OF THE 



porset ^lafuraC ^isforj? & Jlnfiquaricm 



DURING THE SEASON 1908-1909. 



WINTER SESSION. 



THE OPENING MEETING was held in the Reading Room of the 

 County Museum on Thursday, December loth. The President 

 (Mr. Nelson M. Richardson) occupied the chair, and fifty-five 

 Members were present. 



Two new Members were elected, and three further nominations 

 were received. 



EXHIBITS. 



By the Rev. R. GBOSVENOB BAETELOT : 



A conical- shaped piece of Kimmendge shale, once the chuck-end castaway of 

 a prehistoric lathe. It was, he said, dug up by his great-grandfather, who was 

 Lord of the Manor of Stoborough, in King Barrow, in that parish. Captain 

 ACLAND, as curator of the Museum, produced for the meeting's inspection some 

 of the little disc-like cores of Kimmeridge shale, each having a little square 

 mortice-like hole on one side, into which the chuck of the lathe was no doubt 

 inserted. Mr. BAETELOT said he believed that the collection of Kimmeridge coal 

 money in the Dorset County Museum was the best in the world, and he should 

 have pleasure in adding this specimen to the collection. Captain ACLAXD 

 thanked Mr. Bartelot warmly. 



