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Jeb. 8. — Advantages and Disadvantages cf the Metric and other 



Decimal Systems (discussion continued). 

 Feb. 15. — " Fundamental Concepts of Chemistry/' by Mr. Hubert 

 Painter, B.Sc, F.C.S. 

 Mar. 22. — " Chaucer's Account of Alchemy," do. 

 In the Zoological and Microscopical Sections. 



1913. 



*Oct. 17.— "The lalcons, Hawks, etc., on the British List/' by Dr. F. 

 G. Penrose, F.E.C.P., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. (Zoological.) 

 Nov. 6. — Contributions to a Theory of Beetle Colouration, by Hr. Jos. 



Neale, B.A. (Zoological.) 

 Mar. 20. — Exhibition of Slides. (Microscopical.) 



May 8. — Meeting for practical Microscopical Work. (Microscopical.) 

 June 12. — Microscopical examination of Living Material from Ponds 

 in the neighbourhood. (Microscopical and Zoological.) 

 Those marked * were illustrated by Lantern Slides. 



The General Excursions and their Conductors were : — 

 1919. 



May 24. — Eomsey Abbey Church, Rev. Hy. Shaen Solly, M.A. and Mr. 



E. A. de Paiva. 



June 25. — Milton Abbas, Eev. Walter Greswell (vicar in charge). 

 July 19. — Salisbury Cathedral and Museum, Mr. Geo. de Castro, 

 M.E.C.S. 



Aug. 16. — Old Wardour Castle and Shaftesbury, Eev. Hy. Shaen Solly, 

 M.A. and Dr. W. G. Boul, M.A. 



The Excursions in the various sections and their Conductors were : 

 1919. 



May 15.— Sandbanks, Dr. F. G. Penrose, F.E.C.P., F.Z.S., 

 M.B.O.U. and Eev. C. O. S. Hatton, B.A., F.L.S. (Zoological 

 and Botanical.) 



May 29.— Corfe Castle, Dr. F. G. Penrose, F.B.C.P., F.Z.S., 

 M.B.O.U. (Entomological.) 

 May 31. — Moyles Court and Somerley, Mr. Claude Lyon. (Geographi- 

 cal.) 



June 5. — Christchurch Meadows, by Mrs. Eothwell and Eev. C. O. S. 



Hatton, B.A., F.L.S. (Botanical.) 

 June 14. — Marlboro Deep in the New Forest, Eev. C. 0. S. Hatton, 



B.A., F.L.S. (Botanical.) 

 June 26. — Wareham, Mrs. Eothwell. (Botanical.) 

 June 28. — Hengistbury Head, Mr. W. G. Wallace. (Entomological.) 

 July 5.— Ehinefield and Mark Ash, Eev. C. O. S. Hatton, B.A., F.L.S. 



(Botanical.) 



July 12. — Boldre Church, Buckland Eings and Ampress Port, Lyming- 



ton, Eev. Hy. Shaen Solly, M.A., and Mr. Geo. Brownen, F.C.S. 



(Archaeological and Historical.) 

 July 17. — Hengistbury Head and Christchurch Harbour, Eev. C. O. S. 



Hatton, B.A., F.L.S. (Botanical.) 

 July 24.— Shell Bay and Studland Heath, Mr. W. Munn Eankin, 



M.Sc, B.Sc. (Botanical.) 

 Aug. 9.— Highcliffe Cliffs and Mudeford, Eev. C. O. S. Hatton, B.A., 



F. L.S. (Botanical.) 



Aug. 28.— Corfe Castle, Eev. C. O. S. Hatton, B.A., F.L.S. (Botanical.) 



At the last Annual Meeting held in the Society's Room on 

 October 26, 1918, Field Marshal Lord Grenfell of Kilvey, G.C.B., 

 G.C.M.G., LL.D., F.S.A., was unanimously elected President for 

 1918-19, and he gave his Presidential Address on December 21 on 



