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NATURE NOTES 
General Committee, Mr. ]. C. Medd ; the Treasurer, the Rev. 
Canon S. A. Barnet, Warden’s Lodge, Toynbee Hall, White- 
chapel, E. ; and the Hon. Secretary, Mr. Wilfred Mark Webb. 
Nature Study at Swanley Horticultural College. — 
A course for women is announced for July 30 to August 11. 
The introductory lecture will be by Mr. A. D. Hall, Director at 
Rothamsted : Mr. Tabor and Miss Hibbert-Ware will lead 
combined excursions for the study of trees, birds, insects and 
pond-life : Mr. Wilson will lecture on the geology of the dis- 
tricts visited : Miss Agar will give garden lectures and demon- 
strations on the care of school gardens ; and Miss Dawson, 
demonstrations in dairying and poultry-keeping. Details can be 
obtained from the Principal. 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
[Note. — All Announcements with regard to Future Meetings of 
the Central Society or Branches will be found together at the 
end of these Notices.] 
New Members. — Central Society. — The following members stand for 
election : Mrs. Bond ; Miss M. S. Hagen. 
Blackburn Branch. — R. Ashton, Esq. ; A. M. Broadbent, Esq. ; Fred. W. 
Duckworth, Esq. ; Robert J. Howard, Esq. ; J. Hunter, Esq. ; F. H. Peachell, 
Esq.; G. B. Pickworth, Esq.; D. John Preston, Esq.; E. H. Twelvetrees, 
Esq. ; Richard Wilson, Esq. 
Hammersmith Branch. — W. Clarkson Birch, Esq. ; Stanley T. Cave, Esq. ; 
Miss C. A. Collins ; Miss Louisa Copland ; R. W. Gair, Esq. ; F. P. Lawson, 
Esq. ; George Savary, Esq. ; Harry J. Veitch, Esq. ; John Wiltshire, Esq. 
Hampstead Branch.— Miss Ethel Davis; Miss Olive Karslake ; Neville 
Kingston, Esq., F.Z.S. ; W. Hele Payne, Esq. 
Subscriptions. — The Council has pleasure in acknowledging subscriptions 
of greater value than 5s., from the following members : Miss M. S. Hagen, 10s. ; 
J. H. Masters, Esq., 10s. ; W. E. Milne-Redhead, Esq., 7s. 6d. 
Election of Officers. — At the Council Meeting, held on March 27, the 
following Officers were elected for the coming year : Dr. Dudley Buxton, Chair- 
man ; Mr. J. L. Otter, Honorary Treasurer ; Mr. Wilfred Mark Webb, Honorary 
Secretary ; Professor Boulger, Editor ; and Mr. H. H. Poole, Honorary 
Librarian. 
New Branches. — At the same meeting warrants were signed constituting 
new branches for Hammermith and Fulham (Honorary Secretary, Mr. C. W. 
Cooke, Albert House, 11, Cassidy Road, Walham Green), and for Blackburn 
(Honorary Secretary, Mr. A. M. Broadbent, 5, St. Silas Road, Blackburn). 
New Junior Branch. — A warrant was also signed empowering Mr. E. 
Newall Tuck to form a junior branch at the Chippenham Secondary School. 
Library. — The Honorary Librarian will attend at 20, Hanover Square, 
from 6 p.m. to 6.30 p.m., on the evenings of May 14 and June 18, for the purpose 
of issuing books to members. 
The Hon. Librarian has pleasure in announcing the following additions to 
the Library, all kindly presented by the Editor : “ Darwinism and the Problems 
of Life,” by C. Guenther; “ Natural History Essays,” by G. Renshaw ; “ More 
Natural History Essays,” by G. Renshaw. 
