THE 



WILTSHIRE MAGAZINE. 



" M0I-TORUM MANIBUS OEANDE LEVATUR ONUS." — Ovid. 



THE TENTH GENERAL MEETING 



OF THE 



Mtltsijtre ^rc!)itoIosical anti Natural l^istorg ^ocietg, 



HELD AT DEVIZES, 



Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 18th, 19th, and 20th August, 



1863. 



PRESIDENT OF THE MEETING, 



The Eight Hon. Eakl Nelson. 



^HE Society opened its Tenth General Meeting on Tuesday, 

 the 18th August, in the Town-Hall, Devizes, this being its 

 first visit since its Inauguration there in October, 1853. The room 

 was well filled by ladies and gentlemen from various parts of the 

 county. 



Earl Nelson commenced the proceedings by calling on the 

 Rev. A. C. Smith, one of the Secretaries, to read the 



REPORT FOR 1863. 



" The Committee of the "Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural 

 History Society, desires to congratulate the members on the 

 flourishing state of the Society at the completion of this, the 

 tenth year of its existence. 



" The number of members now on the books amounts to 387, 

 being about equal to the highest figure they, have hitherto had to 

 record in their annual report ; and this, though they have lost by 

 death or removal from the county or otherwise, no less than 25 of 

 their body since this time last year. 



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