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NATURE NOTES. 
OFFICIAL NOTICES. 
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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 
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May 4th, at half-past four. The business will be the election of officers, and the 
consideration of the annual report and the following proposed alterations in the 
rules. 
(1) Proposed by Mrs. Martelli : that the Council be empowered to fix the date 
of the Annual Meeting in the future. 
(2) Proposed by ^Ir. Musgrave : that the Council be permitted to add to their 
number. 
(3) Proposed by Mr. Wattson : the Editor of the Magazine shall be ex officio 
a member of the Council. 
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The Protection from unnecessary destruction of Wild Birds, Animals and 
Plants ; 
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The Promotion of the Study of Natural History. 
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