THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. XXXV11. 



THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Club was held on 

 Tuesday, May 4th, in the Reading Room at the County Museum. 

 The President took the chair at 12.30. Between forty and fifty 

 Members were present. 



THE MEMBERSHIP. Seven new Members were elected, and 

 three further candidates were 'nominated. 



THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS was then read, and was followed 

 by a short discussion on questions arising from the various 

 matters dealt with by the President. Captain ACLAND proposed a 

 vote of thanks to Mr. Richardson for his extremely able and 

 interesting Address ; the motion was seconded by Mr. ALFRED 

 POPE, and carried amidst general applause. 



THE HON. SECRETARY'S REPORT. The HON. SECRETARY 

 presented his Annual Report : 



The membership of the club has now again nearly reached its maximum 

 number 400 but there are a few vacancies for new members. The summer 

 meetings last year were well attended, but the reduction of the levy on the 

 admission cards from 2s. to Is. Cd. has reduced the balance in hand on the 

 Secretary's account from '20 os. to 9 4s. 7d. I think that for the coming year 

 we may continue the Is. 6d. per diem levy for " incidental expenses," which will 

 still further reduce the balance in hand, but at the members' benefit. The 

 accounts for the past year have been duly audited, and the vouchers retaining 

 thereto lie upon the table. 



THE HON. EDITOR'S REPORT was also read by Mr. PENTIN as 

 follows : 



The following are to be the first five papers in the new volume : " The 

 Roman Villa at Hemsworth," by the Eev. G. H. Engleheart ; the second portion 

 of a contribution on "Dorset Chantries," by Mr. E. A. Fry ; "Coins of the 

 British and Romano -British periods found in Dorset," by Mr. Henry Symonds ; 

 "The Status of Peasantry in Portland," by Mrs. King Warry ; and "Some 

 Ancient Customs of the Manors of Strattoii and Grimstone," by Mr. Alfred 

 Pope. The Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge has prepared another paper on "British 

 Arachnida," and the Rev. E. F. Linton on " Dorset Flora." Mr. B. Fossett 

 Lock has translated the Cartulary of Milton Abbey, which will be printed as a 



