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Report for 1875. 351 
‘Within the last twelvemonths we have lost three original mem- 
bers of the Society, viz., Mr. Hulbert, of Devizes; the Rev. E, 
Strickland, of Brixton Deverill; and Mr. Heneage, late member 
for Devizes. We have to deplore other losses through death, with- 
drawal, or removal from the county, amongst these was Mr. Long, 
our very hospitable entertainer in 1872, at Rood Ashton; but the 
enrolment of fresh names on our books leaves our numbers very 
mearly the same as last year. Our total now amounts to 340. 
“In regard to finance, the fitting and furnishing of our new 
‘Museum and Library have absorbed not only all the funds contri- 
buted for that object, but also all the available capital we had in 
hand ; while our current income remains to cover the regular outlay 
of the Society. Thus it will be seen that while we are not in debt, 
we have no balance in hand ; and (unless further contributions are 
sent in) we must confine ourselves for the present within the limits 
of our ordinary expenditure. 
“But if we have spent our capital, your Committee submits to 
you that it has been well spent for the interests of the Society; and 
that we have now a Museum and Library of no small value; while 
additions to both the archzological and natural history collections, as 
well as donations of books, are becoming far more frequent, now 
that we have secured a permanent place of deposit. 
“Of the Magazine, two numbers have been already published this 
year, while a third is in progress, and will be in the hands of mem- 
bers before the expiration of 1875. This will complete the fifteenth 
volume. 
“Tn regard to the General Annual Meeting; it was felt that 
the Session of the British Association at Bristol, and the popular 
excursions therefrom both to North and South Wilts (viz., to 
Bowood and Avebury in the north, and to Salisbury and Stone- 
-henge in the south), would materially diminish our chance of a suc- 
cessful gathering this year, and that it was wise to abandon it. 
«The Committee desires to conclude the report by again thanking 
the contributors who have enriched the pages of the Magazine, as 
well as all who have aided by donations of money or specimens or 
