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NATURE NOTES. 
GENERAL RULES OF THE SELBORNE SOCIETY. 
1. This Society shall be called the Selborne Society. 
2. The objects of the Society are : — 
(a) to preserve from unnecessary destruction such wild 
birds, animals, and plants as are harmless, beautiful, 
or rare. 
(b) to discourage the wearing, and use for ornament of 
birds and their plumage ; except when the birds are 
killed for food or reared for their plumage. 
(c) to protect places and objects of natural beauty and anti- 
quarian interest from ill-treatment or destruction. 
(d) to promote the study of natural history. 
3. All persons who are willing to further the objects of the 
Society may become members on approval by the Council, or 
the Committee of a Branch. 
4. Membership of the Society shall cease if the Council shall 
for good cause so determine. 
5. Members shall be either subscribing or non-subscribing. 
6. The annual subscription of subscribing members shall not 
be less than two shillings and sixpence. 
7. 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 publications of the Society. 
8. The officers of the Society shall be a President, Vice- 
President, two Trustees, a Treasurer, a Secretary, and twelve 
members of Council, and these, together with representatives 
chosen by the Branches, shall form the Council of the Society. 
The twelve members of the Council elected at the annual meet- 
ing shall attend not less than one-fourth of the meetings of the 
Council held during the } T ear, and failing this shall not be 
eligible for re-election. Representatives of Branches shall be 
elected in the proportion of one representative to each fifty 
members, but every Branch shall have at least one representa- 
tive. It shall be allowable for any representative not residing 
in London to vote by proxy duly authorised in writing. 
9. The President, Vice-Presidents, Trustees, and the 
Members of Council shall be elected by the members at the 
Annual General Meeting, and, excepting the Trustees, shall 
hold office for one year. The Trustees shall hold office so long 
as they shall remain members of the Society. 
10. The Treasurer and Secretary shall be elected by the 
Council ; shall hold office for one year ; and shall be eligible for 
re-election. 
