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in the county. Of the balance of 84,000 not natives, the 

 neighbouring counties of Gloucester, Wilts, Devon, and Dorset 

 account for 52,000, and the bulk of the remainder come from no 

 great distance, the Irish being about 2000, the Scotch about 900, 

 and the Colonials about 1,800. 



A large proportion of these comers and goers are due to Bath. 

 Of the 20,000 adult ladies who honour Bath with their residence, 

 only a half were born in the county, of the men four-sevenths. 

 Among the children of course a much higher proportion are 

 natives. School girls and female servants are largely drawn from 

 Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. The number of Colonials at Bath 

 was no less than 800, and seems to be increasing. In value and 

 most other particulars Bath presents about a tenth part of the 



county. 



I do not propose to foretell the result of the next census ; the few 

 remarks I have now made have been rather for the purpose of 

 preparing our minds for whatever may be shown. The last census 

 showed a turning point in our history, the commeucem.ent of a 

 decay of our Somersetshire population, and I look forward to the 

 next with a very strong feeling of interest. 



Summary of Proceedings of the Bath Natural History and Antiquaiian 



Field Club, for the year 1870-71. 



Me. President and Gentlemen. 



In the Annual Address, which the members of the Club always 



look forward to with so much interest, you. Sir, at the last 



anniversary dinner alluded to the patient and persevering labours 



of that well-known naturalist, Gilbert White, and exhorted us not 



to allow our energies to tire or our zeal abate until we had hunted 



up eveiy fact that might tend to illustrate the Natural History and 



Antiquities of the neighbourhood. Unable to join us in the field 



you must in a certain measure depend upon this summary of our 



proceedings for your information as to the work which we have 



done in the past year, and from it you will gather how far the 



example you so constantly set before us of patient and laborious 



