ALL RIGHTS RESERVED .] 
Mature Motes : 
ttbe Selborne Society’s fll>aQa3me. 
No. 200. AUGUST, 1906. Vol. XVII. 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT, 1905-1906. 
Adopted at the Annual Meeting, May 1,0th, 1906. 
I. — General. 
The position which the Selborne Society has successfully 
attained during the last few years continues to improve, though 
in order to do justice to its many objects, more active workers 
and larger funds are still required. 
Once again by the kind permission of the Civil Service Com- 
mission and His Majesty’s Office of Works, the Annual Meeting 
and Conversazione was held in Burlington Gardens and proved 
more interesting and successful than any gathering of the kind 
organised by the Society during recent years. 
Gilbert White's Letters . — Although the resources of the Society 
did not permit it to acquire the series of letters by Gilbert White 
which came into the market during the year, it is pleasant to be 
able to record that they were purchased by one of its members, 
Mr. Andrew Pears, and therefore will remain in this country. 
II. — The Study of Natural History. 
Prizes . — With a view to encouraging the study of Nature, 
more particularly in Secondary Schools, the Council has decided 
that the prizes kindly offered by some of its members shall be 
competed for by Associates of any of the Junior Branches and 
by pupils in Secondary Schools in London and other places 
where there are Branches of the Society. The full details of the 
Competitions will be given in Nature Notes. 
Nature Study . — There was no opportunity for promoting a 
Nature Study Exhibition in London during the year, but the 
Secretary served on the Committee, which hoped to organise a 
“ Country in Town ” exhibition during last summer at White- 
chapel. The idea has not been abandoned, and he is acting as 
Honorary Secretary to the body which, with Earl Carrington 
