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Besides these sectional meetings and excursions there were also 

 others having great Antiquarian interest during the past year. 

 These may be scheduled as follows : — 



A general lecture to the Society by G. A. Wain- 

 15 Nov., 1909. wrightj Esq>> of the British School of Egyptian 



Archaeology, on the " Palace of Pharaoh Hophra." 



„ The Geological excursion to the Mendips led by 



11 ay, 191 o. j) r Ord, the sectional chairman, visited Nunney 

 Castle and Church. 



. . A general excursion to Winchester and St. Cross 



27 July, 1910. was conducted round Winchester Cathedral, Wol- 



vesley Castle and St. Cross by Mr. Nisbett, a.r.i.b.a., of Winchester, 



. A general excursion to Milton Abbas was con- 



17 Aug., 1 9 10. ducted tQ the Abbey and lurches by the Rev. H. 



Pentin, m.a., f.s.a. 



^ The general excursion to Lulworth and Flowers 



14 ep., 19 10. B arrow was interrupted by stormy weather. 



2g 5e A Geological excursion to Portisham was conducted 



2 ep., 1910. ^ Tj r pj. Colley March, f.s.a., and were shown 

 some interesting antiquarian relics in that neighbourhood. 



Bafattical &qztitm, 



Chairman : Miss C. Agnes Rooper. 



During the Winter months, 

 Herbarium. members under the leadership of the chairman, 



Miss C. Agnes Rooper, met every Tuesday morning 

 in the Society's Rooms for the purpose of arranging the Herbarium. 

 In this work they were greatly assisted by the kind aid of the late 

 Mr. A. Scott and Mr. R. Sherring, f.l.s. To the former the section 

 is specially indebted for the labour, time and care with which he 

 carried out a systematic method of procedure and of arrangement, 

 and to the latter for numerous and interesting additions to the 

 collection, particularly a complete collection of the Equisetoe 

 growing in the neighbourhood of Bournemouth. The Herbarium 

 has also been enriched with other presents from kind donors, viz : 



