IRatuve (Rotes : 
tlbe Sdbovne Society’s Jlbaoa3ine 
No. 178. OCTOBER, 1904. Vol. XV. 
OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 
To promote the study of Natural History. To preserve from 
needless destruction such wild animals and plants as are harm- 
less, beautiful, or rare. To discourage the wearing and use for 
ornament of: (i) The skins and furs of such animals as are 
in danger of being exterminated ; (2) birds and their plumage, 
except when the birds are killed for food, reared for their 
plumage, or are known to be injurious. To protect places and 
objects of natural beauty or antiquarian interest from ill- 
treatment or destruction. To afford facilities for combined effort 
in promoting any of the above or kindred objects. 
SELBORNIANA. 
Hampste.vd Heath Extended. — It is announced that the 
agreement to purchase the eighty acres of Wylde’s Farm from 
the Eton College trustees has been signed, on behalf of the 
Hampstead Heath Extension Committee, by Mrs. S. A. Barnett, 
Honorary Secretary, Warden’s Lodge, Toynbee Hall, White- 
chapel. A balance of ;^4,ooo is still wanted towards the purchase 
money, and the public are asked to relieve the guarantors from 
responsibility for this sum, in gratitude for the preservation of 
the famous view and the extension of the Heath. 
Cheques or postal orders can be sent either to Sir Robert 
Hunter, General Post Office, to Mr. Edward Bond, M.P., Elm 
Bank, Hampstead, or to Mrs. Barnett . — Daily Mail, September 3. 
Thames Preservation. — Lot’s Eyot, Kew, is saved, thanks 
to the Board of Trade, who have refused their sanction to the 
proposed construction of a dockyard there. It was an unlovely 
prospect this — that of blackened chimneys and clanging hammers. 
