; be glad to receive, for insertion in the Magazine, 
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rt Notes. on Antiquarian, Genealogical, or Historical 
QUERIES AND REQUESTS. 
CHURCHYARD INSCRIPTIONS. 
_ The Rev. E. H. Gopparp would be glad to hear from anyone who 
- is willing to take the trouble of copying the whole of the in- 
scriptions on the tombstones in any churchyard, with a view to 
helping in the gradual collection of the tombstone inscriptions 
of the county. Up to the present, about thirty-five churches 
and churchyards have been completed or promised. 
oe WILTSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHS, 
_ The attention of Photographers, amateur and professional, is called 
_ to the Report on Photographic Surveys, drawn up by the 
. Congress of Archeological Societies and issued with No. 84 
of the Magazine. The Committee regard as very desirable 
___ the acquisition of good photographs of objects of archeological 
4 and architectural interest in the county, in which special at- 
| tention is given to the accurate presentment of detail r 
_ than to the general effect of the picture. The Secretarie 
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graph the objects of interest in their own immediate neighbour- 
_ half-plate size, unmounted, and must be printed in permanent 
process. 
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_ CATALOGUE OF PORTRAITS EXISTING IN THE COUNTY. 
a At the Congress of Archzeological Societies held December Ist, 
_ __ list of all the Portraits at present existing in public and private 
hands; oils, water-colours, drawings, miniatures, busts, &e., 
_ to be included. A simple form has been drawn up Mr. 
- Lionel Cust, keeper of the National Portrait Gallery, which 
is now ready for distribution. Any lady or gentleman 
who is willing to undertake to fill up this form with the 
: details of portraits is requested to communicate with the 
Honorary Secretaries. It is intended that the lists for Wilt- 
_ shire, when completed, shall be copied in duplicate; one copy 
_ to be deposited at the National Portrait Gallery, the other to be 
retained by the Wilts Archeological Society. Unmounted 
___ photos, or outline sketches, of the portraits accompanying the 
__ returns are very desirable. 
the Rev. A. C. SMITH, M.A. Price reduced to 10s. 6d. 
be glad to hear from anyone interested in photography who — 
____- would be willing to help on the work by undertaking to photo-. 
hoods. The photographs should, as a rule, be not /ess than 
___ 1897, it was resolved to attempt to compile in each county a ‘ 
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