THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



Advantages and Defects, and Probable Future Development." 

 The competition will be. open to any person who is between the 

 ages of 1 8 and 30 on May 2nd, 1907 (that being the date of the 

 Annual Meeting of the Club), and who was either born in Dorset 

 or has on May 2nd, 1907, resided in the county for the previous 

 twelve months. A statement, giving particulars of qualification, 

 should accompany each paper sent in. 



Papers for both medals must be clearly written, and may be 

 illustrated by drawings or photographs, provided that these are 

 the personal work of the candidate. The committee will attach 

 great importance to original observation. Papers should be 

 sent by March ist, 1908, to the President of the Club. 



SECTIONAL COMMITTEES AND SECRETARIES. Mr. CHAS. S. 

 PRIDEAUX, in accordance with notice, moved : 



"That every year small committees be appointed to report to the Club any 

 interesting facts or discoveries relating to the various sections which they 

 represent ; and that the committee of each section elect one of their number as 

 a corresponding secretary." 



The plan, said Mr. PRIDEAUX, has been carried out for some 

 years by the Devon Field Club, and, judging by their reports, it 

 had been most successful. If the same plan was adopted by 

 the Dorset Club, then Members who made any interesting 

 discoveries and observations could communicate with the 

 Secretary of the section in question. The PRESIDENT observed 

 that it was an excellent idea. Mr. POPE said that a similar pro- 

 posal was made by the Honorary Secretary's predecessor, Dr. 

 Colley March, when he became Secretary of the Club, and it 

 was to a certain extent carried out. For instance, he himself 

 had the honour of being asked to undertake the topographical 

 section, and that led to his making the large collection of old 

 Dorset pictures which he exhibited to the Club some time ago. 

 The HON. SEC. said that Mr. Prideaux had supplied him with a 

 list of sectional committees appointed by the Devon Club, 

 namely, Climatological, Folklore, Dartmoor Exploration, Barrow 

 Exploration, Church Building, Camps, Photographic Survey, 



