94 The Fiftieth General Meeting. 
“THE ACCOUNTS for the year, which will be printed and issued 
in the next number of the A/agazine, are of an unusual character. 
The disbursements include the purchase money and costs of the 
recent addition to the Society’s property, viz., No. 40, Long Street, 
Devizes. But for a temporary advance made by a very staunch 
friend of the Society, of a sum of £200 without interest, the balance 
on the year’s accounts would have been very much on the wrong 
side. Subscriptions have been on the whole well paid up, but we 
again urge upon the Members that it would be of great advantage 
if the form of standing orders to bankers was more generally made 
use of. It would ensure punctual payment, and would save many 
letters and postage. The demand for Magazines has been 
unusually large. The number of Canon Jackson’s ‘ Aubrey’s 
Wilts’ being much diminished, this publication will not in future 
be procurable at a reduced price. A balance of nearly £5 upon 
the accounts of the Chippenham Meeting last year was handed to 
the Society by the Local Committee. A proposal for an extension 
of the scheme for life Membership is under consideration. 
“2.—No. XCVIIL.of the Magazine, which concludes Vol. XXXII, 
was delayed some time owing to some very laborious work under- 
taken at short notice by Mr. Goddard, in preparing a very ex- 
haustive index to the preceding eight volumes. This makes the 
volume a bulky one; and some valuable papers make it an im- 
portant one. No. XCIX. has quite recently reached members’ 
hands. It contains the paper read at the last Annual Meeting of 
the Society, by Dr. Gowland, upon his researches at Stonehenge. 
Both numbers contain some interesting notes and notices, obituary 
and literary, of current as well as permanent interest. 
“3—AS TO OUR NUMBERS. On the 30th June, 1902, we had 
on our books three hundred and seventy-one names. This year 
the numbers are :—nineteen Life Members, three hundred and 
twenty-six Annual, and twenty Exchange, making a total of three 
hundred and sixty-five, which is exactly the same asin 1901. We 
do not progress as we could desire; we lose too many Members 
by resignation, and in spite of considerable efforts we have failed 
again and again to get our numbers up to four hundred, which is 

