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Rh Club de la Dordogne, has its headquarters at the Grand Hotel du Commerce et des Postes, 8 Place du Quatre-Septembre, Périgueux. Its officers are:—President, Le Comte F. de Fayolle; treasurer, M. Louis Didon; secretary, M. H. Soymier. There are fifty-eight members. Members of the A.C.G.B.I, touring in this district may store their cars at the V.C.P.A.C.D. garage without charge, and will be afforded every assistance by the officials.

.—The Automobile Club de Belgique was founded on May 7, 1896, and its headquarters are at 5 Place Royale, Brussels. The King of the Belgians is its 'Haut Protecteur,' and Prince Albert of Belgium its honorary president. The officers for 1902 are as follows:—President, Comte de Henricourt de Griinne; vice-presidents, MM. de Savoye and de Limburg-Stirum; treasurer, M. d'Aubreby; secretary, Comte de Villegas de Saint-Pierre. In various ways the Belgian club has been active during the past two years. It holds an annual race meeting at Spa, and also a 'Fête du Cinquintenaire,' while in 1901 a combined 'Tour de Belgique' was successfully undertaken. The Club also devotes its efforts to the improvement of the Belgian highways, the securing of a uniform code of police regulations concerning automobiles, and the removal of foreign customs restrictions. In March, 1902, the Club organised an automobile exhibition in Brussels.

.—The Nederlandsche Automobile Club was founded in 1898. As yet it has no quarters, but correspondence may be addressed to Herr Joannes D. Waller, the secretary, at Driebergen, near Utrecht. The other officers are:—President, Le Chevalier de Nahuys; treasurer, J. P. Backx. The annual subscription is 25 guilders (2l. 1s. 8d.) and the entrance fee ten guilders (16s. 8d.). There are 135 members. The Club has over eighty hotels under contract, and a similar number of benzine depôts, of which it publishes lists.