356 The Annivermry General Meeting of the Society. 



light, and the natural history of the county-j in all its branches, is 

 developed/' 



The adoption of the report having been moved, seconded and carried, 

 it was proposed by Mr. Gillman, seconded by Mr. Bell, and unani- 

 mously agreed to, that all the Officers of the Society be re-elected. 



The Rev A. C. Smith then called attention to two vacancies in 

 the list of Local Secretaries, that at Highworth, through the la- 

 mented death of Mr, Alexander, and that at Marlborough by the 

 early departure from the county of the Rev. T. A. Preston. To 

 both of those gentlemen the Society was much indebted : Mr. 

 Alexander had been in the early years of the Society a most regular 

 attendant at their, Annud^Meetings, at which his acquaintance with 

 architecture was oftentimes of great service : and Mr. Preston had 

 in many ways contributed to the work of the Society, and could be 

 very ill spared by it. He was on the point of leaving Marlborough 

 for an incumbency in a northern county, and he would carry with 

 him the best wishes as well as the hearty thanks of the Wilthire 

 Archaeological Society. To fill up these two vacancies, Mr. Smith 

 desired to propose two gentlemen who would, he was satisfied, do 

 good work for the Society : these were, Mr. Robert Elwell, of 

 Highworth, for that place ; and Mr. Charles Ponting, of Lockeridge, 

 for Marlborough. Both these gentlemen were prepared to work in 

 their respective localities for the Society, and he cordially recom- 

 mended them to the Society. Mr. Medlicott seconded this pro- 

 position, which was carried unanimously, and with a vote of thanks 

 to the chairman, the business was brought to a close. 



gonati0ti0 to ^ws^um anlr §^ikarg* 



The Committee feel great pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of 



the following articles, presented to the Society. 

 By Db. Stevhns : — A handsome collection of Palaeolithic Flint Implements. 

 By Sib A. Malet, Bart : — " Notices of an English Branch of the Malet Family, 



by Arthur Malet." 



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