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Section, indeed more records have been taken than in any previous 

 year. Many lantern slides have been produced, not only in con- 

 nection with the record work, but also for the illustration of 

 various lectures, both general and in practically every section. 

 The number of slides owned by the Society is now over 1,000, and 

 the Chairman has carried out the classification and arrangement 

 of these on a plan which should make them readily available for 

 future use. Only cne Photographic excursion was held during the 

 summer, this being to Heron Court, but the members were very 

 active at the various other outings, Bloxworth Manor, Woodsford 

 Castle and Lulworth Castle being dealt with in a very comprehen- 

 sive way. Some independent work was done by the Chairman and 

 the Secretary, by the former at Corfe and Swanage and by the 

 latter on old fonts from the churches round about Bournemouth. 

 Some interesting old doors at Poole were sent in by Mr. Shervey, 

 and copies of old photographs taken in 1878, lent by Mr. Baker, 

 were reproduced bv the Chairman. 



R.Y.B. 



^hysicrd Ration. 



Chairman : Hubert Painter. B.Sc. F.C.S. 

 Secretary : E. W. Barlow, B.Sc. F.R.A.S. 



During the latter part of the session Mr. Barlow went into 

 training for a branch of His Majesty's service, and Mr. Henry Le 

 Jeune very kindly undertook the duties of Secretary. The marked 

 success of the excursion on July nth was due to the admirable 

 arrangements which he made. 



The many members who heard the notable lecture on " The 

 Study of Splashes " will have learned with regret of the death 

 of the lecturer, Professor Worthington. 



It is with pain that I have to record the death, in the service 

 of his country, of Captain Gerald Henry Sulivan, Royal Marines, 

 who was formerly a member of the Society and lectured at a joint 

 meeting of the Geographical and Physical Sections on January 

 20th, 1912. H.P. 



^hc late milftib (Dmet hooper, Jf.t,§. 



rpHE Paper printed below was prepared by the late W. Omer 

 Cooper with the intention of reading it before the Zoological 

 Section. The author's name was inscribed on the roll of Honour 

 before this intention could be carried out. The Counc'l has 

 resolved that the paper, and the prefixed " appreciation," should 

 appear in the Society's Proceedings as a tribute to the memory 

 of a member who found time, in his short life, to do real service 

 to the Societv and to zoological science. 



HON. ED. 



