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June 4th. — Lulworth Cove (in conjunction with the Bournemouth Students' 

 Association), conducted by the Rev. E. C. Spicer, m.a., f.g.s. 



June 15th. — Shepton Mallet, conducted by Dr. Ord and Mr. W. F. Barnes. 



June 29th. — A tour through the New Forest, conducted by G. Brownen, 

 Esq., f.c.s. 



July 27th. — Winchester, conducted by N. C. H. Nisbett, Esq., a.r.i.b.a. 



Aug. 17th. — Milton Abbas, conducted by the Rev. Herbert Pentin, m.a., f.s.a. 



Sept. 7th. — Garden Party at " The Elms," Parkstone, by kind invitation of 

 Dr. and Mrs. Crallan. 



Sept. 14th. — East Lulworth, Arish Mell, Flowers Barrow and Wareham, 

 conducted by Dr. Ord. 



The past year has been a very eventful one. For the first time 

 a president was sought for outside the body of the members of the 

 Society. The Committee consider that a great honour has been 

 conferred upon the Society by the acceptance of the presidency 

 by Dr. A. Smith Woodward, ll.d., f.r.s., f.l.s., f.g.s., the Keeper 

 of the Geological Department of the British Museum. They feel 

 that this event has been very advantageous to the Society, that it 

 has stimulated further activity, and that the Society has thereby 

 gained in prestige. 



Another event of importance has been the issuing of the 1st 

 volume of " Proceedings " of the Society. This volume, which 

 contains many original papers, has done much to improve the 

 general status of the Society, and in view of this publication, the 

 British Association has raised the Society from Association to 

 Affiliation. 



The financial position of the Society is very satisfactory (see 

 the Hon. Treasurer's Statement and Balance Sheet), and the best 

 thanks of the Society are due to the Hon. Treasurer (Mr. G. 

 Brumell) for the able way in which financial matters have been 

 dealt with during the past year. 



Owing to very liberal gifts, and under the excellent direction of 

 the Hon. Librarian (Mr. A. Scott), the Library has made great 

 progress, and very satisfactory arrangements have been made for 

 the loan of books. (The details will appear under the Hon. Librar- 

 ian's Report.) 



Among the more valuable presentations to the Society (other 

 than books, which are mentioned in the Hon. Librarian's Report) 

 may be mentioned a beautiful series of ecdyses of the harbour 

 crab by H. J. Waddington, Esq., f.l.s ; a large tropical star-fish 

 and fine and unique specimen of coral by Dr. Crallan ; several fine 

 specimens of Argonauta Arga by Miss Sherring ; fossils from Mupe 

 Bay by R. V. Sherring, Esq., f.l.s. ; a number of Eocene leaf 

 remains from the Bournemouth Cliffs by Dr. Ord and H. Le Jeune, 

 Esq.; a valuable collection of 160 rare plants by the Rev. E. F. 

 Linton, m.a., and many others by R. V. Sherring, Esq., f.l.s. ; and 

 the skulls of a number of British mammals presented by T. B. 

 Goodall, Esq., f.l.s., which he used to illustrate his paper on 

 dentition. In view of the extensive additions to the Botanical 

 Collection, it was decided to purchase a second botanical cabinet. 



