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fott U}t ^ar mbmg. &r®i. 30flj, 1910, 



In presenting the Seventh Annual Report, the Committee feel 

 great pleasure in being able to record a further increase in the 

 membership and a continuance of the activity and prosperity 

 which have marked the footsteps of the Society since its commence- 

 ment in November, 1903. 



The membership has increased to 284. 



During the Winter Session, nine General Lectures were 

 delivered, and 35 Sectional Meetings held. The General Lectures 

 " were as follows : — 



1909. 



*Nov. 13th. — " The Palace of Pharaoh-Hophra, and other finds in Egypt 

 during the Season 1908-9," by G. A. Wainwright, Esq., of the British 

 School of Archaeology in Egypt (one of Professor Flinders Petrie's 

 assistants). 



*Nov. 20th.— Presidential Address by the newlv-elected President, Dr. A. 

 Smith- Woodward, ll.d., f.r.s., f.l.s., f.g.s., Curator of the Geological 

 Department of the British Museum, entitled : — " The Mammalian 

 Life of the Eocene Period." 



'Dec. nth. —" My Experiences of New Guinea and its Wild Savages," by 

 James E. Liddiard, Esq., f.r.g.s. 



1910. 



Jan. 15th. — " How to know the Wild Flowers " (illustrated by diagrams and 

 figures, and by fresh and dried specimens), by J. F. Rayner, Esq., 

 mem. brit. myc. soc, of Southampton. 



*Jan. 29th. -"The Growth of the English Language," by Samuel Wood, 

 Esq., f.c.a. 



*Feb. 12th. — "The Hardy Country, or the Witchery of Wessex," by Harry 

 Pouncy, Esq., Asst. Sec. of the Dorset Field Club. 



*Feb. 26th — " Temples and Life in South India," by C. Lyon, Esq. 



*March 12th. — " The Chemical Analysis of Solutions," illustrated by 

 numerous experiments shown by the lantern, by Hubert Painter, 

 Esq., b. sc., f.c.s. 



* April 9th — "The Blossoming of the Trees," by Miss Ida M. Roper, f.l.s., 

 of Bristol. 



* Lantern Lectures. 



Details of the Sectional Meetings are given under the heads of 

 the respective sections. 



During the summer, eight General Excursions and fifteen 

 Sectional Excursions took place. The lamented death of King 

 Edward VII and the Bournemouth Centenary Fetes disturbed the 

 course of the earlier Summer Excursions and lessened their 

 number. The General Excursions were as follows : — 



May 25th. — Special visit to the British Museum, by the kind invitation of 

 the President. 



