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|U*>tee on tlje Sections ana 



HERE were fewer changes in the leadership of the Sections 



- 1 - during the year 191 5-16 than had to be recorded in Vol. VII. 



Dr. Penrose succeeded Mr. Goodall in the chairmanship of 

 the Zoological and Microscopical Section, and secured the services 

 of Mr. H. B. Wells, F.R.M.S., as Secretary, Mr. J. Omer Cooper, 

 who had previously held this position, being absent on war- 

 service. Dr. Penrose continues Chairman of the Entomological 

 Section and Miss M. C. Veale is Secretary. To the lamented 

 death of Mr. Wilfrid Omer Cooper, the former Entomological 

 Secretary, reference is made elsewhere. Mr. Claude Lyon has 

 been at the head of the Geographical Section since the resignation 

 of Mr. G. de Castro, Mr. W. J. Woodhouse continuing to act 

 as Secretary. The resignation of Mr. R. V. Sherring, F.L.S., 

 referred to by the Chairman of the Botanical Section, from the 

 position he had held so long took place at the end of, rather than 

 during, the period with which this A'olume deals. The regret 

 expressed by the Chairman will be shared by all who know any- 

 thing of the conspicuous services of Mr. Sherring to the Section 

 and the Society as a whole. 



During the past year the subject of Archaeology has been 

 well to the front in the work of the Society, and there has again 

 been much pleasant and fruitful co-operation with other Sections. 

 Most of the lectures dealt with our own locality, though my own 

 contribution took us as far afield as the Catacombs of Rome. Mr. 

 Heywood Sumner explained to us the substance of his book on 

 " The Ancient Earthworks of Cranborne Chase," and gave us 

 a framework into which much else may be fitted. The Rev. F. 

 A. Allen dealt carefully wiih a time when the tin mines of Cornwall 

 were the principal, if not the only, source of tin for all the bronze 

 of Europe. Mr. H. J. Ellis contributed to the Historical side of 

 our sectional activity by illustrating from the many sources at his. 

 command the origin of the Authorised Version of the English 

 Bible. Then we had a joint meeting with the Photographic 

 Section, and Mr. Banks showed us his delightful series of Christ- 

 church photographs. Xext we united with the Physical Section, 

 and Mr. Barlow gave us a lucid and elaborate account, founded 



HON. ED. 



^rchtro log teal stub historical §cction. 



Chairman : The Rev. H. Shaex Solly, M.A. 

 Secretary: H. J. Ellis. 



