JVI. ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. 



Linwood, where he uncovered five Roman Pottery Kilns so successfully 

 that he has been able to prepare accurate sections and plans of the 

 component parts of the original kilns. Mr. Sumner has also presented to 

 the Library a copy of his Ancient Earthworks of Cranbornc Chase, one of 

 the 1913 edition which was limited to 200 copies. 



Another acquisition of the Roman period is of much interest. In digging- 

 trie foundations of the Stables of Somerleigh Court, Dorchester, more than 

 20 years ago. five spoons of the usual Roman '' curved-neck " pattern were 

 found, and close by a number of the common 3rd Brass Roman Coins. 

 These have all been given us by Mr. T. Lynes. One of the spoons bears 

 an inscription " AVGVSTINE VIVAS," another spoon shews on the bowl 

 the outline of a fish. This may suggest an original Christian ownership, 

 rendered the more possible by the date of the coins, viz.: 360420. A.D. 

 They are at present in London to be exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries' 

 meeting on the 12th inst. 



Through the kindness of Lt.-Col. C. Troyte Bullock, of Benville Manor, 

 a new Roman site has been brought to notice by the discovery of Roman 

 red roof tiles, at Norwood Farm, % mile N.E. of Corscombe Court. If a 

 systematic investigation could be carried out, no doubt other Roman relics 

 would be found there. 



Brief mention only need be made of the fine model of the Melbury 

 Bubb font, as it was exhibited and described by the donor, Mr. W. de C. 

 Prideaux, at a recent meeting of the Club. It is of course of exceptional, 

 even of unique, interest, and is referred to in Fonts and Font Covers, by F. 

 Bond ; in Christian Symbolism, by Romilly Allen ; and in Proceedings of 

 the Society of Antiquaries, Vol. XXVI. 



In addition to these Dorset Antiquities, and a few modern exhibits, there 

 is only one Natural History specimen to be noted : A Molar f Elephas 

 Primigenius has been presented by Mr. J. C. Tozer, of Didlington, near 

 Wimborne, found at Brookside Cottage, Witchampton, 18 inches below 

 the surface of the ground, where there once ran the River Allen. 



MR. VERE OLIVER alluded to a Roman spoon which had 

 been dug up at Rodwell a few weeks previously \vith a pointed 

 bowl and spatula. He also exhibited a silver denarius of the 

 Emperor Trajan, issued between 103 and 111 A.D., which had 

 been dug up in the garden at Monksdene by Mr. Geoffrey 

 Symes. He added that they were shortly about to start a 

 local museum at Weymouth. They did not want the collection 

 in the County Museum; but the Weymouth Corporation con- 

 sidered that there were so many local relics at Weymouth 

 which the owners would give or loan to a local museum, that 

 they thought it most desirable to establish one. 



