HERTFORDSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 
AND FIELD CLUB. 
The objects of the Society are:—1. The investigation of tbe Meteorology, 
Geology, Botany, Zoology, and Pre-historic Archaeology of the County of Hertford. 
2. The publication of the results of such investigation made by its Members. 
3. The dissemination amongst its Members of information on Natural History 
and Microscopical Science. 4. The formation of a Library of works on Natural 
History, and of a Museum illustrative of the Geology, Botany, and Zoology of 
the County (the Yertebrata excepted). 5. The discouragement of the practice 
of removing rare plants from the localities of which they are characteristic, and 
of exterminating rare birds, fish, and other animals. 
The head-quarters of the Society are at the Watford Public Library, where 
Evening Meetings are held during the winter on the Third Tuesday in each 
month. Evening meetings are also held at St. Albans, Hertford, Ware, and 
other places; and during the summer months Field Meetings are held in 
various parts of the County. 1 
Members pay an Entrance Fee of 10s., and an Annual Subscription of 10s., 
for which they may compound by a payment of £5. Ladies are eligible for 
election. 
Donations to the Library, and letters relating thereto, should be addressed to the 
Librarian, Upfield Green, Liebenheim, Watford; and to the Museum, to the 
Curator, William Yerini, Sunnyside, Watford. Subscriptions, etc., are payable 
to the Treasurer, John Weall, Watford. 
All other communications relating to the Society should be addressed to 
F. G. Lloyd, Westleigh, Watford, or to C. E. Shelly, B.A., M.B., Fore Street, 
Hertford, the Honorary Secretaries. 
GEOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION. 
University College, Gower Street. 
(Founded in 1858, to facilitate the Study of Geology and its allied Sciences.) 
Meetings for the reading of papers are held on the first Friday in each month, 
from November to July. 
Excursions and Yisits to Museums take place from Easter until August— 
generally on Saturday afternoons—under the guidance of directors well acquainted 
with the places visited, and afford excellent opportunities for the practical study of 
Geology. 
The Proceedings are published quarterly, and contain full reports of the 
papers and the various excursions. 
Monthly Circulars are issued giving the details of the papers and excursions 
for the coming month. 
Special Publications are also brought out. A general account of the 
excursions of the Association is in course of preparation. 
The Library is open on the evenings of the monthly meetings for the exchange 
of books. 
Members (ladies or gentlemen) pay an admission fee of 10s., and an annual 
subscription of 10s. (the composition fee for the latter being £5 5s.) when they 
are entitled to receive by post the “ Proceedings” and “ Monthly Circulars.” 
B. B. WOODWARD, F.G.S., etc., Secretary. 
23, Batoum Gardens, W. 
