OF THE 



Dorset Jfatitral Distorj) anb Antiquarian 

 Jiclb inb, 



DURING THE SEASON 1896-7. 



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



The work of the Club during the season 1896-7 has comprised the 

 annual business meeting at the County Museum, Dorchester, on 

 Thursday, May 7th, 1896 ; a two days' meeting at Heading and 

 Silchester on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 23rd and 24th ; a meeting 

 in the neighbourhood of Blandford on Thursday, August 13th ; one at 

 Corfe Castle and Swanage on Wednesday, September 9th ; also two 

 indoor meetings at- the County Museum, Dorchester, on Friday, 

 November 20th, 1896, and Wednesday, February 17th, 1897. 



Volume XVII. of the " Proceedings " was issued during the winter. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING, held at the Museum on May 7th, 1896, was 

 attended by about 25 members, the Rev. (Sir Talbot H. B. Baker, Vice- 

 President, being in the chair. 



NEW MEMBERS. Eight were elected. 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. This \vas read at the meeting held November 

 20th, 1896, and will be found at Page Iv. of Vol. XVII. of the " Pro- 

 ceedings." After referring to the death of Sir Joseph Prestwich, F.H.S., 

 an lion, member of the Club, and to that (jf Colonel Mansel, of 

 Smedmore, he dealt with a variety of recent scientific discoveries and 

 investigations, including some points in the life-history of Lipoptcna 

 cervi, a rare fly parasitic on the roe-deer at Whatcombe, a new cycad 

 from Portland, some new facts and theories about Ichthyosaurus and 

 Plcsioscmrus, and other geological matters, the Rontgen rays, Nansen's 

 Polar expedition, and the Tel-el-Amarna excavations of Flinders Petrie. 



A short address was given by the Chairman, in which he alluded to the 

 regret felt by the Club at the absence of the President, the reason being 

 his absence from England, ill-health, and the great loss he had sustained 

 in the death of his twin-brother, the late Colonel Mansel. 



