ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. xlv. 



Armada, from the Invaders' first appearance 30 miles S.W. of the Li/.ard, 

 on the 19th July, 1588: their progress from the Land's End to Calais, and 

 ending with the last and most damaging defeat of the Spaniards on 29th 

 July, oft" Gravelines, and their flight into the North Sea. The 2nd portion 

 of the Volume contains the ten magnificent plates of The Tapestry 

 Hangings of the House of Lords, engraved by John Pine from designs by 

 Cornelius Vroom of Haarlem, who is regarded as the founder of the Dutch 

 school of marine painting. The weaver of the Tapestries, another Dutch- 

 man, Francis Spiring of Haarlem, was as celebrated for his tapestries as 

 was Vroom for his seascapes. For some years the tapestries hung in 

 Arundel House, Strand; but in the year 1616, the Earl of Nottingham 

 sold them to King James, and they were hung in the House of Lords, 

 where they remained until they perished in the great fire of 1834. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Mr. Nelson M. Richardson was by 

 acclamation re-elected President on the proposition of MR. 

 POPE, who spoke with appreciation of the admirable manner 

 in which for sixteen years he had sustained the interest and 

 membership of the club. 



The Rev. Herbert Pentin was re-elected Hon. Secretary on 

 the proposition of CAPTAIN ELWES, who said " A better they 

 could not find. His diligence, energy and perseverance are 

 beyond all praise." Mr. Pentin again nominated Mr. H. Pouncy 

 as Assistant Secretary for the 19th year. 



Captain J. E. Acland was re-elected Hon. Treasurer, and 

 Canon Fletcher was re-elected Hon. Editor. The following 

 were also re-elected : The Rev. F. L. Blathwayt, Editor of 

 the Phenological Reports ; The Rev. H. H. Tilney Basset, 

 Editor of the Rainfall Reports ; and Mr. C. J. Cornish Browne, 

 Director of the Dorset Photographic Survey. 



SUMMER MEETINGS. It was decided that three one-day 

 meetings should be held during the summer months, viz., 

 At Portland, to inspect Pennsylvania and Rufus Castle, &c., 

 and to ramble among the East Weares in search of botanical 

 specimens ; At Portesham, to visit the church and Admiral Sir 

 Thomas Masterman Hardy's residence with its relics, and to 

 examine the Helstone, sarsens, &c. ; And at Pomerstock, for the 

 church, the great prehistoric entrenched hill camp of Eggar- 

 don, &c. The Hon. Secretary was asked to fix convenient 

 dates and to make the necessary arrangements. 



