294 The Forty-Sizth General Meeting. 
for which purpose its well-known facade has been copied. Members 
of the Society will recollect that it appears as the frontispiece in 
Canon Jackson’s Aubrey’s Wiltshire Collections. We may mention 
that a very interesting series of lectures was recently delivered in 
Devizes under the auspices of the Oxford University Extension 
Association by the Rev. W. Marshall, on English Ecclesiastical 
architecture as illustrated by parish Churches which were described 
as a vast museum of treasures. Several Churches in the county 
were alluded to, and among them Erchfont, which we are glad to 
find will very shortly be in the hands of Mr. Ponting. 
“In these days when Salisbury Plain is likely to become a great 
military centre it is the clear duty of this Society to urge upon all 
in authority the very great importance of giving due attention to 
the preservation of the many interesting remains of the earliest 
days of our history and the innumerable earthworks and other 
traces of ancient inhabitants, with which the Plain abounds. May 
we not look to our Patron and Trustee, the present Minister of 
War, to uphold and preserve from destruction these relics of 
antiquity ? 
“The three years of office as President, of Mr. Talbot, will 
shortly expire. He has attended each of the Annual Meetings 
held during his term of office. His great interest in architectural 
works has rendered his services of especial value to the Society. 
We are glad to be able to state that the Lord Bishop of Bristol 
has consented to act as President for the next three years, and that 
a visit to Malmesbury is contemplated during his term of office. 
The other Officers of the Society will be proposed for re-election, 
including the Hon. Local Secretaries, with the exception of Mr. 
Holgate, who resigns. 
“The Society meets now under somewhat exceptional difficulties. 
If the gathering is not a large one it is hoped it may at any rate 
prove interesting, as the district teems with archeological remains.” 
The adoption of the report was moved by Mr. Taxzor, who 
referred to the loss sustained by the Society in the death of the 
Rev. A. C. Smith, and also spoke in commendation of the enterprise 
