NEJVS FROM THE BRANCHES 
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E. Taylor; Geology, Mr. Ed. A. Martin, F.G.S. ; Microscopes, Mr. A. Holte 
Macpherson, M.A., E.Z.S. ; Photographs and other pictures, Mr. A. E. 
Malaher ; Zoology, Mr. Basil W. Martin, P'.Z.S. 
Members and friends willing to assist in this matter are requested to address 
the director of the department in which they wish to exhibit, care of Mr. R. 
Marshman VVattson (Secretary to the Conversazione Committee), Dalmeny 
House, Monument Street, E.C. Tickets will be ready for i.ssue on April 15, and 
Branch Secretaries are requested to send their applications for members of their 
branch by that date. 
Memtrers requiring tickets should apply to the local Hon. Sec., or in the 
case of members unattached to branches, to the Secretary, Selborne Society, 
20, Hanover Square, VV. A stamped and addressed envelope must accompany 
each application. 
The Council wish to draw the attention of members to the undermentioned 
Le.rflets, the circulation of which is desirable. 
The cruelty of Wearing “Ospreys” — K. B. Litchfield. 
P'eathered Women — W. H. Hudson. 
A Plea for the British Butterfly — W. F. Kirby. 
The Secretary will be pleased to forward them, post paid, on the receipt of 
gd. per 100 copies. 
Selborne Society Badges. — The attention of Members is called to the 
recognised badge of the Society. They are tastefully designed in pale and dark 
blue and silver, the outlines being as shown in the accompanying illustration. 
They are especially useful as a means of identification between Selbornians at 
branch meetings, or at country Field Club Rambles. 
Now' that the season is drawing near for outdoor gatherings it is intended to 
make a further issue in the two forms mentioned below, providing there are 
sufficient applications. Members desiring either form should write at once to the 
Secretary. 
If re issued the prices wilt be -Brooch, 3s : Pin, is. 6d. 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES. 
Clapton (Lower Lea Valley).— The meeting of this Branch, held on 
Saturday, March 16, being the last of Session 1900- 1901, was preceded by the 
Annual General Meeting, at which a satisfactory Balance Sheet and Annual 
Report were adopted, and officers duly elected for the ensuing session. 
A selection of lantern slides of views in the county of Dorset was then 
exhibited by Mr. J. Wheeler, who called attention to the principal interest, 
whether archaeological or picturesque, of each photograph. 
Selborne Saturday Afternoons. 
On the afternoon of Saturday, February 23, 1901, Mr. L. Fletcher, Keeper 
of the Mineralogical Department of the Natural History Museum, kindly con- 
ducted the Society over his special department, and gave a demonstration on 
the Precious Stones. 
