THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. xlix. 



ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. 

 Tuesday, 6th May, 1913. 



This meeting was held in the reading room of the Dorset 

 County Museum, the chair being taken by the President, 

 Mr. Nelson M. Richardson, at 12.30. Among those who 

 attended were the Rev. H. Pentin, Canon Mansel-Pleydell, 

 Captain Elwes, and Mr. Clement Reid, F.R.S. 



Seven new members were elected by ballot, and six nomin- 

 ations for membership were announced by the Hon. Secretary. 



Mr. W. de C. Prideaux exhibited a number of rubbings of 

 memorial brasses and described their points of interest, calling 

 particular attention to the brass of Dr. Nathaniel Highmore, 

 an anatomist of the 17th century. 



The President then delivered his ninth annual address, 

 which is printed in this volume. 



Mr. Clement Reid, in proposing a vote of thanks to the 

 President for his valuable address, remarked that Mr. Richard- 

 son had modestly omitted any reference to his own research 

 work, but they all knew how much he was doing for the 

 advancement of science. The proposal was seconded by 

 Canon Usherwood and carried with applause. 



Canon Mansel-Pleydell, the Hon. Treasurer, presented a 

 statement of the accounts for 1912, which showed that the 

 year ended with an increased credit balance. Captain Elwes, 

 in moving the adoption of the accounts, congratulated the 

 Treasurer on the satisfactory result, and the President 

 expressed his appreciation of the management of the Club's 

 finances. 



The Rev. Herbert Pentin reported, as Hon. Secretary, 

 that the number of members during the past year had 

 fluctuated between 390 and 400, the limit. Mr. Pentin also 

 referred to the successful meetings of the previous summer, 

 and produced an audited account of the expenses, showing 

 a balance in hand. 



