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be done, and he hoped they would appoint a Committee to consider 
his suggestions. 
A short diseussion ensued, and Tug Bisuor proposed ‘‘ That a 
small Committee be appointed to draw up an account (1) of what 
has been already done by the Society and others in the county 
towards fulfilling the main object for which the Society was formed 
in 1853, viz., the completion of a County History of Wilts; (2) of 
what remains to be done which is of pressing and immediate im- 
portance ; (3) to draw up a methodical scheme for collecting 
material for a county history and to consult with the Lincoln 
Architectural Association as to the plan adopted by them.” His 
Lordship suggested that the Committee should consist of the two 
Honorary Secretaries of the Wiltshire Archwological Society, the 
Rev. Canon Jackson, Mr. Nightingale, Mr. Ponting, and the Rev. 
E. H. Goddard. 
This was unanimously agreed to. 
Mr. Bett called attention to the condition of Stonehenge, and 
the remarks that had been made about it on the previous day by 
General Pitt-Rivers ; and he recommended that a Committee of the 
Wiltshire Archzological Society be formed to confer with similar 
Committees formed by the British Association for the Advancement 
of Science, the Society of Antiquaries, and the Royal Archeological 
Institute, to decide what steps might be taken with regard to the 
preservation of Stonehenge. 
Eventually, after a short discussion, Mr. Bell’s suggestion was 
put into the form of a resolution and carried unanimously, the 
names of the gentlemen elected as the Committee being Mr. H. E. 
Medlicott and Mr. Bell. 
The proceedings then terminated. 
At 11, a.m., the Architectural Section met in the Council House, 
when the Rev. Precentor VENABLES, President of the Architectural 
Section, gave an opening address. At its conclusion the cordial 
thanks of the Meeting were unanimously accorded him, and then 
the Members proceeded to inspect St. Thomas’s Church, where Mr. 
A. Woop read a paper ; the Poultry Cross, which was described by 
Arcnpgacon Lear; the Hall of John Hall, which was restored by 
