XXXViii. THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. 



Mainwaring, and Mr. W. de C. Prideaux. Mr. Pope was 

 re-nominated as the club's delegate to attend the meeting of 

 the Corresponding Societies at Portsmouth on the occasion 

 of the British Association Congress, and Messrs. E. A. Fry 

 and Nigel Bond were re-appointed as delegates to the Congress 

 of Archaeological Societies in union with the Society of 

 Antiquaries of London. 



THE " CECIL " MEDAL. 



The PRESIDENT expressed regret that, owing to lack of 

 competition, the " Mansel-Pleydell " silver medal and prize 

 had not been awarded this year. The " Cecil " medal and 

 prize had been awarded to Mr. F. Ullathorn Woolnough, of 

 Thorncombe, near Chard, for an essay on " The Detection 

 of Food Adulteration by Chemical Analysis, with special 

 details of not more than three common articles of diet." The 

 prize essay was laid on the table for inspection. As for the 

 competitions for the coming year, the Mansel-Pleydell medal 

 and prize for 1911-12 would be awarded for the best original 

 paper on " The Natural History of the Actual Contents of 

 any Pond or Small Group of Ponds in Dorset." The com- 

 petition would be open to all Members of the Dorset Field 

 Club, without regard to age, including all those elected in 

 1911, but not afterwards. The Cecil medal and prize would 

 be awarded for the best paper on " The Most Recent 

 Discoveries in Wireless Telegraphy and their Practical 

 Advantages in Commerce or War." 



THE SUMMER MEETINGS. 



Four Excursions were decided upon, including a two 

 days' meeting at Winchester. 



THE VOLUNTEERS OF DORSET. 



This formed the subject of an interesting paper written by 

 Colonel Sir William Watts, K.C.B., and, in his regrettable 

 absence, read by the HON. SECRETARY. (P. 70.) 



