Dorset Weather Lore, by J. S. Udal, F.S.A. Sherborne Brewers in 1383 (6 Richard II.), by E. A. Fry The Marriage of St. Cuthburga, who was afterwards Foundress of Returns of Rainfall in Dorset in 1912, by R. Stevenson Henshaw, Phenological Report on First Appearances of Birds, Insects, &c., and First Flowering of Plants in Dorset during 1912, by Roman Villas discovered in Dorset. Their Sites and the Relics 158 42 George Burges, 1640, Wareham; Ann Franke, 1583, Wareham The Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. INAUGURATED MARCH 26TH, 1875. Presidents: 1875-1902-J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, Esq., B.A., F.G.S., F.L.S. 1902-1904-The Lord Eustace Cecil, F.R.G.S. 1904 * Nelson M. Richardson, Esq., B.A. Vice-Presidents: 1875-1882-The Rev. H. H. Wood, M.A., F.G.S. 1875-1884-Professor James Buckman, F.S.A., F.G.S., F.L.S. 1880-1900-The Rev. Canon Sir Talbot Baker, Bart., M.A. 1880-1900-General Pitt-Rivers, F.R.S. 1880 1885 *The Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. *The Earl of Moray, M.A., F.S.A. Scot., F.G.S. 1892-1904-Nelson M. Richardson, Esq., B.A. 1900-1902 * The Lord Eustace Cecil, F.R.G.S. 1900-1909-W. H. Hudleston, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.L.S., Past Pres. Geol. Soc. 1900-1904-Vaughan Cornish, Esq., D.Sc., F.C.S., F.R.G.S. 1900 1902 1904 1904 1904 *Captain G. R. Elwes. *H. Colley March, Esq., M.D., F.S.A. *The Rev. Herbert Pentin, M.A. *The Rev. W. Miles Barnes, B.A. *The Rev. Canon J. C. M. Mansel-Pleydell, M.A., R.D. 1904-1908-R. Bosworth Smith, Esq., M.A. 1908-1909-Henry Storks Eaton, Esq., M.A., Past Pres. Roy. Met. Soc. *The Rev. Canon C. H. Mayo, M.A., Dorset Editor of "Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries." *E. R. Sykes, Esq., B.A., F.Z.S., Past Pres. Malacological Soc. 1911-1912-The Rev. C. W. H. Dicker, R.D. 1909 1909 1875-1884-Professor James Buckman, F.S.A., F.G.S., F.L.S. 1904 *The Rev. Herbert Pentin, M.A. Hon. Treasurers: 1875-1882-The Rev. H. H. Wood, M.A., F.G.S. 1882-1900-The Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 1901-1910-Captain G. R. Elwes. 1910 *The Rev. Canon J. C. M. Mansel-Pleydell, M.A., R.D. 1875-1884-Professor James Buckman, F.S.A., F.G.S., F.L.S. 1912 * The asterisk indicates the present officials of the Club. RULES OF THE DORSET NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUARIAN FIELD CLUB. OBJECT AND CONSTITUTION. 1.-The Club shall be called The Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, and shall have for a short title The Dorset Field Club. The object of the Club is to promote and encourage an interest in the study of the Physical Sciences and Archæology generally, especially the Natural History of the County of Dorset and its Antiquities, Prehistoric records, and Ethnology. It shall use its influence to prevent, as far as possible, the extirpation of rare plants and animals, and to promote the preservation of the Antiquities of the County. 2.-The Club shall consist of (i.) three Officers, President, Honorary Secretary, and Honorary Treasurer, who shall be elected annually, and shall form the Executive body for its management; (ii.) Vice-Presidents, of whom the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer shall be two, ex officio; (iii.) The Honorary Editor of the Annual Volume of Proceedings; (iv.) Ordinary Members; (v.) Honorary Members. The President, Vice-Presidents, and Editor shall form a Council to decide questions referred to them by the Executive and to elect Honorary Members. The Editor shall be nominated by one of the incoming Executive and elected at the Annual Meeting. There may also be one or more Honorary Assistant Secretaries, who shall be nominated by the Honorary Secretary, seconded by the President or Treasurer, and elected by the Members at the Annual Meeting. Members may be appointed by the remaining Officers to fill interim vacancies in the Executive Body until the following Annual Meeting. The number of the Club shall be limited to 400, power being reserved to the Council to select from the list of candidates persons, whose membership they may consider to be advantageous to the interests of the Club, to be additional Members. PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS. 3.-The President shall take the chair at all Meetings, and have an original and a casting vote on all questions before the Meeting. In addition to the two ex-officio Vice-Presidents, at least three others shall be nominated by the President, or, in his absence, by the Chairman, and elected at the Annual Meeting. HON. SECRETARY. 4. The Secretary shall perform all the usual secretarial work; cause a programme of each Meeting to be sent to every Member seven days at least before such Meeting; make all preparations for carrying out Meetings and, with or without the help of a paid Assistant Secretary or others, conduct all Field Meetings. On any question arising between the Secretary (or Acting Secretary) and a Member at a Field Meeting, the decision of the Secretary shall be final. The Secretary shall receive from each Member his or her share of the day's expenses, and thereout defray all incidental costs and charges of the Meeting, rendering an account of the same before the Annual Meeting to the Treasurer; any surplus of such collection shall form part of the General Fund, and any deficit be defrayed out of that Fund. HON. TREASURER. 