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A warrant has also been granted authorising the re-establishment of 
the Ealing section of the Lower Thames \’alley Branch. The petition 
was signed by thirty-three members of the original branch. Mr. H. W. 
Ravenshaw, of 32, Albany Road, Ealing Dene, W., has kindly consented 
to act as the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer. 
Many parts of the country being still without the organisations neces- 
sary for the due carrying forward of the work of the Society, the Council 
will be glad to hear from any member who is willing to undertake the 
formation of a new branch. 
The Council has to record the great loss the Society has sustained by 
the death of the Bishop of Chichester, who was an active member for 
many years. 
The Council wishes again to impress upon each member of the 
Selborne Society the importance of making an effort to extend its scope 
and work. The good that has been done should be an encouragement 
to increase our efforts rather than an excuse for relaxing them. Many 
flowers and birds, once plentiful, are becoming scarcer every year ; some 
of the most beautiful spots in our lands have been attacked by that 
vandalism which feeds on selfishness ; whilst millions of birds, both 
common and rare, are killed annually for millinery decorations. 
It is the province of the Selborne Society to endeavour to abolish these 
evils, and whilst any remain it has- work to do. But its efforts in this 
direction must be practically futile if it is left to the few to make them. 
There should be no lukewarm members of our Selborne Society. Its 
objects are such that none can plead inability to assist. All cannot, of 
course, have equal opportunities, but all can foster and endeavour to 
spread the same keen sympathy with the beauties of nature and the life 
around us, and make known the existence and objects of our Society. 
The importance of adding to the number of members should not be over- 
looked, and if each member would obtain at least one recruit at the 
commencement of our new year, the actual doubling of our members 
would be only one of the benefits that would arise. The hands of the 
Council would be strengthened ; the finances would be placed in a con- 
dition to enable the Society to take action where now it is compelled to 
remain inactive. Each new member becomes a centre from which may 
spring incalculable good to the objects we have at heart. 
The evils we are combating are so great and widely spread that they 
can only be lessened by determined and continuous efforts, and the 
Council appeals both to branches and individual members to work with 
increased energy during the coming year. 
The donations received towards the “Magazine and Leaflet Fund” 
have enabled the Council to reprint and issue various leaflets dealing 
with the several objects of the Society. Members are urged to distribute 
copies of the leaflets and prospectuses, as well as of Nature Notes, with a 
view of obtaining new members and extending the knowledge of the 
objects and aims of the Society. Application should be made to the 
Secretary, 20, Hanover Square, for leaflets and prospectuses showing the 
objects of the Society, details as to membership and the methods by 
which those objects can be attained, together with a list of officers. 
