Ixxii. THE SECRETARY'S AND EDITOR'S REPORTS. 



THE HON. SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



During the past twelve months the membership of the Club has 

 again fluctuated between 390 and 400. The Summer Meetings were 

 exceptionally well attended ; the gross receipts from Members attending 

 the Meetings amounting to 96 10s. 6d., as against 54 5s. lid. in the 

 previous year. It is also satisfactory that the Meetings have been worked 

 with the reduced levy of Is. 6d. per diem for " incidental expenses," 

 instead of 2s. as for some years (and 2s. 6d., which is charged by many 

 similar clubs), and that the year ends with an increased credit balance 

 of 8 6s. 



In my last year's Report I stated that a wise application of Rule 22 

 relating to Sectional Committees would have the fullest sympathy of 

 the Executive of the Club. Since then an Earthworks Sectional 

 Committee has been appointed ; and to-day it is proposed to elect a 

 Numismatic Sectional Committee, whose chief work will be to keep a 

 record, as far as possible, of all coins found from time to time in the 

 County of Dorset. I hope that other Sectional Committees will be 

 proposed as time goes on. 



THE HON. EDITOR'S REPORT. 



Some apology is due for the delay in the appearance of this year's 

 volume of Proceedings, which was the result of several unavoidable 

 circumstances. 



With regard to our next Volume, we hope to include Mr. F. J. 

 Barnes' valuable paper on " Lobsters ; " also a further instalment of 

 Mr. W. de C. Prideaux's " Ancient Memorial Brasses of Dorset ; " papers 

 by the Rev. J. M. J. Fletcher on Wimborne ; by Mr. F. J. Pope upon 

 " The Discoverer of the Bermudas ; " by Mr. H. Symonds on the 

 Manor of Cranborne ; and by the Rev. S. E. V. Filleul on the old 

 Dorchester Gallows. 



We also hope to print the catalogue of the collection of Dorset Deeds, 

 generously presented to the Club by Mr. E. A. Fry upon the arrangement 

 of which a great deal of skilful labour has been expended by Mr. H. 

 Symonds. 



