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pages, and especially he desires again to offer his warmest thanks 

 to Canon Jackson, without whose valuable help he would oftentimes 

 be at a sad loss. The last Number, just now published, scarcely yet, 

 perhaps, in the hands of some of the Members, is No. 63, and com- 

 pletes the Twenty- First Volume. 



" The museum and library of the Society have been enriched by 

 sundry contributions from many friends, among which should be 

 especially mentioned samples for comparison of flint implements 

 and bones from the celebrated bone caves of Mentone, and which 

 were most kindly brought from the South of France, especially for 

 our museum, by Mr. and Mrs. Caillard. Of discoveries afield the 

 Committee has but little to report during the last year. One in- 

 teresting excavation of an early British pit was, however, made by 

 Mr. Henry Cunnington in the neighbourhood of Beckhampton, in 

 North Wilts. There was also a find of twelve large metal dishes, 

 unquestionably Roman, discovered on Manton Down, on the estate 

 of Sir Henry Meux, and now in that gentleman's possession. So 

 far, then, as regards the work of the Society during the last twelve 

 months and its present position. 



" Perhaps it may not be out of place to say on this, the thirty- 

 second anniversary of the Society's existence, that as years roll on 

 the work for which it was founded still seems to increase, and de- 

 mands attention on all sides. So far from a falling off in the 

 material for the Magazine, which some apprehended, the contribu- 

 tions to its pages rather increase in number, so that at times the 

 Editor has some difficulty in keeping pace with the supply; while 

 on the other hand it may confidently be asserted that these pleasant 

 annual gatherings of the Society for the exploration of all parts of 

 the county become more and more popular every year. 



" It remains only to impress once more upon the Members of the 

 Society how essential to our success is their constant co-operation, 

 and how much each may do in his own sphere and neighbourhood 

 to advance the objects we all have at heart, viz., the preservation of 

 the memorials of past ages and the elucidation of the Natural History 

 as well as the past history of our county.'" 



The Rev. Canon Jackson moved the adoption of the report, 



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