xliv. THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



The Annual General Meeting of the Club was held on 

 Tuesday, May 12th, in the County INIuseum, Dorchester. The 

 President took the chair at 12.30, and about 50 Members were 

 present. 



The Membership. — There were fourteen candidates for 

 INIembership, eight of whom were elected. Three other candi- 

 dates were nominated. 



Mr. Thomas Hardy Elected an Honorary INIember. — 

 The President announced that the Council had decided to 

 elect as an Honorar}^ Member of the Club Mr. Thomas Hardy. 

 INIr. Hardy was known all over the world as one of the most 

 distinguished Dorset men living, and his election would, he was 

 sure, give general satisfaction to the Club. He might add that 

 ]\Ir. Hardy was proposed by himself and seconded by Lord 

 Eustace Cecil. 



Presidential Address.— The President then read his 

 Address, on the conclusion of which Captain Elwes asked to be 

 allowed in the name of the Club to express their thanks to the 

 President for his excellent and deeply interesting address. Mr. 

 Richardson had started a practice which he hoped that he might 

 long live to continue— that of making the Presidential Address a 

 sur\'ey of what had been done in the world of science during the 

 prior twelve months. Canon Ravenhill said that he should be 

 glad, as an original IMember of the Club, to second the vote of 

 thanks to Mr. Richardson for his admirable address. The vote 

 was carried with acclamation. 



The Transportation of Fish. — Arising out of the Presi- 

 dential Address INIr. F. J. Barnes mentioned the interesting 

 experiments in the transportation of fish which had been made 

 by the IMarine Biological Association. On the extensive sandy 

 shallows on the coast of Holland there had been for a consider- 

 able time what they considered to be an overcrowding of plaice — 

 the young plaice that came in from the North Sea in the winter 



