JtIDLAND UNION OU NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES. 
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MIDLAND UNION OF NATURAL HISTORY 
SOCIETIES. 
The Sixth Annual Meeting will be held at Tam worth ou June 
12th and 1.3th, 1888. 
The Council will assemble on Tuesday, June 12th, at Twelve 
o’clock, in the Banqueting Hall of Tamworth Castle. 
The Annual Meeting will be held at Three o’clock p.m., in the 
Banqueting Hall, the President of the Union, Egbert de Hamel, Esq., 
in the chair. 
The Meeting will be opened with an address from the President, 
after which the reports of the Council and the Treasurer will be received. 
The Darwin Gold Medal for 1882, awarded last year for Zoology, 
will be presented to Professor A. M. Marshall, M.A., M.D., D.Sc., and 
W. P. Marshall, M.I.C.E., for their paper on the Peunatulida. 
Invitations from Societies in the Union for the Annual Meeting in 
1884 will be considered, work for the coming year discussed, and 
general business transacted. At the conclusion of the meeting 
members will be (by the kind permission of the resident, Thomas Cooke, 
Esq.) conducted over the Castle, after which an inspection will be 
made of the ancient fortifications, the Church, the Moat House, and 
other points of interest in the town. Those Members who prefer 
Botany to Archaeology will have the option of an excursion in boats 
on the River Anker. 
The Conversazione will be held in the Town Hall on Tuesday, 
June 12th, from 7.30 to 10.30 in the Evening, when there will be an 
Exhibition of objects of general scientific interest, including a 
microscopical display exhibiting life from its lowest to its highest 
forms, together with collections representing the various branches of 
Natural History, Archaeology, etc. 
During the Evening there will be a series of short Lectures given 
in an adjoining room on Living Objects, Geology, and Astronomy, 
each subject being illustated with lantern slides. Moniimj Dress. 
Admission, including refreshments, 2/(5, by ticket to be obtained of the 
local Honorary Secretary. The holders of Conversazione Tickets will 
be entitled to attend the General Meeting of the Union, and the 
subsequent Archaeological Excursion in the Town, with the option of 
obtaining a ticket for either of the two Excursions on the following day. 
Reception Room.— The rooms of the Natural History, Geological, 
and Antiquarian Society in George Street will be open as a Reception 
Room for the members of the Union and visitors, and letters may be 
addressed there. 
Excursions. —On Tuesday, June 12th, a party will be formed for 
visitors not Members of the Council to visit some of the local manu¬ 
factories, starting at Twelve o’clock from the Society’s Rooms. At 
the conclusion of the General Meeting (4.30 p.m.) members and their 
friends will be shown the principal objects of interest in the Town, 
while those who prefer the River Excursion will assemble at the same 
time at the Club Boat House by Bolebridge. 
