On 17th July, 1951, the Society had the great pleasure of hearing a talk by Mr. F. W. Champion upon the relation, in tropical forests, between scientific forestry and wild life preservation. Mr. Champion during his twenty-five years as a forest officer in India, became famous for his knowledge of the jungle animals. He was a pioneer of wild life photography in India and his books The Jungle in Sunlight and Shadow and With Camera in Tiger Land will be well known to members of our Society. After leaving India in 1947 Mr. Champion took up a post in the forest service of Tanganyika Territory, where he is still serving.