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May. At the succeeding meeting of the Club both the Presi- 
dent and Mr. Shickle spoke in sympathetic terms of the work 
he had done for the Club, laying stress on the deep interest 
he had shown in its welfare, and his regularity in attendance 
at its gatherings. At their suggestion a message of condolence 
was sent to Mrs. Fanshawe. 
The principal work of the Club has been the continuation 
of the excavations in the Lansdown direction, of which a full 
report is given in this number. The alteration of the rules 
engaged the attention of the members during the close of the 
year ; the chief idea was to make them more definite on certain 
debateable points. There were four lectures delivered during 
the winter, but only one of them really concerned with this 
neighbourhood. At Mr. Sowels’ lecture the Club was honoured 
by the presence of Sir Joseph and Lady Hooker. 
The financial position is beginning to cause some concern. 
The balance in favour of the Club shows a tendency to decrease 
rather rapidly. This is partly due to the diminution in the 
number of members, and partly to the continuing increase in 
the cost of the annual publication. Last year, it being the 
concluding portion of Vol. X., it was thought advisable to in- 
clude in it the whole of Mr. Sydenham’s paper, thus putting all 
his work on Bath tokens into one volume. The final number 
was, therefore, unusually large, and, indeed, the whole volume 
contains about 550 pages, as against about 350 in Vol. IX., 
and it has to be borne in mind that in Vol. X. there is no 
catalogue of the library. We must either enlarge the member- 
ship of the Club, or reduce in future the size of our publication : 
perhaps the true remedy lies in combining the two plans. 
To Mr. Castellain the Club is again indebted for continuing 
his valuable records of first appearances of birds and flowers. 
EXCURSIONS. 
Wellow, April 1st, 1g06.—A few members of the Club visited 
Wellow, going by train to W ellow, and walking to the church 
of St. Julian, where the Hungerford Chapel with its tombs was 
examined, but admittance to the house in which the Hunger- 
fords formerly lived, and where some fine carving is to be seen, 
was not to be procured. The party walked to Stoney Little- 
ton, where, by the kindness of Mr. G. H. Lane, the chambered 
tumulus was inspected. This curious place of interment was 
brought to notice in 1815, by the Rev. J. Skinner, rector of 
Camerton, whose MSS. are now in the possession of the Royal 
