XXXvi. THE SECOND WINTER MEETING. 



as Curator of the County Museum, mentioned how greatly he 

 was indebted to Mr. Symonds for his valuable help in the re- 

 arrangement of the coins. 



THE STATUS OF PEASANTRY IN PORTLAND. The HON. SEC. 

 read a paper written by Mrs. King Warry, who unfortunately 

 could not be present, on " The Status of Peasantry in Portland." 

 (p. 73.) Mr. F. J. BARNES, of Portland, said that time out of 

 mind women in Portland had been allowed to hold and deal with 

 property in their own right centuries before the Married 

 Women's Property Act came into force outside Portland. Such 

 property descended from father or mother to daughter ; and, 

 although a woman might have a husband living, her property 

 was held by her independently of him. She received her rents, 

 and subsequently demised her property. He was glad to find 

 that in later years England adopted the same principle which 

 had so long been in force in Portland. 





