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in which each detachment of three or four members 
should be assigned some particular task to accomplish. 
Thus in a half-day excursion to Warwick, suppose twenty 
camera - carriers present themselves; let this number 
be divided into five sets of four members each, the tasks 
being as follows:—(1) The Castle aud Grounds; (2) St. 
Mary’s Church, including the Beauchamp Chapel; (3) the 
Leycester Hospital; (4) the Town of Warwick generally, its 
two gates and old buildings ; (5) Guy’s Cliff. Given a fine 
June afternoon, and the work of the survey for that town 
might be accomplished very rapidly on this plan. But it 
supposes that a full programme, showing the work of each 
section of the party, be drawn up beforehand and distributed. 
Utilisation of Work already done.— There are probably 
in existence already some hundreds, or even thousands, of 
photographic negatives which would be of service in the 
history of Warwickshire. It must be part of our task to 
draw up a list of such negatives, showing their subjects, 
their owners, etc. Some of them may, perhaps, be acquired 
by gift, loan, or purchase. A separate record book should be 
kept for those negatives which are already in existence ; and 
a circular asking for information on this subject might be 
addressed to the professional photographers of the county. 
(To be continued.) 
lUHefo. 
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Reports of Soiietifs. 
BIRMINGHAM NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL 
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Mr. Charles Pumphrey in the chair. Mr. F. W. Carpenter exhibited 
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