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become an industrial product, as tubes have been made 

 in this manner of considerable size. The iron is very pure 

 and fit for use after annealing, though hard and brittle when 

 first deposited. I have alluded to certain manufactured 

 articles which have hitherto been imported, but which 

 attempts are now being made to produce in this country. 

 Our optical glass has been chiefly made elsewhere, but it would 

 seem that we are likely to be successful in its manufacture in 

 England. The President's address to the Engineering 

 Section of the British Association deals with stress distribution 

 in materials, but though full of valuable matter is too 

 technical for more than a passing mention here. It has 

 been found that the timber supporting the joof of 

 Westminster Hall is so unsound through decay that a system 

 of steel reinforcement is to be added to it, which it is con- 

 sidered will make all perfectly safe, but will take 6 years 

 to accomplish. As regards the Museums and Galleries in 

 London, it is satisfactory to know that the authorities are 

 taking steps to prevent, as far as possible, damage by bombs 

 dropped by aircraft, especially in the case of the more precious 

 articles in their care, though we must hope that no such 

 raid will now actually take place. 



ARCHEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY. 



At our last meeting in February, in connection with the 

 Report of the Earthworks Committee of the Congress of 

 Archaeological Societies, the Club expressed its appreciation 

 of the action of the late Sir Edward Hulse, the owner of 

 Bokerly Dyke, in stopping the injury which was being caused 

 by chalk digging. No other earthworks in Dorset were 

 alluded to in the Report as suffering damage. The 

 excavations made last summer in the Dewlish Elephant 

 Trench I have referred to under Geology, as the trench 

 appeared to be of natural and not human formation. A 

 claim for the existence of man in Miocene times has been 



