84 The Forty-Fifth General Meeting. 
REPORT OF COMMITTEE, JULY, 1897, TO JULY, 1898. 
“1. During the past year the following changes have occurred 
in the list of Members :—The Society has lost thirteen Members by 
resignation and eleven by death; whilst twenty-one new Members 
have joined us. This leaves us on the 30th June with twenty-one — 
life, three hundred and thirty-three annual, and nineteen exchange 
Members, a total of three hundred and seventy—a decrease ea three 
from our numbers last year. 
“2. Removal from the county accounts for most of the resig- — 
nations, but we regret to observe the names of three or four who 
are still living amongst us. Amongst those whose loss by death 
we have to deplore are His Honour Judge Caillard, for many years 
an interested supporter of the Society, and Mr. Jackson, of Devizes, 
at one time a valued member of the Committee. 
“3, The accounts for the year 1897 will be printed with the 
number of the Magazine now about to be issued. They show a decrease 
in the amount received from subscriptions during the year. The 
balance of funds is somewhat decreased, chiefly owing to the whole — 
cost of the Stourhead Catalogue being charged in the year’s 
accounts. The amount received by admissions to the Museum is 
not quite up to what it was in 1896. 
“4. Numbers 88 and 89 of the Magazine have been issued during 
the year. It is hoped that they may be considered to maintain the 
reputation of the Society’s publications. 
“5. The ninth Congress of Archeological Societies at Burlington 
House was held last December, and was attended by Mr. Goddard 
‘on behalf of our Society. The record of National Portraits referred 
to below was one of the chief subjects of discussion. The question 
of efficiently cataloguing the contents of Provincial Museums also - 
nearly affected this Society. The report states that a copy of the 
excellent illustrated catalogue of the Stourhead Collection in the 
Museum of the Wilts Archeological and Natural History Society at 
Devizes, was exhibited by the Rev. H. H. Goddard, and was generally 
approved. The importance of the subject was recognised in the 
discussion that ensued, and a committee of six members was formed 
of which Mr. Goddard was one. Another matter discussed was 
