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otherwise very pleasant." His manners were most courteous. And 

 I can not better bring this brief sketch to an end than by repeating 

 the eulogium once passed upon him by King George IV. — 

 " Lawrence is the most perfect gentleman in my Dominions." 



iN" Thursday evening, November, 24th, 1864, the Annual 

 Meeting of the Society was held at the Town- Hall, Devizes. 

 Dr. Thurnam, one of the Council, took the chair. 

 The first business was the adoption of the 



EEPORT FOR 1864, 



which was read by Mr. Cunnington. It was as follows : — 



" In presenting a brief report of the progress of the Wiltshire 

 Archaeological and Natural History Society, the Committee has 

 great pleasure in once more recording the continued and uninter- 

 rupted prosperity of the Society. 



" With respect to finance, your Committee is able to speak 

 satisfactorily, the expenditure of the past twelvemonth not having 

 exceeded the income derived from the subscriptions ; while the 

 sale of * The Wiltshire Collections, by Aubrey and Canon Jackson,' 

 is gradually repaying the outlay which the publication of that 

 excellent work caused. A balance sheet will shortly be in the 

 hands of members, which will more fully prove this general 

 statement. 



" In regard to publications, there have been three further 

 numbers of the Magazine issued since the annual meeting of last 

 year, which it is hoped are not inferior to their predecessors. The 

 Magazine has also been considerably enriched by the addition of a 

 very full and accurate Index, with which Canon Jackson has 

 closed the eighth volume, enhancing beyond measure the value of 

 the work as a book of reference. ' 



" It has already been explained that the abandonment of the 



