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GENERAL BUSINESS. 



LONG BARROW ON RAWSTON DOWN. A discussion took place as to 

 the best method of proceeding with regard to this barrow, which was 

 partly excavated before the Blandford Meeting in August last. The 

 two plans proposed were (1) that the excavation of the trench made by 

 Mr. Cunnnington shall be continued at .1 cost of about 2 10s. ; (2) that the 

 barrow should be left in its present condition until someone should be 

 found who would undertake the investigation in the manner proposed by 

 General Pitt-Rivers, by which the whole barrow would be removed and 

 the exact position of every potsherd and bone noted. This would, 

 however, be expensive, and cost at least 100. It was eventually decided 

 to leave the matter to General Pitt-Rivers, who undertook to deal with 

 it, and the trench dug by Mr. Cunnington in August was filled in until 

 operations could be recommenced. 



ARRANGEMENT OF SUMMER MEETINGS. It was resolved, on the 

 proposition of Rev. H. S. Solly, seconded by Mr. J. H. Phillips, that the 

 sites and dates of the summer meetings should in future be arranged by 

 the officers of the club, instead of being decided on by the vote of those 

 present at the annual meeting as hitherto. 



THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING SOCIETIES were received 

 by the Club and presented to the Museum : Reading Literary and 

 Scientific Society, Bristol Naturalists' Society, Manchester Micro- 

 scopical Society, Geological Institution of the University of Upsala, 

 Sweden. 



PAPERS. The President's Address intended for last May was first 

 read by him (see under account of Annual Meeting), and acknowledged 

 by a vote of thanks proposed by Rev. Sir Talbot Baker and seconded by 

 the Hon. Secretary. Five papers were read, of which the first four will 

 be found at length in the present volume. 



(1.) " A list of the Fishes of Dorset with a short account of their 

 Means of Capture," by F. J. Beckford, Esq. 'This was illustrated by a 

 series of nets and models, of which latter Mr. Beckford kindly presented 

 some to the Museum. 



(2.) " The Origin of the Vale of Marshwood and the Greensand Hills 

 of West Dorset, by A. Jukes Browne, Esq., F.G.S. This paper was read 

 by the Hon. Secretary. It had been prepared in anticipation of the visit 

 of the Club to Pilsdon last September, which was postponed. The 

 Pilsdon Meeting was held, and the paper again read on the top of Pilsdon 

 Pen on June 8th, 1897. 



(3.) " The Arms of Dorchester and Dorset," by Sir R. P. Edgcumbe. 

 This was illustrated by specimens of the various designs of the arms in 



