XXXIV. 



WINTER SESSION. 



THE SECOND MEETING of the Winter Session was held at the 

 Dorset County Museum on Thursday, February 2oth, 1908, at 

 12.30. The President was in the chair, and about sixty members 

 were present. 



THE MEMBERSHIP. For the first time in the history of the 

 Club there were more candidates for membership than there 

 were vacant places. The membership of the Club is limited to 

 400, and the number of members on the roll on the day of 

 meeting was 393. For the seven vacancies there were fifteen 

 candidates, and seven were selected by voting (by paper). Six 

 new candidates were also nominated. 



OLD PLUSH CHURCH. The PRESIDENT announced the 

 receipt of a letter from Canon Ravenhill, formerly of Buckland 

 Newton and Plush, expressing regret at not being able to attend 

 the meeting, and calling attention to a water-colour drawing of 

 old Plush Church by the late Mrs. T. Colfox, of Bridport, and 

 now in the County Museum Reading Room. The church was 

 pulled down in the forties. 



THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF DORSET. Captain ACLAND 

 rose to speak of the present position of the Photographic Survey 

 of Dorset. The survey was originated many years ago by the 

 late Rev. Thos. Perkins, Rector of- Turn worth, and was carried on 

 most efficiently by the Rev. W. Miles Barnes, by whom, he 

 believed, all the practical work was done. The ten volumes of 

 photographs in the Reading Room of the County Museum 

 showed how well the work had been done. They all regretted 

 very much the loss of Mr. Perkins, and Mr. Barnes told him that 

 his eyesight was not good enough now to admit of his carrying 

 on the work. But were they going to let so good a work drop or 

 slacken ? His predecessor in the curatorship of the Museum, 

 Mr. Henry Moule, spoke highly of it, and said that it was a most 

 valuable work, or rather invaluable ; and he hoped that it would 



