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NATURE NOTES 
R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D., F.L.S. ; The Rt. Hon. the E\rl of Selborne ; The 
Rt. Hon. the Eirl of Stamford ; R. Marshman Wattson; \V. Whitaker, B.A., 
F.R.S., F.G.S. 
four Councillors under Rule IX. : W. Bickerton-Norman Gray, P.A.S.I., 
T. H. Hiscott, Mrs. McLeod. 
The following are the six Vice-Presidents nominated under Rule VIII. to 
serve on the Council : The Rev. H. E. U. Bull, M.A. ; J. .Shaw Crompton, R.I. ; 
A. Holte Macpherson, M.A., B.C.L., F.Z.S. ; Mrs. Percy Myles; W. P. Pycraft, 
A.L.S., F.Z.S. ; W. Whitaker, B.A., F.R.S., F.G.S. 
The Election will be by billot, and it is open to any member to suggest the 
name of any other person as President, Vice-President or Councillor, or, in the 
case of Vice-Presidents, the number of whom is not limited, to propose any 
additional names. 
There will also be an election of honorary members nominated by the Council 
under Rule HI. 
Excursions. 
Saturday, May 4. — Oaklands, Symonds Hyde and Brocket Hall Park. 
Train leaves King’s Cross (G.N.R.) at 2.30 p.m., Finsbury Park at 2.36. Take 
cheap half-day excursion tickets to St. Alhans, 2s., but detrain at Hill End 
Station at 3.24 p.m. Change at Hatfield. Walking distance about .seven miles. 
Tea at “ The Chequers,” Cromer Hyde. The return train reaches King’s Cross 
at 9.15 p.m. Guide, Mr. W. Percival Westell, F.L.S. 
Saturday, May ll. — Bookham Common and Leatherhead. Meet at Book- 
ham .Station at 2.56 p.m. Train leaves Waterloo (L. & S.W.R., South Station) 
at 2.7 p.m. Return excursion fare, 2s. Guide, Miss Giberne. 
Saturday, May 18. — No excursion on account of the Whitsuntide holiday. 
Satur-day, May 25. — Pinner and neighbourhood. Take return tickets to 
Pinner, is. 3d. Trains leave Baker Street (Met. R.) at 1.55 and Marylebone 
(G.C.R.) at 2.15 p.m. Tea at the ‘‘George Inn,” Ruislip. Total walking 
distance 6J miles. Guide, Mr. Ernest A. Nash. 
Saturday , J une i. — Marden Park and Oxted. Meet at Woldingham Station 
(L.B. & S.C.R.) at 3.23 p.m. Return fare, 2s. 3d. Trains from Victoria at 
2.30, Clapham [unction at 2.37, and London Bridge at 2.25 p.m. Walk across 
Marden Park and through Woods to Oxted. Tea at A. Lenton’s Dairy, High 
.Street, or Carpenter, Baker, High Street, Oxted. Return from Oxted at 6.45 
or 7.24 by paying excess to Woldingham, 4d. Guide, Mr. C. M. Miihlberg. 
N. B.— Those members who wish to avail themselves of the cheaper fare and 
later train from London Bridge at 2.55 can join the party by keeping to the 
footpath bordering the left of Marden Park. 
All communications 7 idth regard to Excursions should he addressed to Mr. H. 
H. Poole, Honorary Secretary of the Excursions Committee, at 16, Heathcote 
Street, W.C. 
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