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(Eouncils fkport for 1916. 



IN presenting the Thirteenth Annual Report, the Council has 

 the pleasure to record another year of activity and usefulness, 

 and, although there were several resignations at the end of the 

 year, the Membership has nearly recovered, the numbers on 30th 

 September being 406, compared with 408 at the corresponding 

 date last year. 



During the year General and other Meetings were held as 

 follows, viz. : — 



Annual Meeting. 

 Presidential Address. 

 7 General Lectures. 

 32 Sectional Lectures. 

 3 General Excursions. 

 15 Sectional Excursions, 

 making a total of 59 Meetings and Excursions, and in addition to 

 these, a visit was paid to the Rose Gardens at Michelgrove House 

 on July 7th by the kind invitation of Mr. Walter Child Clark. 



The General Lectures were : — 



*Nov. 13. — Presidential Address, " Hardy British Trees," by Sir 



Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G., etc. 

 *Nov. 27.— " Soil and Plant Food," by Dr. E. J. Russell, D.Sc. 

 *Dec. 11.—" Spiders at Home," by Mr. E. J. E. Creese, F.Z.S., 



F.R.M.S. 



1916. 



*Jan. 29.—" The Austrian Tyrol," by Rev. W. H. Windle Cooper, 

 M.A., F.R.G.S. 



*Feb. 12.— "A Walk Around Thebes," by Mr. Claude Lyon. 



*Mar. 11. — " Some Geographical, Historical, and other Particulars of 



the South Pacific Island Kingdom of Tonga," by Mr. Jas. E. 



Liddiard, F.R.G.S. 

 *Mar. 18. — " Eucalyptus and other Australian Plants Acclimatised in 



and around Bournemouth," by the President, Sir Daniel Morris, 



K.C.M.G., etc. 



*April 29.— " The Uses of Carbon" (Carbon Series), by Mr. H. Painter, 

 B.Sc, F.C.S. 



* Illustrated by Lantern Slides. 



The General Excursions and their Conductors were : — 

 1916. 



May 31. — Bindon Abbey and Wool Manor House Rev. Hy. Shaen 

 Solly, M.A. 



June 22.— Wolfeton House via the Hardy County, Mr. W. Munn 



Rankin, M.Sc, B.Sc, and Mr. Harry Pouncv. 

 July 15.— Lulworth Castle. Rev. Hy. Shaen Solly, M.A. 



The Sectional Lectures were as follows, viz. : — 

 In the Archaeological and Historical Section. 



1915. 



*Nov. 23.—" The Catacombs of Rome," by Rev. Hy. Shaen Solly, M.A. 

 Dec. 14.—" The Ancient Earthworks on Cranborne Chase," by Mr. 

 Heywood Sumner, F.S.A. 



