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leaving a balance of £6 5s. 5d. in hand. On this point your Com- 
mittee desires to hint as delicately as possible, but at the same time 
to impress on the minds of the friends of the Society, that while 
fully sensible of the great liberality which the county has shown 
towards it in this matter, and deeply grateful for the same, there is 
yet a sum of about £300 wanting to pay for the fittings already 
supplied, and to complete the furnishing of the rooms and cases, 
such as are needed to perfect our work; and the Committee con- 
fidently trusts that by means of the subscriptions of those who have 
not already contributed, and perhaps by means of second donations 
on the part of some few who may feel inclined to aid still further 
than they have done, the necessary funds may be obtained for the 
absolute completion of the work before the end of the year.’ 
“In the matter of additions to the collections contained in our 
Museum and Library, during the past year, many valuable specimens, 
illustrative of most of our branches of study, have been kindly sent 
by various contributors, most of which have been acknowledged in 
the Magazine. To these we have now to add (received within the 
last few days), a very handsome gift to the Library, in the shape of 
fifty-four volumes of books, many of them of exceeding value, which 
have been sent us by our first President and ever kind friend, Mr. 
Poulett Scrope; nor can we pass by in silence the munificent sum 
of £50 from Mr. Poynder, being the second donation which that 
gentlemen has contributed to the general purposes of the Museum 
and Library. 
“Tt only remains for the Committee to offer its hearty thanks to 
these and the other benefactors of the Society, and again to entreat 
the co-operation of all the members in carrying on the various re- 
searches in which it is engaged. There is a great deal yet to be 
learnt, both in regard to the antiquities, and to the natural history 
of Wiltshire. Let the inauguration of the new Museum and Library, 
and the attainment this day of its majority on the part of the 
Society, prove a fresh motive for increased exertions on the part of 
all who have an interest in the county; for let it be remembered 
that the work of such a Society as this, if it is to be exhaustive on 
any one of the many subjects which it takes in hand, can never be 
