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NATURE NOTES 
Da te. 
I 904- 
No V. I 2 
26 
Dec. 10 
1905. 
Jan. 14 
28 
Feb. II 
25 
Mar. II 
25 
8 
Selhorne Saturday Afternoons. 
Place. 
2 : 
Guide. 
Xo. of Mem- 
bers present. 
Natural History Museum Prof. Boulger ... ... ... 35 
(Botanical Department) 
•Stationers' Hall and 
Apothecarie.s’ Hall 
St. Saviour's Cathedral, 
Southwark 
( Messrs. C. K. Rivington, F.S.A., ) 
A. Mowbray Upton and C. R. B. - 90 
( Barrett, M.A. j 
Rev. Canon Rhodes Bristow ... 35 
Gray's Inn ... ... Mr. M. D. Severn ... ... 55 
Natural History Museum Dr. Rendle, F.L..S. ... ... 35 
(Botanical Department) 
Vintners' Hall ... ... Mr. George .\venell ... ... 63 
( The Librarian, Mr. S. \V. Ker- ) 
Lambeth Palace ... -j shaw, M.A., the Rev. H. - 121 
( Holden, M.A., and Mr. Potter) 
Houses of Parliament ... Lord Avebury .. ... ... 120 
Tallow Chandlers’ Hall 
and Innholders’ Hall 
( Me.ssrs. M. F. Monier-Williams ) 
\ and L Douglass Mathews, - 
{ F.R.LB..V, F.S.A. ) 
69 
Kew Gardens ... ... Prof. Boulger ... ... ... 46 
There was a slight decrease in the number of the “ After- 
noons” during the season, but the average attendance increased 
from 49 to 67. To all those who contributed to the pleasure of 
the members on the different occasions, the special thanks of the 
Society are due. 
III. — The Protection of Anmmals. 
This object has by no means been lost sight of, though there 
is no very important work to chronicle. As a result of repeated 
requests for information, Mr. Miihlberg, a member of your 
Council, has prepared a statement with regard to the possible 
extermination of fur-bearing animals, which will be printed in 
Nature Notes. 
The Hampstead and Ealing Bird Sanctuaries were both 
maintained during the year. 
Your Council has no doubt that every member of the Society 
will wish to be associated in the protests so generally made 
against the repeated shooting of bitterns, ospreys, and other rare 
birds which have occurred during the year. 
I\\ — The Protection of Plants. 
Professor Boulger has been active in forwarding the move- 
ment for the proper protection of plants, and he has invited the 
help of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies, which, 
as a result, has issued a circular letter upon the subject. He 
also gave a lecture, dealing with the matters at issue, before the 
Royal Horticultural Society, on August 23, 1904, which will 
appear in that Society’s journal. 
