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tlbe Selbovne Society’s Machine. 
No. 164. AUGUST, 1903. Vol. XIV, 
OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 
To preserve from unnecessary destruction such wild birds, 
animals and plants as are harmless, beautiful, or rare. To 
discourage the wearing and use for ornament of birds and their 
plumage, except when the birds are killed for food or reared 
for their plumage. To protect places and objects of antiquarian 
interest or natural beauty from ill-treatment or destruction. To 
promote the study of natural history. 
SELBORNIANA. 
South-eastern Union of Scientific Societies. — The 
eighth Annual Congress of this Union, which was held at Dover 
from June 11 to 13, under the Presidency of Sir Henry Howorth, 
K.C.I.E., F.R.S., was in every respect equal in value and 
interest to any preceding meeting. The Mayor and Corpora- 
tion placed the Town Hall at the disposal of the Union, and the 
Mayor welcomed the members at a charming conversazione 
held, according to custom, on the second evening of the 
Congress. The meeting began with a most stimulating, if 
characteristically heretical address from Sir Henry Howorth, 
and lectures were given on International Communication by 
Mr. A. T. Walmisley, Engineer to the Harbour Board ; on 
Leprosy in India, by the retiring President, Dr. Jonathan 
Hutchinson ; on the White Chalk of Dover, by Dr. Rowe ; and 
on a Keltic cemetery at Harlyn Bay, by the Rev. R. Ashington 
Bullen ; the two last-mentioned admirably illustrated by lantern 
slides. A visit was paid to Dover Castle and to the Admiralty 
Harbour works. But of more immediate interest to the Selborne 
Society, which is affiliated to the Union, and was represented on 
