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MIDLAND UNION OF NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES. 
We have great pleasure in publishing the following excel¬ 
lent programme, arranged by the Oxford Natural History 
Society for the forthcoming meeting of the Union. We urge 
all members who intend being present at the Oxford meeting 
to send in their names without delay to Mr. Underhill, whose 
address will be found in the programme. 
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME. 
Meetings at Oxford, Monday and Tuesday, 
September 23rd and 24th, 1889. 
President: — Mr. E. B. POULTON, M.A., F.R.S. 
The Oxford Society cordially invites members of Natural 
History Societies and their friends to the meetings of the 
Union. The following is the preliminary programme :— 
Monday, September 23rd. 
1.45 p.m. Meet at the University Museum in the Parks. 
2 to 3.30 p.m. Members of the Oxford Society will conduct parties 
of visitors over Oxford. 
3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Afternoon Tea in the Museum. 
4.30 to 6 p.m. Inaugural Address on “Heredity” from the Presi¬ 
dent, Mr. E. B. Poulton, M.A., F.R.S., to be followed by a 
discussion. 
8 to 11 p.m. CONVERSAZIONE IN THE MUSEUM. 
Every effort will be used to make this soiree one of great 
interest, and a full programme will be printed on the tickets 
for the meetings, and also (it is hoped) in the September 
number of the “ Midland Naturalist.” 
Tuesday, September 24th. 
9.30 to 12.30. Drive to Shotover Hill and Lecture by the Presi¬ 
dent on “ The Geology of the District.” 
1 to 2 p.m. Lunch in Christ Church Dining Hall. 
2 to 6 p.m. Special arrangements will be made both on this and 
on Monday afternoons for visiting the Museum, Ashmolean, 
Radcliffe Observatory, Botanic Gardens, Bodleian Library, 
and Clarendon Printing Press. 
The tickets for the meetings will be 10/6 each. There 
will be no extras. Those who intend to visit Oxford are 
requested to write to the Secretary, Mr. H. M. J. Underhill, 
7, High Street, Oxford, as soon as possible. 
The Oxford Society will provide entertainment for as 
many visitors as they can, and this hospitality will be allotted 
