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tuitions to the General Fund. It is proposed to give in the next' annual report of 
the Society an abstract of the annual accounts of each Branch. 
J. L. Otter, 
Hon. Treasurer. 
The meeting then proceeded to the election of officers. Lord Tennyson was 
re-elected President; Sir John Lubbock, P.R.S., and Mr. G. A. Musgrave, 
F.Z.S., were again appointed Trustees; Mr. W. Warde Fowler, M.A., Dean of 
Lincoln College, Oxford, and the Rev. Theodore Wood, F.E.S., were added, to 
■the list of Vice-Presidents; Mr. W. F. Kirby, F.L.S., Mr. W. D. Wickes, 
F.L.S. , Mr. Archibald Clarke, and Mr. T. Grey were elected members of the 
'Council in the room of those who had resigned or had become ineligible for 
re-election on account of insufficient attendance. 
A discussion on the proposed alteration in the general rules then took place. 
Mr. Wakefield brought forward his motion that the contributions of the Branches 
to the General Fund of the Society should be curtailed, but, on its being strongly 
represented that funds were urgently needed for the printing of leaflets and other 
literature, and that any such diminution of Branch contributions as proposed 
would absolutely paralyse the central executive of the Society, he withdrew his 
motion. The rule now runs as follows : — “ That the annual contributions of the 
Branches to the General Fund shall be not less than io per cent, of their gross 
receipts, and that all surplus funds remaining after the payment of the annual ex- 
penses of each Branch shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Society for the general 
purposes of the Society and its Branches.” [See Nature Notes , 1891, p. 39.] 
General Rules 6 and 7 were altered so as to read as follows : — “ The annual 
subscription of subscribing members shall not be less than two shillings and six- 
pence. All subscribing members shall be eligible to the offices of the Society, 
■qualified to vote at the general meetings, and entitled to receive all serial publica- 
tions of the Society.” 
It was resolved that from 1st of January, 1892, there shall be throughout the 
Society an entrance fee of is ; and that members be permitted to substitute one 
life payment of five guineas for the annual subscription, the money so received to 
be invested for the benefit of the Society. 
OFFICIAL NOTICES; WORK OF BRANCHES, &c. 
The object of the Selborne Society is to unite lovers of Nature for the follow- 
ing purposes : — 
The Prevention from unnecessary destruction of Wild Birds, Animals and 
Plants ; 
The Protection of places and objects of Antiquarian Interest or Natural 
Beauty ; 
The Promotion of the Study of Natural History. 
The minimum Annual Subscription (which entitles the subscriber to a 
monthly copy of the Society’s Magazine) is 2 S. 6d. 
All particulars as to membership may be obtained from the Secretary of the 
Selborne Society, 9, Adam Street, Adelphi. 
The Lower Thames Valley Branch of the Selborne Society has acted with 
the most commendable promptitude and energy in the matter of the pollution by 
sewer ventilators of the river bank at Richmond, as mentioned in our last issue. 
The Hon. Secretary, Miss Annie Wallis, summoned immediately an “ urgency” 
meeting of the Committee for April 20th, at which arrangements were made for 
a public meeting to protest against the threatened nuisance. This was held on 
April 23rd, under the presidency of Si-r Edward Hertslet. Letters were read 
from Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff, Sir Frederick Leighton, Sir Whittaker Ellis 
and other Selbornians, strongly opposing the scheme ; and resolutions against it 
were passed by a large and representative meeting. A committee was appointed 
to watch the future movements of the Richmond Main Drainage Board,” and 
