a capital liarbetl aiTowliead from near Wool— was presented by the Eev. 

 J. Bond. Tlie Rev. G. W. Butler sent us a rude stone basin from 

 Broadmayne and Mr. J. Burden, of Blandford, another from an unspecified 

 Dorset locality. Both probably are corn-mortars. Next comes a group 

 of relics of apparently Roman date found in Mr. Paine's garden at 

 Wareham House, Fordington. They are partly given by him, partly 

 lent by Mr. Montagu Guest, and all found through the zeal of my 

 helper, Mr. H. Voss, in my absence from home. There are four beads, 

 two pairs of ear-rings of thin silver wire, and remains of a comb much like 

 one found by General Fitt-Rivers near Rushmore. But the most curious 

 thing is a little fragment of the base of a pot of some kind of ' Upchurch ' 

 ware. It has on it two eyelets which, close to the base, form a very 

 uncommon feature. Perhaps the vessel was a lamp and the eyelets were 

 to carry wires for suspension. A sediment in the vessel may be the remains 

 of oil. In the early part of the twelvemonth Mr. Pearce Edgcumbe 

 presented more than a hundred Roman coins, a bronze unguent spoon, 

 and other things found in his garden at Somerleigh Court. But he 

 has added to this gift several articles, from an 18th century foil to Roman 

 coins, just found in three graves close to Maumbury Rings. The most 

 noteworthy is an ' Upchurch ' cup of uncommon type. It is straight- 

 sided, about three inches each way, and has two handles. In its rare 

 shape and perfect preservation this little vessel is a most valuable 

 acquisition. This is as good a general selection as I can achieve, looking 

 through the twelvemonth's gains. Many interesting things are, however, 

 omitted, such as most extraordinary seed vessels oi Martynia prohoscidea, 

 given by Mr. Fetherstonhaugh Frampton. Still, I have registered 

 enough to show that in the Dorset Museum we are not standing still. Yet 

 I must repeat that the Museum seems to be too often overlooked when 

 antiquities are unearthed in the county. I need not go into a report of 

 the work done in the Museum. My task at the present moment is the 

 pressing one of spreading out the crowded collection of Dorset birds. 

 This has lately been made possible by the purchase of a new Avail case. 

 Museum work does not diminish. But this is said in no tone of complaint. 

 With the growth of work my interest in it grows too, not in an equal, 

 but in a much greater degree." 



Election of Officers.— The three officers of the Club were unani- 

 mously re-elected, Mr. Mansel Pleydell being proposed by Canon 

 Ravenhill and seconded by Mr. Phillips. The President, in acknowledging 

 his re-election, spoke of the progress made by the Club in the last few- 

 years and alluded to the fact that the " Proceedings " of the Club were 

 appreciated not only in the county, but in the scientific world. Dorset 



