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ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. 

 10th May, 1921. 



The Annual Business Meeting was held iu the Reading 

 Room of the County Museum, at Dorchester, on Tuesday, 

 10th May, 1921, at 12-30 p.m. The Chair was taken by the 

 President (Mr. Nelson M. Richardson), who was supported by 

 five Vice- Presidents the Rev. Herbert Pentin(Hon. Secretary), 

 Captain J. E. Acland, F.S.A. (Hon. Treasurer), Canon Fletcher 

 (Hon. Editor), Captain G. R. Elwes, and Mr. W. de C. Prideaux, 

 F.S.A., with the Assistant Secretary (Mr. H. Pouncy). In 

 spite of the difficulty of locomotion, owing to the coal strike, 

 between 30 and 40 members were present. As an instance 

 of the effect of the strike, the journey by train from Portland 

 to Dorchester, that morning, had occupied three hours. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. Eight persons, who had been 

 nominated as candidates for membership at the preceding 

 meeting were balloted for, and duly elected members of the 

 Club. The Hon. Secretary reported that eight further 

 nominations had been received. 



MEDALS AND PRIZES. It was reported that the Cecil Medal 

 and Prize of 10, for the best paper on " Uses of Electricity 

 in reconstruction after the war, and its practical generation," 

 had not been awarded this year. The subject for the Mansel- 

 PleydelJ Medal and Prize of 10 to be awarded in May, 1922, 

 was stated to be " The distribution of any one Order of Insects 

 in Dorset, with suggestions as to the limiting causes." 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The Officers of the Club were 

 unanimously re-elected, viz. : The President, Mr. Nelson M. 

 Richardson; the Hon. Secretary, Rev. Herbert Pentin; the 

 Hon. Treasurer, Captain J. E. Acland; the Hon. Editor, Canon 

 Fletcher; and Mr. H. Pouncy was re-appointed Assistant 

 Secretary. With slight changes, the sectional Committees for 



