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meetings were held at Pen Selwood, the residence of Miss Rooper, 

 with the result that officers were appointed and a set of rules 

 adopted, the title of the Society being given as the Bournemouth 

 and District Society of Natural Science. The chief officers were : 

 President, J. E. Beale, Esq., Mayor of Bournemouth; Vice- 

 Presidents — E. Hyla Greves, Esq., m.d., f.r.cp., W. Saville-Kent, 

 Esq., f.l.s., f.z.s., f.r.m.s., Rev. E. Linton, m.a. ; Chairman of 

 Committee, J. Roberts Thomson, Esq., m.d., f.r.cp. ; Hon. 

 Secretaries — Miss C. Agnes Rooper and Dr. J. R. L. Dixon, 

 m.r.c s., L.R.C.P. 



The Committee reported : " The revival of the Society has been 

 marked by phenomenal success. The membership became 112, and 

 during the session 17 lectures were given." 



In the second year the Committee recommended that the 

 evening meetings should be discontinued. 



The proceedings of the past five years are more or less fresh in 

 the memory of the bulk of the present members, and there is no 

 need to go into details. The general progress of the Society may 

 be gauged by the following table : — 





Number 



Funds 



Number 



Year 



of Members. 



in ha?id. 



of Meetings, 



1904 



112 



nil 



21 



i9°5 



140 



£3 



25 



1906 



204 





2 3 



1907 



220 



7 d.(!) 



37 



1908 



240 



£* 



5i 



1909 



267 



£20 



70 



It will be seen that the number of members has increased by 

 leaps and bounds ; but it is possible we have now reached a period 

 when the membership can hardly be expected to increase much 

 more. As regards finances, a glance at the above table shows that 

 we are just able to pay our way. One of the needs of Bournemouth 

 is a good Museum of local Natural History and Antiquities, which 

 should be part and parcel of our Society. This we fear must be a 

 dream of the future until some Carnegie steps in and endows us with 

 the necessary funds. 



The year 1909 has been marked by the acquisition of the present 

 commodious rooms in Granville Chambers, which constitute a home 

 of the Society such as it never seems to have possessed before. 



If each member of the Society in his or her own sphere does his 

 or her best to recruit new members as opportunity offers, and to 

 contribute something original in the way of scientific papers, 

 lectures, notes, or gifts of specimens, &c, we are confident that the 

 Society has a long period of activity and usefulness before it. 



