XXI. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. It was resolved to print in Volume XIX. of the Proceed- 

 ings the reports of the Summer Meetings of 1898 and the papers read at them, so 

 that in future the Volumes might be brought more up to date. Thus the 

 volume issued in the winter would contain the work of the Club up to and 

 including the last Summer Meeting, which usually took place in September, 

 instead of, as hitherto, ending with that of the preceding May. 



The last number of the " Proceedings" of the Bristol Natural History Society 

 received in exchange, arid an Index to Archaeological papers of various Societies, 

 presented by the Society of Antiquaries, was laid on the table and presented by the 

 Club to the Museum Library. 



DORSET IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD. The 

 Eev. W. M. BARNES read the following circular : " A collection is being made 

 of photographs of places and objects of interest in the county. It will embrace 

 views of towns and villages, mansions, houses, churches, and antiques of all 

 kinds, and pictures illustrating the social and industrial life of the county, so as 

 to present a complete photographic record of Dorset at the close of the nineteenth 

 century. The photographs will be permanent (platinotype or carbon), mounted 

 on strong manilla boards, bound in convenient- sized volumes, and presented to the 

 Dorset County Museum. Some of the principal photographers in the county have 

 promised their aid. It is believed that the collection when complete will contain 

 not fewer than 3,000 photographs. The nucleus of the collection has been already 

 formed by the gift of 100 mounted pictures, which are now in the Dorset County 

 Museum. (These, the HON. SEC. informed the meeting, were entirely from Mr. 

 Barnes.) Permanent photographs of objects and places of interest in the county, 

 and donations towards the expenses (which will be large) will be very acceptable." 



DONATION TO THE MUSEUM. Eev. OWEN MANSEL stated that after the 

 winding up of the Corfe Castle Museum there was a balance in hand of 6, 

 which it had been decided to present to the Dorset County Museum, and he 

 wished to take this opportunity of handing over a cheque for that sum. The 

 gift was suitably acknowledged by the Hon. Secretary of the Museum, who 

 referred to the valuable collection of fossils already received from the Corfe 

 Castle Museum and incorporated with those formerly in the Dorset County 

 Museum. 



EXHIBITS. 



BY EEV. W. E. WAUGH : 



1. A specimen of Plagiostoma from the Lower Lias. Presented to the Museum. 



BY DR. H. COLLBY MARCH : 



2. Scratched flints from the neighbourhood of Portisham, believed by him to 

 indicate glacial action. In regard to them he spoke as follows : 



A few months ago I brought some polished stones from the Blagdon Hill in 

 order to show that there was some evidence, however slight, of a glacial condition 

 of things south of the Thames. That has been denied by the best authorities ; 

 but in a paper I read here I maintained that there was nothing in the condition 



