TtiE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. xlv. 



The summer meetings last year were particularly well attended, especially 

 those in Dorset, and the meeting in Wiltshire was carried out without financial 

 loss. My statement of accounts shows a slightly decreased balance in hand ; but 

 it will be noticed that this year for the first time I have been able to pay out of 

 the Hon. Secretary's fund all the printing, as well as the other expenses in con- 

 nection with the summer meetings, and to increase (with the Executive's 

 approval) the honorarium to the Assistant Secretary. 



THE HON. EDITOR'S REPORT. Mr. PENTIN also read his 

 annual report as Hon. Editor as follows : 



The following are to be the first six items in the new volume : " The Parish 

 and Church of Piddletrenthide," by the Rev. C. W. H. Dicker ; " The Pepys of 

 South Dorset," by Mr. W. Bowles Barrett; "Dorset Coins," by Mr. Henry 

 Symonds; Mr. E. A. Fry will contribute the concluding portion of his list of 

 " Dorset Chantries ;" a portion of " The Chartulary of Cerne Abbey " will appear 

 in Latin and English (the translation has kindly been undertaken by Mr. B. 

 Fossett Lock) ; and Dr. Vaughan Cornish's paper on " Surface Waves produced 

 by Sledges " will be printed. 



In addition, Mr. Sidney Heath hopes to conclude his " Cross-legged Effigies ;" 

 and the Rev. 0. Pickard Cambridge will contribute another chapter on " British 

 Spiders," and Mr. W. de C. Prideaux on " Dorset Brasses." Papers by Mr. 

 W. H. Hudleston on the " Bovington Boring;" the Rev. R. Grosvenor 

 Bartelot on " Bridport Wills ;" the Rev. W. Miles Barnes 011 " The Rolls of the 

 Court Leet and Court Baron of Frampton; " and Mr. Alfred Pope on " Queen 

 Eleanor Crosses" will be printed as far as space permits. There will also be 

 some shorter papers, and the official account of the Club's Meetings, the Rainfall 

 Returns, and the report on First Appearances of Birds, Insects, &c., will, of 

 course, appear as usual. 



Thus the new volume promises to be of equal size with its immediate prede- 

 cessors, and to be no less interesting in the variety of its contents. 



THE CLUB'S FINANCE. The Hon. Treasurer, who was unable 

 to be present on account of the death of his brother, deferred 

 his report till the next meeting. (It will be found printed in 

 this volume.) 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The President, Vice-Presidents, 

 Hon. Secretary and Editor, and Hon. Treasurer were re-elected, 

 and the Hon. Secretary re-nominated Mr. H. Pouncy as Asssis- 

 tant Secietary. 



Mr. Alfred Pope was appointed delegate of the Club to attend 

 the meeting of the British Association at Leicester. 



