XJV. ANNUAL MEETING. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 

 Thursday, May Qth, 1912. 



Notwithstanding the strong counter-attraction presented 

 in the presence of the King and the manoauvres of his Fleet 

 at Weymouth, there was a good attendance of Members at 

 the Annual Business Meeting, held in the Reading Room of 

 the Dorset County Museum. The President presided, 

 supported by five Vice-Presidents. 



Six new Members were elected, and four nominations 

 announced (amongst the latter being the Bishop of Salisbury, 

 Dr. F. E. Ridgway). 



The PRESIDENT having read his Annual Address (p. 1), 

 a vote of thanks was proposed and seconded by Captain 

 ELWES and Canon USHERWOOD, and carried with acclamation. 



The HON. SECRETARY read his Report, (p. xxiii.) 



The HON. EDITOR having read his Report (p. xxiii.), Captain 

 ACLAND raised the question as to whether the Volume of 

 Proceedings should be brought out in future immediately 

 after the Annual Meeting, instead of at the beginning of the 

 following year, as heretofore. A strong feeling was shown 

 amongst the Members present in favour of the change. The 

 HON. SECRETARY mentioned that it would involve the 

 publication of an interim volume containing the Presidential 

 Address read that day and the seven or eight papers read at 

 the December and February meetings. For defraying the 

 extra cost of producing this Volume, to adjust matters, it 

 would be necessary to draw upon the reserve fund invested 

 in Consols. It was decided to put the matter on the agenda 

 for the first summer meeting, so that Members absent that 

 day might be duly notified. 



CLUB FINANCE. Canon MANSEL-PLEYDELL, as Hon. 

 Treasurer, presented his Annual Statement of Accounts, 

 (p. xxvii.) 



