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want of subscriptions. They now proposed to print them in a smaller 

 way. 



NEW MEMBERS. Four were elected. 



The Meeting broke up at about 4.30 p.m. 



DORSET COUNTY MUSEUM ANNUAL MEETING. Held Wednesday, 

 January 29th, 1896. The intimate connection which has always existed 

 between the Museum and the Field Club has on this, the Jubilee 

 anniversary meeting of the Museum, been further cemented by the 

 election of Mr. Nelson M. Richardson, the Hon. Secretary of the Field 

 Club (elected May llth, 1892), to be Hon. Secretary of the Museum. 

 The resignation of Mr. Albert Bankes, who had held the post of Hon. 

 Secretary for more than eleven years, was viewed with great regret by 

 the subscribers, who fully appreciated the excellent work done by him. 

 The following resolution was passed : " That this meeting of 

 subscribers desire to place on record their deep sense of gratitude to 

 Mr. Albert Bankes for his valuable services to the Museum as Hon. 

 Secretary for over eleven years, and their regret at his resignation of that 

 office, and they direct that an entry of this resolution be made in the 

 minutes of their proceedings." 



THE SECOND WINTER MEETING was held on Tuesday, February llth, 

 1896, in the Reading-room of the County Museum, Dorchester, about 

 40 being present. The President took the chair at noon. 



DONATION IN AID OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL. It was proposed by 

 Rev. Sir TALBOT BAKER, and seconded by the PRESIDENT, that as an 

 Antiquarian Society deeply interested in the preservation of Salisbury 

 Cathedral they should, as a body, endeavour to contribute a sum 

 towards the fund now being raised. The Cathedral was the only one 

 which was built in a pure Early English style without admixture, and 

 it was most important that it should be preserved and restored in the 

 best way possible, for which a very large sum was needed. A small 

 committee was appointed, with Mr. H. J. Moule as Hon. Secretary, and 

 it was decided that the amount of each contribution should be limited to 

 5s., so as not to interfere with any private donations towards the same 

 object. The amount eventually raised and paid to the Dean of 

 Salisbury in the name of the Club was 30 guineas. 



MAUMBWRY RINGS. Mr. E. CUNNINGTON expressed his pleasure at the 

 way in which Maumbury Rings had been restored and was being taken 

 care of, there having been danger that this most interesting relic of 

 Roman times might be seriously damaged. 



