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MEMORANDA. 
AbDniiss OP liKTTEUS.— Tlie Society's office being situated in the postal ilistriot ilesigiiated by the 
letter W, Members, in their correspondence with the Secretary, are requested to subjoin 
that letter to the usual address. 
Gkxeral Meetino in London, Monday, May 22nd, 1888, at noon. 
CotJXTBY Meeting at Nottingham, 9th to 13th July, 188S. 
General Meeting in London, December, 1888. 
Monthly Council (for transaction of business), at noon on the first Wednesday in every month, 
excepting January, Seijtcmbcr, and October : open on'ly to Members of Council and 
Governors of the Society. 
ADJonnxMEXTS. — The Council adjourn over Passion and E.aster 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 Wednesd,ay in December to the first 
Wednesday iu Februai-y. 
Office Hours.— 10 to i. On Saturdaj-s 10 to 2. 
Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs.— Members have the privilege of applying to the Vete- 
rinary Conmiittee of the Society, and of sending animals to the Royal Veterinary Collcg.?, 
Camden Town, N.W.— (A statement of these privileges will be found on page xxxiii. in 
this Appendix.) 
Chejiicat. Axalysi.s.— The privileges of Chemical Analysis enjoyed by Members of the Society 
will be found stated in this Appendix (page xxx.). 
BOTAXICAL AND ENTOMOLOGICAL PnmLEGES. — The Botanical and Entomological Privileges en- 
joyed by Members of the Society will be found stated in this Appendix (pages xxxv. and 
xxxvi.). 
Subscriptions.- 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 iu arrear if unpaid by 
the let of June. 
2. For Life. — Governors may compound for their subscription for future ye.ars by 
paying at once the sum of £50, and Members by paying £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 future annual subscriptions, th.at of the current 3'ear 
inclusive, by a single payment of £25 for a Governor, and £5 for a Member. No Governor 
or Member can be .illowed to enter into composition for life until all subscriptions due by 
him at the time shall have been paid. Governors or Members not resident in the United 
Kingdom will be required on election to pay the life composition. 
No Governor or ilember in arrear of his subscription is entitled to any of the privileges 
of the Society. 
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 postal Qi-ders, to be obtained at any of tlie principal post-offices throughout the kingdom, 
and made payable to him at the Yere Street Office, London, W. ; but any cheque on a 
banker or any other house of business in Loudon will be equally available, if made p.ayable 
on demand. In obtaining postal orders care should be taken to give the postmaster the 
correct name of the Secretary of the Society (Ernest Clarke), otherwise the payment may 
be refused tqlum'at the post-office on which such order has been obtained; and when 
making remittances it should be stated by whom, and on whose account, they are sent. 
Cheques should be crossed " London and Westminster Bank." 
0^ application to the Secretary, forms may be obtained for authorising the regular 
payment, by the bankers of individual members, of each annual subscription as it falls 
due. Member^ are particularly invited to avail themselves of these Bankers' orders, iu 
orderto save trouble both to'themselves and to the Society. When payment is made to the 
London and W^stnunstoi' Bank, St. James's Square Branch, as the bankers of the Society, 
it will be jdesirfible Jhat the Secretary should be advised by letter of such payment, in order 
that the entry in the bankers' book may be at once identified, and the amount posted to the 
creilit of the pi'opcr person. No coin can be remitted by post, unless the letter be registered. 
New Memhers. — Every candid.ate for admission into the Society must be proposed by a 
Member ; the proposer to specify in writing the full n.ame, usual place of residence, "and 
post-towU) of the candidate, either at a Council meeting, or by letter addressed to the 
, Secretary.. Popis pf proposal m.iy be obtained on application to the Secretai-y. The 
Secretary will inform new Members of their election by letter. 
•e' 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 Society's business. 
