102 The Thirty-third General Meeting. 
Report oF Deputation To EXAMINE INTO THE PreEsENT STATE OF 
THE Stonzs at StonenENGE—July 20th, 1886. 
In the course of last autumn and winter urgent appeals were 
made from time to time to the Wilts Archzological and Natural 
History Society to lift up its voice with all the authority it possessed 
in defence of Stonehenge, which was reported to be undergoing 
daily injury at the hands of an unchecked public, whereupon 
the Society resolved to send some of its own Officers to see for 
themselves, and report its condition. ; 
Accordingly a deputation (consisting of the two Honorary Sec- 
retaries, a former Honorary Secretary, and one of the Curators of 
the Museum,) visited Stonehenge on July 20th last, and carefully 
examined every stone in order, noting down on the spot its exact 
condition, with special reference to injuries of recent date: and now 
desire to finish their task by submitting the following detailed report 
to the Society. The numbers refer to the very handy Plan of 
Stonehenge in its Present Condition, appended to Mr. Cunnington’s 
“Notes on the Fragments,” printed in 1884, in the Magazine, 
vol, xxi, p. 141. 
No. 1. Slightly injured by recent chipping and cutting of letters. 
Untouched of late years. 
3. Two very small chips of recent date. 
» 4. Chipped in several places recently. 
5. Chipped in two or three places. 
» 6. Much chipped. 
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Very much chipped. 
. Original surface, not only injured, but completely gone; 
though not much damaged of late years. 
yy 9. Injured in two places. 
» 10. Slightly scratched. 
» ll. Slightly scratched. 
», 12. Surface very much damaged. 
», 13. Surface considerably damaged. 
», 14. Uninjured of late. 
» 15. Very little injured. 