5.-The Treasurer shall keep an account of Subscriptions and all other moneys of the Club received and of all Disbursements, rendering at the Annual General Meeting a balance sheet of the same, as well as a general statement of the Club's finances. He shall send copies of the Annual Volume of Proceedings for each year to Ordinary Members who have paid their subscriptions for that year (as nearly as may be possible, in the order of such payment), to Honorary Members, and to such Societies and individuals as the Club may, from time to time, appoint to receive them. He shall also furnish a list at each Annual Meeting, containing the names of all Members in arrear, with the amount of their indebtedness to the Club. He shall also give notice of their election to all New Members. ORDINARY MEMBERS. 6.-Ordinary Members are entitled to be present and take part in the Club's proceedings at all Meetings, and to receive the published "Proceedings " of the Club, when issued, for the year for which their subscription has been paid. 7.-Every candidate for admission shall be nominated in writing by one Member and seconded by another, to both of whom he must be personally known. He may be proposed at any Meeting, and his name shall appear in the programme of the first following Meeting at which a Ballot is held, when he shall be elected by ballot, one black ball in six to exclude. Twelve Members shall form a quorum for the purpose of election. A Ballot shall be held at the Annual and Winter Meetings, and may be held at any other Meeting, should the Executive so decide, notice being given in the programme. In the event of the number of vacancies being less than the number of candidates at four successive Meetings, the names of any candidates proposed at the first of such Meetings who have not been elected at one of them shall be withdrawn, and shall not be eligible to be again proposed for election for at least a year after such withdrawal. Provided that if at any Meeting there shall be no vacancies available, it shall not be counted in estimating the above named four Meetings. 8.- The Annual Subscription shall be 10s., which shall become due and payable in advance on the 1st of January in each year. Subscriptions paid on election after September in each year shall be considered as subscriptions for the following year, unless otherwise agreed upon by such Member and the Treasurer. Every Member shall pay immediately after his election the sum of ten shillings as Entrance Fee, in addition to his first Annual Subscription. 9.-No person elected a Member shall be entitled to exercise any privilege as such until he has paid his Entrance Fee and first Subscription, and no Member shall be entitled to receive a copy of the "Proceedings" for any year until his Subscription for that year has been paid. 10.-A registered letter shall be sent by the Hon. Treasurer to any Member whose Subscription is in arrear at the date of any Annual Meeting, demanding payment within 28 days, failing which he shall cease to be a Member of the Club, but shall, nevertheless, be liable for the arrears then due. 11.-Members desiring to leave the Club shall give notice of the same in writing to the Treasurer (or Secretary), but, unless such notice is given before the end of January in any year, they shall be liable to pay the Annual Subscription due to the Club on and after January 1st in that year. HONORARY MEMBERS. 12.-Honorary Members shall consist of persons eminent for scientific or natural history attainments, and shall be elected by the Council. They pay no subscription, and have all the privileges of Ordinary Members, except voting. MEETINGS. 13.-The Annual General Meeting shall be held as near the first week in May as may be convenient; to receive the outgoing President's Address (if any) and the Treasurer's financial report; to elect the Officers and Editor for the ensuing year; to determine the number (which shall usually be three or four), dates, and places of Field Meetings during the ensuing summer, and for general purposes. 14.-Two Winter Meetings shall usually be held in or about the months of December and February for the exhibition of Objects of Interest (to which not more than one hour of the time before the reading of the Papers shall be devoted), for the reading and discussion of Papers, and for general purposes. The Dates and Places of the Winter and Annual Meetings shall be decided by the Executive. 15.-A Member may bring Friends to the Meetings subject to the following restrictions:-No person (except the husband, wife, or child of a Member), may attend the Meeting unaccompanied by the Member introducing him, unless such Member be prevented from attending by illness, and no Member may take with him to a Field Meeting more than one Friend, whose name and address must be submitted to the Hon. Secretary and approved by him or the Executive. The above restrictions do not apply to the Executive or to the Acting Secretary at the Meeting. |