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     Nature Slide Competition Rules 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     members may submit up to six slides taken on P.E.|. during I975. 
     
    

    
     2. Mark the lower left corner of each slide. IMPORTANT. 
     
    

    
     3. Do not put your name anywhere on the slide mount. 
     
    

    
     h. Submit slides in a sealed envelope bearing your name on the outside. 
     
     5. Bring slides to the December meeting. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Membership Renewals 
     
    
   
   
    
     It is time to renew your membership to the Natural History Society for l976. Please 
     
     bring your dues to the December meeting or contact Margaret Mallett, Treasurer, 
     
    

    
     at 53 Fitzroy Street, phone 89h-9595. Note that deSpite current inflationary 
     
     trends, membership dues have remained at two dollars! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thanks to our Newsletter Courier 
     
    
   
   
    
     One Society member deserves a big vote of thanks for her persistence in the face of 
     
     many adversities. The grape vine recently issued a press release that neither rain, 
     
     nor wind, nor snow, nor postal strikes deter Margaret Mallett from ensuring that 
     
    

    
     our newsletter is delivered. Keep up the good work, Margaret! Undelivered newsletters 
     
     may be picked up at the December meeting. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     NOTES FROM YOUR NEWSLETTER EDITOR 
     
     Junior Naturalists Corner 
     
    
   
   
    
     In this issue of the newsletter, we have a section written by junior naturalists 
     
     which will continue for as long as I continue to receive material. For this issue, 
     
     articles and poems were submitted by children from Marshfield School. I hope 
     
     teachers from other schools encourage children to write material for our newsletter. 
     
     If they don't, send your material directly to the newsletter editor. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Newsletter Editor Wanted 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The January issue of the newsletter will be the last one which I will be involved 
     
     in. I will be out-of-province for the following three to four months. The Society 
     
     is asking for a volunteer to take over this position for the spring of l976. 
     
    
   
   
    
     - Kathy Martin 
     
     N.H.S. Newsletter Editor 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ZPG AND IMMIGRATION 
     
    
   
   
    
     Zero Population Growth is petitioning the Government of Canada to reduce immigration. 
     
    
   
   
    
     FACTS. Canada has 22.7 million peeple. 
     
     Immigration has averaged lh0,000 per year since l9h5. 
     
     The 2l8,000 immigrants in I974 accounted for half of Canada's population 
     
     increase. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ZPG‘s VIEWPOINT. Every country has the right and the obligation to limit its popu- 
     
     lation level. 
     
     Canada's resources are limited. 
     
     The 7% of our land area which is potential farmland is being 
     
     continually reduced by the growth of cities and towns. 
     
     We cannot support a large population in our “open spaces“ or in 
     
     the environmentally fragile north. 
     
     Our population should be stabilized at 30 million. 
     
     IMMIGRATION must be reduced to make this possible. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ZPG has sent a letter to more than 300 conservation organizations in Canada. ZPG is 
     
     asking the federal government to impose a ceiling of 100,000 immigrants per year. 
     
     However, from the replies received so far, 73% of supporters of the petition have 
     
     preferred the option of less than 50,000 immigrants per year. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The petition was taken to the last Natural History meeting, but in the press of 
     
     otherbusiness it was not formally brought before the meeting. However, we do have 
     
     l0 signatures from members. Please give this matter some thought. At the December 
     
     meeting you will have the opportunity to record your option.