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has been spent in examining and obtaining specimens from the sandpit, and by 
the kindness of an anonymous donor the necessary sum for obtaining a museum 
cupboard has now been made up. The managers of the Hatfield Hyde Church 
of England School have kindly given their consent to its standing in the school. 
In filling the museum due care will be taken not to injure or annihilate any rare 
animal or plant. Specimens will only be taken if they can be got without harm 
or danger to the continuance of the species. 
By the time that this is in print the expected visit of the Geologists’ Associa- 
tion, together with the Hertfordshire Field Club and a Bedford Club will, it is 
hoped, have been paid to the sandpit, and larger knowledge of its contents 
doubtless gained by the members of our Branch. The specimens from the 
various beds are now kept apart, and will in time, perhaps,’ be studied systemati- 
cally. Notes on all subjects are taken down once a week by four assistant 
secretaries from the lips of those children who have observed anything worth 
recording. In conclusion it must be mentioned that by dint of much patience 
and perseverance the General Fund was at last increased sufficiently to allow of 
those members who did not go last year being taken to the Natural History 
Museum, South Kensington. Several of the galleries, notably the Animals’ and 
Birds’, were examined as thoroughly as time would allow. The lessons learnt 
sank deep, and the day was a happy one. 
Nature Notes goes round monthly and is read with interest. 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
Branch Payments for 1897. 
Payments for Magazines. Contributions. 
Bath 
I 
8 (part year) 
Croydon and Norwood 
4 
O 
8i £109 
Sel borne and Liphook 
2 
7 
8 
Sutton 
3 
0 
0 
Field Club Saturday Rambles : 
June 4. — Whyteleafe to Coulsdon Common and Station (see p. 56 Walker 
Miles’ Field-Path Rambles round Croydon). Victoria, 2.35 ; East Croydon, 3 ; 
(London Bridge, 2.25, and change at East Croydon). Book to Upper Warling- 
ham (L.B. & S.C.). Return from Coulsdon (S.E.R.), 8.4. 
June 18. — Leave Theydon Bois Station on arrival of 2.41 train from Liverpool 
Street. Thence by Ambresbury Banks to Copt Hall Green, where tea at about 
5.30. Day return tickets, is. 4d. Guide, Mr. Wattson. 
July 2.— Uxbridge to Denham by the river Colne and Canal. Meet at 
Uxbridge Station on arrival of 3.35 train; Paddington, 2.50; Willesden, 2.40 
(change at Southall) ; Ealing, 3.6. Guide, H. Ravenshaw. 
Council and Committee Meetings : — 
The next meetings of the Council will be held on June 7 and July 5 at 5.30; 
of the Magazine and Leaflet Committee on June 21 and July 19 at 5.30. 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
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and address, not necessarily for publication. 
2. The return of an unaccepted contribution can only be guaranteed when it 
is accompanied by a stamped and addressed envelope. We cannot undertake to 
name specimens privately, to return them, or to reply to questions by letter. 
3. All communications for any number must be in the Editor’s hands by the 
10th of the preceding month. 
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naming, &c., should be addressed to the Editor, Professor Boulger, F. L.S., 
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with the business of the Society, enquiries as to the supply of the Magazine, sub- 
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