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DURING THE SEASON 1895-96 



By NELSON M. RICHARDSON, B.A., F.E.S. 



THE work of the Club during the season 1895-6 has comprised the 

 Annual Business Meeting at the County Museum, Dorchester, on 

 Tuesday, May 14th, 1895 ; a Meeting at Beaulieu, on Monday, June 10th ; 

 one at Melbury, on Thursday, August 22nd ; one at Gaunt's House and 

 the neighbourhood of Wimborne, on Tuesday, September 10th ; also two 

 Indoor Meetings at the County Museum, Dorchester, on Friday, December 

 13th, 1895, and Tuesday, February llth, 1896. 



Volume XVI. of the "Proceedings" was issued in the winter. It 

 contained a general index to the contents of the first 16 volumes. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING, held at the Museum on May 14th, 1895, was 

 attended by about 35 members, the President being in the chair. 



NEW MEMBERS. Five were elected. 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. The President delivered an address which 

 will be found at page liii. of Vol. XVI. After referring to the death of 

 Dr. T. W. Wake Smart and Mr. John Whittaker Hulke, F.R.S., he 

 finished the review of Ancient Plant-life, commenced in a former address, 

 and referred to various matters of interest in the county of Dorset and in 

 general scientific matters. Sir Talbot Baker, having expressed the thanks 

 of the Club, the 



FINANCIAL REPORT was read by the Hon. Treasurer, Rev. 0. P. 

 Cambridge, as follows : 



" This is about the 20th anniversary of the formation of the Club, the 

 date of which was March, 1875. The first list of members, which was 

 not printed till two years after the inauguration of the Club, contained 

 109 names, Of these original members there are 35 remaining, or 3(J 



