The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-01-30 00:00:00

S AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE I'UEjA""IB-L.6

Th.& the Malt Doty is altogether indefewilie,
• la bevel, only maintained became of ito• silawiet
[impact which it realiees, and which, indeed. is Inv
1130U0r41 of it. id males,
Yoar petitioners entertain • sdutleet ezreatatiet
, that a taz *pin to so many serious obi atMes
will no longer be tilerited. awl that • mass of juitor
will lead your Honourable LI ,use to Ito early mod lain
abolitioe.
Yoar Petitioners, therefor*, humbly pray that Yoe
will be pless,d Menace • maisure providing for the total
Herd of the Malt Doty by the application of rimy
precool or future surplus Ravens* to that purpose,
until the anal ertioetion of the Tax.
And your retatiowits ashalty bested will emu pritY•

Tble, the binding of hooka, two teatimmiad, the print-
heron satatiogaisi, the etre of 16 vot-d • dimities
for the purstide of b asks, Mg minting of eissirs,
ibruy Igraine, and oilier mallet espeuda.
wsl
ap Mimi £23 of the balmier. leaving about g..ll;rom
the trosaarer's report, you will lad that Mere is tibt
pet • Whims lo lb. (*rear of the slab of 1:28 14e. 44';
Mod i 8 betoegs to last yieer's hamar, mil
CHI St. &I. rentaina as • bateau from Me book feed—
stores'. To spank ci willere ebp
.iilsrabls time before your lsk.d7:46beepoor°l6:b.alajfinsnnert favueednarirgartrratelreti"4.oiibrf
i change, and, it Is hoped. of
leaner, a well selected library of popular works—open
ce leter term. to every clam of parsons in the town.
'w fait to be • put elosideestain. Without embed,
pieties the up* of melt • want, year committee
latish. (snood to the hest aduasage, the cam of LE
voted fat Woke A Obi Islet yearly meal* This they
they
edid bobtal wortti
a go.
lag agninl firrodit at w
he rate ai
rs ociavt.
d ti l.
is me. A further sum of el Is. wee Spent in the par.
chase of Maeaulay's History. Tha astern*, with
wiboh the new boilss thus obtained wen •31141 N for by
the members of Übe club, led the committes to make
greater aorta to improve tbe library, end to reader it
son pabliay seofuL Besides rateable contributsous
of bodes front T. H. Beatord, Emu, Mr. Jautesue, and
Mr. khakis. Nu: the sem of NM use oontribeted by
many bury frii;nela of ths deb to Me library 15.4-
01 this sem, more thou £l2 yet feasained to he spent,
f.bolue books ammo( the old dock have both
UtIN IN were sidlloiwatly valuable anJ heeded it, hires
Mao rebound, and all (tad and new), have been cluisilbd
and numbered in • temporary printed catalogue of 770
well selected booed books, and and about 50 readers
and quarterlies. The bride"' ,of the hbrary fund will
permit of a mill further valuable edJition. Daring the
Moe them 'Mange* have brie taking plue, we bay.
Men math in toe wiladitions of a eau who lode himself
Mat spin narrower Waite emit his home is being
rebuilt tie repaid. It has born Hand ammarii to keep
'he library closed defied the week, and only allow
bolts out on • Moothy envie* It wae lover
ihtulded by this to deprive members of the old
privilege of reldiog books In the library, and at
the present Maw each alteratioo, are being
made as will render the room • desirabls
spot for the student, who Mir* cpaiet and a areure pleas
(under the manager's eye) for the ciedody ef the books.
For dm sum of he. 6.1. for sit moothr, say Orton ap-
proved of by the committee Is ranted the use of the
Masa, aad free admiseloa to iswitaios and readings. Of
tat dim of memblitetbare are 16, making • total of
167 of all Mama Led year hi w_ne auarioneed that the
club had bosom associated with the heathers Counties
Adult Educatioaal Society, and at lb. seams' summa-
tion of this candy, the Slmiciford oandidatea carried of
fifteen out of the eighty prim given by the four
counties. It is rill more grad') ing that of Mem fifteen
Nun were pined by Lumbers a the club, including
two led GUM sertilladet. During the year penny
readii.p have been giros three times. The first, in
February, given for Mrs. Edward:a besellt in the Com
suluinee was the most inowded and imgoes•ful enter-
tainment of the kited, &jeep by the club. It .111 afford
you much pleolue to kite, hat Mrs. Edwards Is
eau, to header the dab her beat services on
.11 inch ommions. It is very gratifying to
notice that whilst the weekly Issue of bookS deist •
year ago Merged twenty volumes. dories Mirages
.coks, from June sth to !infest 3110, it roes to tarty.
1.,., and dirieglhe folbieriag quarter to stitywiplare.
Our lit of inembere nums the mat importasit item to
our report. The hoeorar omnibus, to whom oar
warmest thanks are due for Miefir -r m and stedlut
sopped, naieber twenty-nioe. The gouda of W.
P. rev, Esq., and W. Jackson. Eel., have been added 10
tre list. A donation of £2 mud here he 50know1e40
nom J. H. Ennead., E-q.. Late of Woodford. Time W,
ot benefit members has undergone tionsiderable ohms,.
(All year's Meat pee their member as 69; out of them
luring the year 30 have left as, heist the prevent time
I/2 bona fide members are enrolled. The eamaittoe,
,eelieg that a pebbe library wet much nevi in the Mee
Introduced a new festers of membership in tonnectioa
with the dub. What I have thus far said will indicate
the prc-perou. ode:litho of the club, and the public
favour it fiats. You will not, however, charge me with
serving the good wine Imo, for I must refer now to
01
rsemwallnunsi*doake,":oh7°lebrahibboeceribrnoeul::ll.l"rubealdortgengtoweplYd'ardsmN.c4aeciolellbingthig"ekall:
recreation ground -so mach &aired by our }error
members during the summer. An increase of metemm
on I the comequent greater necessity for a chat or club
Poo (idmierly so called) impair • on those who take
Alm an an•ious coucern fir the niters welfare of the
club. The friendly alliance, too, of the three
mietie —Mt Badding Operatives. Friendly Seciety,
and Penny B•nk—render • large additional room Meier
pensahle Fermis me now to mention time ready and
otteutive regard thi meow and his wife ever marrifeet.
for the oomfort of the weather.; and I wouhl reemiad
our younger friend, th it ills brit just and reasonable
on the part of those who would be wady to alsetda
from petty annoyances. In eoricio.ion. let aect express
• hope that lb. Dlendford Working Mane' Club mal
brag flourieh, with poem within and respect wittiest
that the glow of UN club Ire salt falls on the Goes al
thaw gatheMd round it guy dispel the gloom of discoed
and jealousy, and that the dab-house may be Me
rallying point where good arighb due Mall meet, long,
low otter the *winged member pre. et Mall have rim
in bonottr moo • good old age to answer the muster call
Move.

