The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-03-06 00:00:00

DOZOIIIIST3I.

Ruarto. or AUDITORS. —At the meeting ot the
Ocounoll an Then? Mr. F. J. Hollsod sod Mr. R.
Ha were ap pupil eirctive auditors, and Mr.
Aethar H. Lock Mayor's auditor.
Covrtananone. —The Lord Bishop of Salisbury will
bold oou6rtnations at the following plums during the
ensuing week:—
Child. Okeford—March 6, I Buckland N•wton—Mar.
.4 11. 8, at 3.
Stows, Payne—March 6, Csundle Bishop—March
at l. 9, at 11.
Cliteford Fitspaiae—Mar. Sturmloster Nowtoo
7, at 11- March 9, at 3.
Hasalbury Bryan —March Stalbridge—March 10, at
7, at & 11.
Oen, Abbne—March 8, at

DOBOZIIIMI Burma Cum.—Th. anneal meeting
of tide club was held et ths itinces Arms Hotel °
friday evening last. Mr. K W. Young 000upboi th:
&Mr, and them woe afar attendance of llMlllkbers. 11w..
by lbw 11000m7 Sevesitry that th.. vas •
in hand of over CI. Bar. W. K Brmw,
11LP., wee nmlested presidaut, end it was nusal-
Imre* decdded to request the Mayor (EL Darden,
Zol.), to accept the °floe of vimprosident. Mr. W.
H. A. Berme wes sleeted captain in Mae place of Mr.
Pressam, who lute left the town, end Mr. E. A. Poole
The boo. sou end treasurer lose
=LeLitikattcl the following composed the committee
for lb. rose ..--blessrs W.. Darden, T. Hodder, J.
Kitchen. sad T. Nancy. It was agreed to offer •
Maltose cram for the largest number of Mtendanose at
nos hubs the swan.

THE DO

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TIN usual form of thanksgiving for fins wogh•if
was need in mariy churches throughout the dimwits on •
Sunday.
Howitzer= Dizernto Somert.—Tb• nod meeting
of the society will be bald at the Alington Hall, on
Tweedsy smaller. when Mr. G. Phelps Byrnes will
moo.—' That the Affirmetion Bill commands the
approval and support of this society."
Amour ten days age many and bitter were the
complaint' against the • plague of rain and waters"
Rain day after day for month; and the or, was ritisf'"o
strileit I To-day water-carte are requisitioned in order
to lay the plague of duet. This I. but another Instance
of the vagaries of our English climate. Encouraging
repot. reach us of the brighter prospects of our
agricultural iteidibottre, the sheep especially baying
greatly improved during the last week.
HILLTIR STATUITIOI von Tall BOROUGH, Fil. 1883.—
Blithe. 16 (Forffington, 8) ; deaths, 10 (Fordington,
4). The death" were due to the following causes :
Bronchitis, debility, and brain dimmer', each two cases
cancer, heart disease, Bright's disease, and inflamma-
tion of lungs, each one. The annual birth-rate there-
fore is 25-6 per 1,000, and the death-rate produced
woulkouly amount to 16—i.e., 11 per 1,000 lower than
last ymr—which is satisfactory. Six out of the ten
deaths were under two years of age.—E. J. DAT,
Medical Officer of Health.
Lout. " " Lows, L0.0.F., M.U.
—This flourishing lodge (Mr. O. T. Old, Permanent
Secretary,) has just issued its balance sheet for the
year ending December Slit, 1682, and it is a statement
which deserves notice. The 10ellpp. Is growing in
members and value. On the Sick and Funeral
amount there Is a balsam in hand of £1,88.3 7e. bjd;
Management Fund, balance £lB 3e. 2gd. ; F6te Fund,
balance £8 is. 11d. The following is a statement
of the funds and condition of the Lodge :
T., amount of funds in Dorchester Town Oormail,
£800; two freehold cottages and gardens, £515 ; on
mortgage of freehold property, aoo ; Maseru. Eliot,
Pearce, and Co.'s Beate, £294 16e. Id.; in secretary's
hand, li I ; contributions due from members,
£l.O 6s. 3d.; average share di.triet funeral fund, £22;
ledge property, as ; total, £1,963 b. 9id. Number of
subscribing members, January 1.1, 1810, 209 ; admitted
during the year, 15; —224; died, 1 ; left by clear-
ance, 2; left by con-payment, 5 ; —8; on the books,
January let. 1833, 213.