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members and friends for recording their observations on these phenomena, 

 to be returned to head-quarters, where they will be arranged and tabulated 

 meanwhile ; lest time should be lost, the Phonological Tables of the Royal 

 Meteorological Society for recording observations of this character have 

 been issued by way of experiment, and it is hoped that much interesting 

 information will result. 



The FIRST MEETING of the year was held, as usual, in the County 

 Museum at Dorchester on Friday, June 10th, and was attended by not 

 more than some 25 members and friends. The Treasurer, the Rev. 0. P. 

 Cambridge, presented the financial report. From the income of the 

 past year the previous year's debt of 11 12s. 6d. had been paid, and, in 

 addition, the cost of publishing Vol. vii. of the "Proceedings," the repairs 

 sanctioned for Preston Bridge, and the binding of the surplus copies of the 

 Spiders of Dorset had been defrayed. A balance of 24 3s. 3d. stood in 

 their favour, the only outstanding liability being one of 8. Thus the 

 Club possessed a sufficient prospective income for meeting the expenses of 

 Volume viii. of their " Proceedings " during the present year. The list of 

 members was equally satisfactory. The Club had 187 names standing on 

 their books as compared with 182 last year. During the year they had 

 lost by death or resignation 17 members, and had elected 22, shewing a 

 gain of five. The Treasurer's report was adopted. 



The President, Treasurer, and Secretary were duly proposed, seconded, 

 and elected for office during the ensuing year. Two Assistant Honorary 

 Secretaries, J. S. Udal, Esq., and Eustace Bankes, Esq., were also pro- 

 posed and elected for more effectually carrying out the arrangements in 

 the distant parts of the county. The programme for the year and the 

 sites for meetings during the summer months were then discussed and 

 determined upon. 



The subjects recommended for local investigation by the British Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science were next discussed. From these eight 

 had been selected and printed on the programme for the day as particularly 

 applicable to Dorsetshire These were 1. The Occurrence and Ravages of 

 Injurious Insects. 2. The Investigation of British Barrows and other 

 Prehistoric Remains. 3. Occurrence and Distribution of Erratic Blocks. 

 4. Appearance, Position, and Direction of Luminous Meteors. 5. Syste- 

 matic Observations of Local Tidals and Magnetic Phenomena. 6. Rate 

 of Erosion of Sea Coasts and the Influence of the Artificial Abstraction of 

 Shingle. 7. Circulation of Underground Waters in the Permeable For- 

 mations of England. 8. The Disappearance of Native Plants. The result 

 of this discussion has been the circulation of schedules throughout the 





