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the least we should like to see on our books. We must rely largely 
on the Local Secretaries for help in this matter. Death has removed 
eight of our Members, of whom the Rey. E. C. Awdry and Mr. 
Watson Taylor were original Members of the Society; and Mr. 
Forrester and Mr. Holgate, who had taken an active share in the 
work as Hon. Local Secretaries. Twenty-two new Members have 
been elected, and we hope this Jubilee Meeting may result in a 
la ge accession to our number. 
_ “4—THE MUSEUM. The receipts for admission to the Museum 
have been rather more than in previous years. The most notable 
j Addition during the year has been a collection of objects given by 
that veteran friend to the-Museum, Mr. William Cunnington, in- 
eluding a good drinking cup, and a number of very fine and rare 
tshire fossils, especially a collection of specimens of minute 
ehalk fossils from the inside of flint sponges, discovered by himself 
many years ago. There have also been added the objects found 
during the excavation of the Roman villa at Box, and a collection | 
of modern flint knapper’s work from Brandon, given by Mr. B. H. 
Cunnington, Hon. Curator. 
-“5—THE LIBRARY. We have to thank several Wiltshire 
authors for their works during the year. Some more volumes of 
‘iltshire Tracts’ have been bound up, and a large collection of 
particulars of estates in the neighbourhood of Swindon have 
n added to the Library, by the kind gift of Mr. C. C. Bradford. 
d Secretaries, instead of jiiting it into the waste paper basket. 
large ead: pppok eee been caate with cuttings from mem shepers 
2 Mr. C. Awdry, of a large quantity of back numbers of the 
agazine, of some of which the Society.had very few in stock. 
“6.—THE ROMAN VILLA AT BOX. The most noteworthy event 
1 the way of Archeology during the past year has been the 
hhorough excavation of a Roman villa at Box, a laborious and 
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