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tional Union, which has done much to forward the Nature Study 
movement. It is hoped that before very long another Nature 
Study Exhibition may be held in London. 
The South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies . — The Delegates 
at the twelfth Congress of the Union, held at Woolwich last 
June, were Mr. J. L. Otter (Honorary Treasurer), Mr. H. H. 
Poole (Honorary Librarian), Mrs. Wilfred Mark Webb and the 
Honorary Secretary. The Congress was specially notable for 
the energy displayed by the local Officers and Committee. The 
presidential address by Professor Sylvanus Thompson was also 
a particularly happy one, and well calculated to interest not only 
the members and delegates of the various constituent societies, 
but also the general public who very wisely were allowed to 
attend the inaugural meeting. 
Excursions . — Mr. Hubert H. Poole, the Honorary Excursions 
Secretary ,who is now appointed directly by the Council, arranged 
twenty-five summer excursions, one of which was in conjunction 
with the Essex Field Club, which for some years has courteously 
invited members of the Selborne Society to take part in its 
Annual Fungus Foray. Exclusive of this, the attendance was 
419, giving an average of eighteen, which is one less than that of 
last year. Then, however, there were but twenty-two rambles, 
and the weather was more propitious than in 1907, when there 
were many wet Saturdays. 
There were but nine excursions, or one less than last year, 
arranged in the winter, and here again the average attendance 
was one less than last year, being thirty-six instead of thirty- 
seven. full list of the excursions, with their conductors and 
the number of members present, is printed below. 
Dale. 
1907 
April 6 
13 
20 
27 
May 4 
1 1 
25 
June I 
8 
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Summer Excursions, 1907. 
Place. Guide. 
No. of Mem- 
bers present. 
Warlingham ... ... Mr. Matthew Hunt ... ... ... 14 
{Ilamsey Green and Farleigh Common) 
Eton ... ... ... Mr. M'ilfred Mark Webb, F. L.S. ... 43 
(The College Chapel, Library, Hall and Museum) 
Rickmansworth ... Mr. George Watts ... ... ... 27 
(Harefield and Northwood) 
Epping Forest ... Mr. A. B. Hornblower ... ... 10 
(Theydon Bois and Epping) 
St. Albans ... ... Mr. W. Percival W'estell, F.L.S., 
M.B.O.U 10 
(Hill End, Cromer Hyde and Brocket Hall Park) 
Bookham ... ... Miss Giberne ... ... ... ... 14 
(Bookham Common and Leatherhead) 
Pinner ... ... Mr. E. A. Nash ... ... ... 15 
(Pinner and Ruislip) 
Woldingham ... Mr. Matthew Hunt ... ... ... 13 
(.Harden Park and Oxted) 
Oxshott ... ... Mr. Hubert H. Poole ... ... 19 
(Esher Common and the Black Pond) 
Weybridge ... ... Dr. Henry Willson, J.P. ... ... 7 
(Caneswood and New Haw) 
