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Jtmuxal JEetting, 1911. 



rpHE Annual Meeting for 191 1 was held in the Trinity Hall, 

 Lome Park, Bournemouth, on Saturday, October 28th, at 

 4.30 p.m. The chair was taken by Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G. 



The Chairman, in opening the meeting, said they had certainly 

 got through an immense amount of work during the year, and it 

 had b en the means of bringing a considerable increase in the 

 membership. The total net increase was 101 members, bringing 

 the total to 418. A question had been raised, he continued, 

 whether it was advisable to go on increasing the number of 

 members. This was a matter requiring careful consideration, but 

 he pointed out that the society was organised into seven sections, 

 which conveniently enabled the grouping of those interested in the 

 several various branches and prevented overcrowding. 



The minutes of the previous Annual Meeting having been read 

 and passed, the Council's Report and the Hon. Treasurer's State- 

 ment were read, and Dr. Moorhead, after making some eulogistic 

 remarks on the very instructive and interesting lectures during the 

 year, and on the sound work done by the Society, proposed that 

 the reports be adopted. This was seconded by Mr. W. H. Scott 

 and unanimously passed. 



The Council's Report showed that during the year 10 General 

 and 29 Sectional Lectures, 9 General and 22 Sectional Excursions, 

 and 2 Special General Meetings had been held ; at all of these the 

 attendance had been very good. It also referred to the special 

 effort made during the year to bring before the public *"he 

 desirability of establishing a Bournemouth Museum of Natural 

 Science maintained from public funds. It strongly hoped that the 

 Borough Authorities would at an early date see their way to 

 appoint a Committee to carry out the provisions of the Museum 

 Act, adopted so long ago as 1906, as it was believed it was essential 

 to the interests of the Borough and to the progress of intellectual 

 development and research. In conclusion, the Council thanked 

 the donors of botanical, geological and other specimens to their 

 collection, and those who had contributed to the success of the 

 lectures and excursions. 



Reports were read by the following Chairmen of Sections, 

 briefly narrating the year's work done by each Section: — Archaeo- 

 logical and Historical by Mr. G. Brownen ; Botanical by Mr. G. G. 

 Hamilton (for Miss Agnes Rooper) ; Geographical, Dr. G. de 

 Castro ; Geological by the Hon. Secretary (for Dr. W. T. Ord) ; 

 Photographical by Mr. E. W. Barlow ; Physical by Mr. H. 

 Painter; Zoological by Dr. G. E. J. Crallan ; Microscopical by Mr. 

 H. B. Wells; and the Hon. Librarian's Report by Mr. F. I. Cooke. 



