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Council's Mtpvxt 



far tfw geaxt imMng 30% 1911. 



The Council's Report for the last year is a very satisfactory one. 

 The following is a summary of the whole, trie details of which 

 mmn will be dealt with more fully by the Chairmen of Sections and 

 Officers' Reports. 



Since the last Annual General Meeting on the 29th October 

 last year, there nave been : — 



10 General Lectures, 



40 Sectional Lectures and indoor Meetings, 



6 General Excursions, 

 22 Sectional Excursions, 



making a total of 78 meetings altogether, as compared with the 

 total of 67 meetings in the previous year. The General Lectures 

 were as follows : — 

 1910. 



Nov. 12th. — " Corfe Castle and the Royal Isle of Purbeck," by Mr. Harry 

 Pouncy. 



Dec. 17th. — "An Address introductory to the Study of Geology," by 

 Dr. W. T. Ord. 



1911. 



Jan. 14th. — " Telescopes — their History and Construction," by Mr. E. W. 

 Barlow. 



Jan. 28th. — "Highways and Byeways in Belgium," by Mr. C. J. 

 Hankinson, j.p. 



Feb. 18th.— " Roses— their Growth and Culture," by Mr. J. B. Stevenson. 

 Feb. 25th — "Recent Discoveries in Tropical Diseases," by Dr. Sandwith, 



F. R.C.P. 



March nth — "My experiences and impressions of life amongst the Japanese," 

 by Dr. S McCalmont Hill. 



April 1st — "Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem," by Canon Cooke 

 Yarborough, Vicar of Christchurch. 



April 29th. — "Mediaeval Costume, as illustrated by the Monuments in 

 Wimborne Minster," by Miss Ida M. Roper, f.l.s. 



May 6th. —An Exhibition of Micro-Cinematography," by Mr Geo. G. 

 Hamilton. 



All were illustrated by Lantern Slides. 



The General Excursions were : — 



May 17th. — The Tarrant Valley, conducted by Mr. G. Galpin. 



June 14th. — The New Forest and Cuffnells, conducted by Sir Daniel Morris, 

 k.c.m.g., and Mr. Geo. Brownen. 



July 19th. — Salisbury and Old Sarum, conducted by Col. Hawley, f.s.a 

 Messrs. H. Hammond and H. B. Wells. 



Aug. 9th. — Portland, conducted by Mr. F. J. Barnes. 



Sept. 13th. — East Lul worth and Wareham, conducted by Dr. W. T. Ord. 



Oct. 4th. — Breamore and Downton, conducted by Mr. J. M. French. 



