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August. The new room opening from the present Library, which 

 was last year adapted for the Society's use, has Ijeen provided 

 with book shelves, two large book cases, and a large cu])I)oard 

 from the ' Museum Maintenance Fund,' which was started last 

 year. This fund has also enabled the Committee to spend a certain 

 amount on the very necessary binding of periodicals and pamphlets, 

 and will, it is hoped, provide wall cases for Museum specimens 

 and other fittings, which are still urgently needed. It is much to 

 be wished that this fund sliould be increased by subscriptions of 5s. 

 per annum or upwards from a further number of Members of the 

 Society. The Society is indebted to the Kev. C. V. Goddard for 

 the mounting and indexing of another large volume of newspaper 

 cuttings and scraps. 



" The Tropcncll Cartulary. — Since the last Annual Meeting 

 efforts have been successfully made to raise the necessary funds 

 for the printing of this very important MS. collection of documents 

 which belonged originally to Thomas Tropenell, the biiilder of 

 Great Clialfield House, 1464 — 1488. The printing of this book 

 has only been rendered possible by the fact that the Rev. J. 

 I Silvester Davies, the late owner of the MS. (which is now the 

 property of Mr. W. Heward Bell, F.S.A.), has undertaken the very 

 laborious task of transcribing the whole work and seeing it through 

 the press as a labour of love, to whom, together with Mr. C. T. 

 I Flower, of the Record Office, who has undertaken to revise the 

 i proofs of the Latin text, the best thanks of this Society are due. 

 jOur thanks are also due to Mr G. P. Fuller, Lord Bath, Lord 

 'Fitzmaurice, Mr. C. Awdry, Mr. R. Fuller, with many other gen tle- 

 ^men, who have so kindly given generous donations towards the 

 jexpenses of the work. Up to the present the total sum in sight, 

 paid or promised, is £287, which it is calculated will barely suffice, 

 as the original scheme has been enlarged by Mr. Davies under- 

 taking to compile and print a short description or analysis in 

 ■ English of all the deeds, in addition to the Latin text. The work 

 is now in tlie press, some SOO pages l)eing in print, but it cannot 

 be said when it is likely to be issued. Those who wish to subscribe 

 for copies should communicate at once with the Rev. E. H. Goddard, 



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