Camden 
Town, N.W.— <A statement of these privileges will be found on pages xxii and xxx in this 
Appendix.) 
Chemical Asaltsis. — The privileges of Chemical Analysis enjoyed by Members of the Society will 
be found stated In this Appendix (page sxvi). 
Botanical and Entomological PEivrLEGES. — The Botanical and Entomological Privileges enjoyed 
by Members of the Society will be found stated in this Appendix (pages xxxi and sxxii). 
SuBSOEiPTiONS. — 1. Annual. — The subscription of a Governor is £5, and that of a Member £1, due in 
advance on the 1st of January of each year, and becoming in airear if unpaid by the 1st of 
June. 2. For Life.— Governors may compound for their sabscription for future years by paying 
at once the sum of jt'50, and Members by paying i' 10. Governors and Members who have paid 
their annual subscription for 20 years or upwards, and whose subscriptions are not in arrear, 
may compound for ftiture annual subscriptions, that of the current year inclusive, by a single 
payment of £25 for a Governor, and £5 for a Member. 
Patmehts. — 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 the principjil post-offices throughout the k'ngdom, and made 
payable to him at the Vere Street Office, London, W.; but any cheque on a t)anker's or any 
other house of business in London will be equally available, if made payable on demand. Id 
obtaining post-office orders care should be taken to give the postmaster the correct initials 
and surname of the Secretary of the Society, otherwise the payment will be refused to him at 
the post-office on which such order has been obtained; and when remitting the money-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 coimtry) 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 banker's book may be at once identified, and the amount posted 
to the credit of the proper party. No coin can be remitted by post unless the letter be registered. 
New Membees. — 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 ConncU meeting, or by letter addressed to the Secretary. Forms of Proposal 
may be obtained on application to the Secretary. 
*,* 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 Chemical, 
Botanical and Veterinary Privileges, and of other printed papers connected with special 
departments of the Seder's bosiDess. 
