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MEMORANDA. 
Address of Letteps. — The Society's ofBce being situated in the postal district designated hj tho 
letter yij, members in their correspondence with the Secretary, are requested to subjoin that 
letter to the usual address. 
GENERAL Meeting in London, May 22nd, 1870, at 12 o'clock. 
Meeting at Oxford, in July, 1870. 
General Meeting in London, in December, 1870. 
Monthly Council (for transaction of business), at 12 o'clock on the first Wednesday in every month, 
excepting January, September, and October: open only to Members of Council and Governors of 
the Society. 
Adjocrnments. — The Council adjourn over Passion and Easter 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 Appeudi,x. 
Chemical Analysis. — The privileges of Chemical Analysis enjoyed by Members of the Society will 
be found stated in the Appendi.\ to the present volume. 
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 in arrear if unpaid by the 1st of 
June. 2. For Life. — Governurs may compound for subscription during future life by paying at 
once the sum of £&0, and Members by paying £10. 
Pavmpnts. — Subscrip'.ions 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, ^V., between the hours of 
ten and four, or by means of post-oEBce orders, to be obtained at any of the principal post offices 
throughout the kingdom, and made payable to him at the Vere Sireet Office, London, W. ; but 
any cheque on 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 tho correct Christian name and surname (H. M. .Jenkins) of the Secretary of the 
Society, otherwise the payment will be refused to liim 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 p.ayable as drafts on demand (uot 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. \Vhen 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. 
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 Council meeting, or by letter addressed to the Secretary. 
Packets by Pcst. — Packets not exceeding two feet in length, width, or depth, consisting of written or 
))rinted 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 tlie following 
rates : — One Penny for every quarter of a pound or fraction of a quarter of a pound. 
*,* Members may obtain on application to the Secretary copies of an Abstract of the Charter 
and Bye-laws, of a Statement of the General Obiocta, &c., of the Society, of Cbemical 
and Veterinary Privileges, and of olher printed papers connected with special depart- 
ments of the Society's business. 