The Cuatenin said he Was sore aH prenent most
have been very much gratifici with the report.
'There were mescal points on which be winked to make
la few rent ire. rine, as to the providing a trooreatitim
the 'mincer mentbera This had engaged
the attention a the enteibittee, and theagh lir ate
present they bad been ensitoemeful be trusted that
they might ultimately suoared. o nne could deny
the importance of a proper and &imitable pleas for
lout-door recreation being provided. The next item
I was Certainly a most cheering one, nmely, that the
unn cif £34 had been given to pertain.. books for
their library by gentlemen rending in the neighbour-
hood. This 'hotted that they bad some good friends
and well-wishars around them but he wished
particularly to call their attention tit the fact that
lads noble sum was raised through the sole unaided
etarldnue of their •tosltent aeon wy. (Cheers.)
IThe Limber of mount era yam also most gratifying.
Lest year they had BP, now 187. He was one
eppointod as • deputation of the Workm4 Mans'
Club to cooler with scene of the reeetbere et the
Blandford Institute, and the courtesy and kindness
in which they were met by times gentlemen was
very ‘tetifyil g, ant resulted in their offering Übe a 4
of their lib at, to members of ihe club nu payment
orie Aniline mutually. (Cheers.) kie.trusted ibs
members present would show their appreciation of
that kindness by mailing nee of it. The Chairman
then alluded to the satires some of the members of
the club had achieved in gaining pries. offered by
Lb. Southern Counties &location Society. Mrs.
gdwards had kindly offered that dub her own and
the services of the Glee Union at their penny
readings, and he waa sure they highly valued and
esteemed her for her kindness. (Cheers.)
The esorstary's report was Men unanimously
adopted, sod at the suggestion of a member the
names of those gentlemee who had sebscribed to the
library fund wet reed by the eserstary. The
treasurer (Mr. glgarf then read the financial state-
ment, the principal items of which aro embodied in
the secretary's report.
Mr. B. B. Surru proposed and Mr. EMUS
@wooded votes of thanks to T. 11. Beamed, Beg.
the founder of the dab, and the rent of the hustwar;
members. —Carried.

A earths! none M Malinke was Wm asonedad Os Mr.
Brapecumbe, the seaudeury, an the 'royalty:a of Mr.
Juitun PAluz, andouded by Ms. Muumuu.

Mr. flaosourse, in retnnttog thanks alluded to
the interest be had taken in the hbrary, which was
aow one they bad to be proud of, and when the re-
mainder of the money colleoted was exploded they
would bays nearly 1000 volume, of books, enter-
taining and inatruntiva, end in first-rate condition.

Votes of thanks were ustaaimously permed to the
treasurer and 'catwalks*.

The sett business was the election of imaretary.
Mr. Buncombe was proposed and earnestly motioned
to fulfil that office for another year, but stated that
be mast dictum Use honour, as irtook op trio mote
of his time. Mr. tinkle, Jun. and Mr. J. Jigsaw
were then elected se j..int SallifilltarieS, and the oom-
mittee chosmi—naniely, Meant C. Curtis, Knight,
Bartlett, Meadee, aleford,, Millard, W. Liam,
Harris, Amoy, buddiridge, end J. Lame. Mr.
Eiger was unanimously re-elected trasearer.
Mr. J. PAYNE maid that wine be proposed a vote
of thanks to their late secretary he expressed t belie
that some morel ungible way of 'hewing their mama-
Lion of his services would be awarded him. He
believed no man could have worked harder than Mr.
Broecombe for Use welfare of the club, and the
waiting on so many gentlemen, arranging the library,
anti preparing a catalogue most have entailed on
him much labour. He thought they could do no less
than requesting his eoespteees of £3 3.., am a small
proof of the value they met upon his services. This
preposition wee cordially received, and acknow-
kdged by Mr. Brosoombe In suitable hernia The
services of the manager and Mrs Mills were then
spoken of by the chairman, and the eseretary en-
dorsing him remarks by stating that Mr. Will, had
ably assisted him in rearranging the libeary, the
meeting unanimously voted him a gratuity of two
guineas. Votes of thanks to the chairman and
auditors followed, and the doxology having been
sung the meeting 'operated.