OFFICERS' REPORTS. xxiii. 



REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND OF SECTIONAL 

 COMMITTEES. 



THE HON. SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



During the past twelve months the membership of the club has again 

 fluctuated between 390 and 400 members. The rule limiting the mem- 

 bership of the club to 400 members, about which there was so much 

 divided opinion at the time, seems to be proving itself a work of super- 

 erogation, as the deaths and resignations continue to balance automati- 

 cally the influx of new members. The summer meetings were normally 

 attended. The attendance was less than in the previous year, but 

 larger than in the year still earlier. For some years the attendance at 

 the two days' meetings has been disappointingly small. It has perhaps 

 been a fault that these meetings have been held in too well-known places, 

 with which many members have already been familiar. Whether a 

 two days' meeting shall be held this year or not should be considered 

 carefully. The attendance at the winter meetings continues to increase 

 slightly, but it ought to be much larger than it is. These meetings are 

 of great educative value ; and members wishing to enlarge their know- 

 ledge of the natural sciences and archaeology find them a great help. 

 There is a balance in hand of 7 4s. on my statement of accounts, so the 

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

 summer meetings will be continued this year. The accounts have been 

 duly audited, and the vouchers pertaining thereto lie on the table. 



THE HON. EDITOR'S REPORT. 



In our forthcoming volume we hope to include the following papers, 

 contributed during the winter session : 



A continuation of the Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge's " Arnachnids." 



A further contribution on Ancient Memorial Brasses, by Mr. W. de C. 

 Prideaux. 



" Contributions to the Flora of Portland," by Mr. W. Bowles Barrett. 

 " Bridport Harbour through seven centuries," by Mr. H. Symonds. 

 " Piddletrenthide Valley Entrenchments," by Mr. H. S. Toms. 

 " The Mystery of Corfe," by Mr. Neilson Clift. 

 " Some Dew-Ponds in Dorset," by Mr. Alfred Pope. 

 " Notes on Stukeley's description of Maumbury Rings," by Captain 

 Acland. 



