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DURING THE SEASON 18912. 

 ( With plate of inscribed stones in St. Mary's Church, Wareham. ) 



By M. G. STUART, M.A., F.G.S. 



The work of the Club during the season of 1891-2 has comprised the 

 annual business meeting at Dorchester on Wednesday, May 27th; a 

 meeting at Wareham on Thursday, June 18th ; a two days' meeting at 

 Lyme Regis on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 21st and 22nd ; a meeting 

 at Lulworth on Wednesday, August 19th ; one at the County Museum, 

 Dorchester, on Wednesday, December 9th ; and another at the same 

 place on Wednesday, February 10th. 



Volume XII. of the " Proceedings" was issued in December, 1891. 



THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING AT DORCHESTER on May 27th, 

 1891, was attended by some 2530 members. The news that the 

 President was seriously ill at Grenoble was received with general regret. 

 The Treasurer, the Rev. O. P. Cambridge, was also indisposed and unable 

 to be present. The chair was occupied by the Rev. Sir Talbot Baker. 



THE TREASURER'S REPORT FOR 1890-91. This, in the absence of 

 the Rev. O. P. Cambridge, was read by the Secretary. Mr. Cambridge 

 said he considered the financial position of the Club continued to be 

 satisfactory, although the Volume of " Proceedings," XL, that had been 

 published during the year was the largest and most costly of the series. 

 Still he hoped that their income would be sufficient to meet the expendi- 

 ture of the year, and to enable them to publish another Volume of 

 average size. The report subsequently referred to the large amount of 

 subscriptions in arrear, not less than 28 being due from 13 members- 

 The sale of the publications of the Club during the past twelve months 

 was alluded to with satisfaction ; 21 2s. having been derived from this 

 source. This valuable asset, the Treasurer said, he feared would not 



