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NATURE NOTES. 
OFFICIAL NOTICES. 
At the meeting of the Council on Wednesday, December 7th, the resignation 
of the Misses Fry (who are leaving London for Bristol), as members of the 
Council, was accejited with great regret. As a result of this, the few Members of 
the Society living in Bayswater have been transferred to the Kensington Branch, 
and the Bayswater Branch will cease to exist. A new Branch, however, of which 
Miss Agnes Fry will act for the present as Hon. Sec. and Treasurer, will be formed 
at Bristol under the name of the North Somerset Branch. Miss Fry’s address is 
Failand House, Failand, near Bristol. 
Mr. Prince, of Windsor, Melbourne, was appointed a Corresponding Secretary 
of the Society. It is hoped that he may be able to establish a Branch in Mel- 
bourne. 
We are sorry to record the death of Miss Isabel de Michele, Hon. Sec. of the 
Weybridge Branch. Miss de Michele was a very ardent Selbornian, and took a 
great interest in the New Forest Bill. 
By an unfortunate oversight the December number of Nature Notes was 
insufficiently stamped. The Council regrets the inconvenience thereby occasioned 
to Members. 
OUR VOLUMES. 
We desire to call the special attention of our readers to the volumes of 
Nature Notes of 1890, 1S91, and 1892, which may be obtained at the offices 
of the Society, 9, Adam .Street, Adelphi, W.C., at the cost of three shillings 
each, or by post, three shillings and tivepence. By the variety and interest of 
their contents these volumes nre admirably adapted for the school or parish library, 
and we would urge upon our readers not to neglect so excellent a means for 
advancing the interests which they have at heart. Cases for binding the numbers 
for 1890, 1891 and 1892 may be obtained from the Secretary at the above address, 
price IS. each ; or the numbers will be bound and the case supplied by Messrs. 
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When it is particularly requested, MSS. not accepted will be returned, if 
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