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the judges had also given " honourable mention " to a very 

 good essay which had been written by His Honour J. S. 

 Uclal, who was about to bring out a paper on Dorset Folklore. 

 A general desire was expressed that Mr. Oliver's successful 

 essay should be printed. 



The HON. SECRETARY read his report for the year 1919-20, 

 which was as follows : 



As a result of the cessation of the war, the membership of the Club has 

 slightly increased during the past year; but there are still a number of 

 vacancies. The attendance at the winter meetings has improved, and the 

 summer meetings which were held last year were a very pleasant revival. 

 But the effects of the war are still with us; and it seems likely that some 

 years will have to elapse before the work of the Club will be in full swing 

 again. There has, however, been a distinct move forward during the past 

 year. 



The HON. TREASURER presented his account of the receipts 

 and expenditure of the Club during the past year. It will be 

 found on page xlv. 



The following was the report of the HON. EDITOR : 

 It will be noticed that both Vol. XL, which should be in your hands 

 during the course of the next few weeks, and Vol. XLI, which will, I hope, 

 be published before the close of the year, will bear the name of a new 

 printer. The early volumes of our Proceedings (Vols. I-VII) were printed 

 at Sherborne. Then, for upwards of 30 years, they were issued from the 

 Office of the Dorset County Chronicle. It is with much regret that, in 

 consequence of difficulties caused by the war, our connection with that 

 establishment has been severed. The forthcoming volumes will be printed 

 by Mr. F. G. Longman of Dorchester. Vol. XLI will contain summaries of 

 the Proceedings of the Club at the two summer meetings which we have 

 been able to hold this year, as well as of those at the two winter meetings 

 and at the annual business one. It will also contain the 16th annual 

 address of the President; papers on ' The Dorset Volunteers during the 

 Napoleonic Wars," by Mr. H. Symonds, F.S.A.; " Sandsfoot Castle, 

 Weymouth." by Mr. W. C. Norman; " Colour Sense in a Keyhole Wasp," 

 by the President; "Some Old Inns of Wimborne," by Dr. Le Fleming, 

 and " A glimpse of Weymouth and the War, 1802-3," by the Rev. Owen 

 Cockcraft.* There will, too, be the Returns of Rainfall in Dorset, and the 

 Phenological Notes for the year, 1919. The Volume should be slightly 

 thicker than the one which was issued last year; but our members will be 

 well aware that the great increase in the cost of paper and of printing will 



* By special request. Mr. Vere Oliver's Prize Essay is also included. 



