THE FIRST WINTER MEETING. xxix. 



" At the second meeting Mr. Rudler read Mr. Jerome Harrison's paper on 

 'County Photographic Surveys and Eecords.' He stated that the first was 

 commenced at Birmingham in 1889, and that he thought that there should be a 

 general application of the movement, each county having (a) its photographic 

 survey and (#) a local dep6t (e.g., free library or museum), where sets are 

 available, and (c) facilities for exchange. The Warwickshire collection now 

 consisted of 110 folio volumes, containing over 3,000 prints. He stated that 

 there was no lack of capable workers, there being, for example, about 18,000 

 professional photographers in the county and probably ten times the number of 

 amateurs ; but there was a lack of systematic research under the guidance of 

 local experts. The unit of work should be the locality, and surveys might be 

 divided into branches, e.g. , archaeological and geological. Sectional reports were 

 practically conspicuous by their absence." 



In regard to reduced railway rates for Field Club Members on 

 Club excursions, the Hon. Sec. was asked to apply to the 

 railway companies having lines in Dorset to grant the Members 

 of the Club the same concessions as are enjoyed by the Members 

 of the Hampshire Field Club. As to the question of a photo- 

 graphic survey of the county, the PRESIDENT testified to the 

 valuable work done by the Rev. W. Miles Barnes, and Captain 

 ACLAND assured the meeting that the work is still going on very 

 satisfactorily. Only yesterday he was offered some valuable 

 photographs of the Shaftesbury Abbey excavations by the 

 Rev. T. Perkins, of Turnworth. With regard to meteorological 

 records, the PRESIDENT remarked that Dorset was much to be 

 congratulated on being one of the best counties for meteor- 

 ological observation. It was due to the people of Dorset in 

 general, but also to Mr. Eaton, who had worked the matter up 

 so industriously. 



EXHIBITS, &c. 



AN ANCIENT DORSET FEAST IN LONDON. The PRESIDENT 

 exhibited a number of copies of The London Gazette of late in 

 the iyth century, containing several interesting local items. For 

 instance, he thought that it would be interesting to the Members 

 of the Society of Dorset Men in London to read the following 



