NOTICES TO MEMBEIIS 
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therefore here separately defined. It is felt that Local vSecretaries and 
Recorders should not become the only, or ev^en the usual, channels of 
communication between meinbei's on the one hand and the Officers, 
Referees, or Panel Members of the Society on the other. On the ap- 
pointment of a Local Secretary or Recorder, he /she shall have the 
boundary of his/her area defined. Areas will where possible be on the 
basis of Watsonian vice-counties, but it may be found desirable to ap- 
point either for a smaller area. 
LOCAL SECRETARIES 
1. To keep in touch with other local members and where possible 
and desirable to arrange meetings and excursions for their benefit. 
2. To encourage the enrolment of new members. 
3. To act as a centre for some botanical work of local bearing where 
they are qualified to do so. 
4. To provide information to members of the Society from outside 
their areas, either by correspondence or otherwise, on travel facilities, 
accommodation, and Botany. (This does not include supplying infor- 
mation about localities for rare plants, although statements as to their 
continued existence or frequency may be given for the purpose of scien- 
tific work.) 
5. To keep in touch with local libraries, museums, and, especially, 
local herbaria and Natural History Societies, supplying information 
about them to other members, and particularly to the Panel, and also 
keeping the name of the Society before officials, officers, and members 
of local Societies. 
6. To assist the Hon. Field Secretary and Leaders of field meet- 
ings prior to and at the time of visits of the Society to their area. 
7. To report without delay to the Hon. General Secretary or 
Treasurer the death of any member living within their area. 
8. To make regular visits to habitats of special interest within 
their areas as far as possible, and to report without delay to the General 
Secretary of the Society any threat which may call for conservation 
measures. 
RECORDERS 
To assist the Editor b 3 ' collecting records of more than local interest, 
checking records contributed for publication, and forwarding informa- 
tion about important changes in the flora. 
LOCAL SECRETARIES AND RECORDERS 
(Revised April 1951) 
The following members have agreed to act as Local Secretaries (L.S.) 
and Recorders (R.) for the Vice-Counties indicated. Unless shown other- 
wise, these members have undertaken to combine the duties of the two 
offices, the nature of which is explained above. 
