202 Report of the Society for the Year 1895. 



of the local fund raised in connection with our visit to that town. 

 The cost of additions made to the contents of the Library and 

 Museum has been a Uttle above the average, and the printing of 

 catalogues is of course an exceptional expense. These items account 

 for the reduction of the balance by about £15 below the amoimt 

 brought forward at the commencement of the year. We have to 

 thank the Honorary Auditors for so carefully performing their 

 duties. 



"As to the Magazine, Nos. 82 and 83 have been issued during the 

 ■ year, and have been approved of by many of our Members. In 

 addition to this the Catalogue of the printed books, pamphlets, 

 manuscripts, and maps in the Society's Library, referred to in our 

 last report, has been issued, and an appendix has quickly followed 

 it. The Committee consider that the thanks of the Members are 

 due to Mr. Heward BeU, the Honorary Librarian, and Mr. Q-oddard, 

 for their painstaking work in connection with this laborious task. 

 The rapid appearance of the first' appendix is largely due to the 

 prompt reply to the appeal for * Wiltshire Books wanted,' which 

 appeared on the cover of the Magazine. It is hoped that the books 

 sent have been in every case acknowledged. The thanks of the 

 Society are due to the donol-s. As we gradually increase the col- 

 lection of Wiltshire books further numbers of the appendix wiU be 

 issued. Part 2 [of the ^Abstracts of Wilts hiquisitione-'i post 

 mortem ' has been issued uniform with the Magazine. It is hoped 

 that the Catalogue of drawings and prints and that of the Stotu'head 

 Collection may shortly be issued. The short notices of Wiltshire 

 books, pamphlets, and articles, and also of Wiltshire notabilities 

 commenced in No. 82 of the Magazine are a new feature, and will 

 in course of time form a valuable record. The additions to the 

 Museum comprise a portrait of Mr. WiUiam Cunnington, F.S.A., 

 1807, and a valuable collection of Wiltshire fossils, presented by 

 Mr. W. Cunnington, F.Gr.S. ; and other objects of interest as 

 recorded in the Magazine. At the sale of Canon Jackson's Library 

 in London in the month of May a few books and several manuscripts 

 were purchased. Many books have also been acquired by the 

 disposal of duplicates. The Committee has had some communication 



