THE 



WILTSHIRE MAGAZINE. 



"MULTOEtTM MANIBTTS GRANDE LEVATUE ONUS." — Ovid. 



DE0KMBP;R. 1894.. 



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 flatural Pbtorg c^odctg 



Sax tfje fear Julg, 1893 Sulg, 1894» 



\_Read at the General Meeting of the Society at Marlborough, July 

 19th, 1894] 



j^HE Committee has again the pleasure of reporting the 

 ^i continued prosperity of the Society. In spite of times 

 which cannot by any means be regarded as times of prosperity with 

 our Members (who, in an agricultural county like ours, must nearly 

 all be connected more or less directly with the land), our Society 

 has been able to maintain its reputation, its numbers, and its funds. 

 As to its nimabers : we had on our books on July 1st, 1894, twenty- 

 three Life Members, thi'ee hundi^ed and fifty -two Annual Members, 

 and twenty-one Exchange Members, a total of tliree hmidi'ed and 

 ninety-six, as against three hundred and ninety-tlu-ee on the same 

 date last year. [Eight new Members were elected at the Annual 

 Meeting, raising the total to over four hundi-ed for the fii'st time in 

 the records of the Society.] During the year ending 30th June, 

 1894, thirty-seven new Members have been elected. There have 

 been nine losses by death dm-ing the same period, amongst wliich 

 we have specially to deplore the loss of the Eev. C. Soames, of 

 Mildenhall, who joined the Society in 1859, was a valued conti-ibutor 

 to the pages of the Magazine, and a reliable au.tliority on numis- 

 matics. We have also to mention Mr. James Wayleu, who has 



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