The HON. SEC. stated that he had received a communication from Mr. 

 W. Alvord, of 1140, The Rookery, Chicago, asking if the Dorset 

 Field Club could help him to trace some of his remote ancestors, who 

 appeared to have been connected with Dorchester and Ilminster. 

 Several suggestions were elicited, which were duly communicated to 

 Mr. Alvord by the Hon. Sec. and others. 



CHARMINSTER CHANCEL ARCH. Rev. O. M. RIDLEY expressed his 

 gratitude to Sir T. Baker and the Club generally for the expression of their 

 opinion as to the desirability of retaining this fine Norman arch, which 

 had undoubtedly greatly influenced the decision to preserve it which had 

 been arrived at. Those who wished to remove the arch had given way, 

 and a large donation had been given towards the restoration in con- 

 sequence of its retention. 



PAPERS. Five were read, which will all be found in the present 

 volume. The first by the PRESIDENT " On the Footprints of a Dinosaur 

 (Iguanodon? ) from the Purbeck Beds of Swanage." 



The second by Mr. T. B. GROVES on " Water Analysis a Hundred 

 Years Ago." 



The third by the HON. SEC., " A List of Portland Lepidoptera," 

 of which he read the introductory portion. The HON. TREASURER 

 expressed his satisfaction at the fulness of the list, which contained a 

 very large number for so small an area as Portland. The Purbeck list 

 was considerably larger, about 1,100 species having been there recorded, 

 but the area was also much larger, and comprised many varieties of 

 surface. 



The fourth paper was by Mr. CLEMENT REID, F.G.S., on " An 

 Early Neolithic Kitchen-Midden and Tufaceous Deposit at Blashenwell, 

 near Corfe Castle." The PRESIDENT, in thanking Mr. Reid, lemarked 

 that among the many interesting features in connection with this paper 

 was the discovery in the deposit of Scrobicularia pipcrita, a bivalve 

 shell-fish restricted to muddy estuaiies in connection with the sea. No 

 trace of the common cockle has been found at Blashenwell, which 

 makes it unlikely that the Scrobicularia was brought from Poole 

 Harbour, where the cockle abounds as well. It is more probable that 

 the Neolithic settlers derived their supplies from Chapman's Pool, a 

 distance of about three miles. 



The last paper was by Mr. EDWARD A. FRY, of Birmingham, " On the 

 Inquisitiones Post Mortem for Dorset, from Henry III. to Richard III." 

 In Mr. Fry's absence, the introductory part was read by Mr. II. J. 

 MOULE, who mentioned that Mi 1 . Fry was one of th^ two brothers 

 who started to print the " Dorset Records," but had to give it up for 



