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MEMORANDA. 
Address of Letters. — The Society's office being situated in the new postal dis- 
trict designated by tlie letter W, members, in their correspondence with the 
Secretary, are requested to subjoin that letter to the usual address. 
Gemerai, Meeting in London, May 22, 1861, at Twelve o'clock. 
Country Meeting at Leeds commencing July 1.5th, 1861. 
General Meeting in London, in December, 1861. 
Monthly Council (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, and July, excepting the first Wednesday 
in each of those months, and during adjournment: open to all Members of the 
Societ)-, who are particularly invited by the Council to avail themselves of 
this privilege. 
Adjournments. — The Council adjourn over Easter, Passion, and Whitsun 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. 
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, on the same terms as if they were subscribers to the 
College.— (A statement of these privileges will be found in the present 
Appendix, p. Iv.) 
Chemical Analysis. — The privileges of Chemical Analysis enjoyed by Members 
of the Society will be found stated in the Appendix of the present volume, 
p. liv. 
Local Cheqites. — Members are particularly requested not to forward Country 
Cheques for payment in London ; but London Cheques, or Post-office 
Orders on Vere-street (payable to H. Hall Dare), iu 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 Society's Office (No. 12, Hanover Square, Londoni, between' 
the hours of ten and four, when official receipts, signed by the Secretary,, 
will be given for such payments. 
New Mejibers. — Every candidate for admission into the Society must be pro- 
posed by a JNIember; the proposer to specify 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 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 inland post, if stamped, at the following rates: — 
For a packet not exceeding 4 ounces (or quarter of a pound) ... 1 penny. 
„ » „ (or balf a pound) .... 2 pence. 
" „ ic ,, (or one pound) * .. 
1 " ' 11 24 „ (or one pound and a half) . . 6 ,, 
*' " ^ „ 33 „ (or two pounds) 8 „ 
[And so on In the proportion of 8 ounces for each additional 2ci.] 
* * Members may obtain on application to the Secretary copies of an Abstract of the Charter 
' and I(ve-Law3, of a Statement of tlie General Objects, Src, of the Society, of Chemical 
and Veterinary Privileges, and of other printed papers connected with special depart- 
ments of the .Society's business. 
