REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 7 
lie too far to the west. In this state of things members 
will naturally favor most that town to which they have the 
readiest access. We have felt this to be a considerable 
diffieulty, and that it is impossible in the circumstances of 
the county, to make the choice of any one place satisfactory 
to all the members; and we think that, probably, the best 
arrangement will be, that the annual meetings* should take 
place in rotation—at all the principal points in the county, 
while one place is reserved where the other meetings may 
be held, and where the society’s library and museum may 
be stationed. 
“ Whether Taunton is the best place for this purpose or 
not, it will be for the members to decide when they have 
had some experience of the workings of the society, and 
when they have discovered where its operations can be 
carried on most efficiently; only, the committee suggest 
that that decision should be made at no distant period, that 
members may not be in doubt as to the destination of any 
presents or loans which they may be disposed to make, and 
that no time be lost in getting together a collection of suf- 
ficient importance to be of real help in those studies which 
the society is established to promote. 
“For the present your committee have provided a room 
in this town as a temporary receptacle, to which a few 
things have already been sent; before this year is over we 
hope to be obliged to seek better accommodation, and still 
further look forward to the time when we may be able to 
say that we possess a good collection of the antiquities and 
objects of Natural History which are found in Somerset- 
shire, and also a well-furnished library, in suitable buildings 
which we can call our own. 
* It has since been determined to make all the general meetings 
migratory. 
