86 The Forty-Fifth General Meeting. 
century downwards, presented by Mr. John Mullings. Mr. A. S. 
Maskelyne, of the Record Office, has most kindly undertaken the 
considerable labour of cataloguing and arranging these documents, 
as well as others that the Society possesses, and of editing their 
contents for printing in the Magazine. The first instalment appears 
in the current number. 
“In addition to this there have been a number of less important 
but still very welcome gifts, which have been acknowledged in the 
Magazine. In this connection the thanks of the Society are also 
due to the Rey. G. P. Toppin and Miss Du Boulay, both of whom 
have done good work in the preparation of volumes of cuttings and 
scraps for the Library. Two new book-cases have been provided 
in the Library, and this has made it possible to number the shelves 
and arrange the books, so that any book or pamphlet can now be 
found at once by reference to the catalogue. 
“The extensive collection of drawings, prints,and maps belonging 
to the Society has been considerably added to of late by purchase, 
and the whole of it (with the exception of the Wilts Portraits) has 
now been carefully arranged, all the prints and drawings being 
mounted in scrap books, and the catalogue, which has been several 
years in preparation, and has entailed no small amount of work in 
its compilation, will shortly be issued to Members. It is hoped that 
this may be of use in directing attention to the many drawings and 
prints possessed by the Society of buildings now altered or destroyed. 
“8. In accordance with a resolution arrived at by the Congress 
of Archeological Societies, held at Burlington House in December 
last, our Society has begun the work of compiling a descriptive 
catalogue of the portraits now existing in the county. Some progress 
has been made by the Committee appointed for the purpose, and 
about eight hundred of the printed forms, which have to be filled 
up, have been already distributed to picture owners and others who 
are willing to assist in this work. The idea is that the original 
returns shall be preserved in the Society’s Library, whilst a careful 
copy is made of them to be deposited at the National Portrait — 
Gallery in London. The Society asks all owners of portraits, — 
whether oil paintings, water colours, or miniatures, even in the case_ 
