KEPOllT OF THE COM MITTEE. 3 



" The delay wliich has attended the issuing of this 

 volume had beeii a great cause of regret to the Committee, 

 but it was whoUy unavoidable. The illustrations of such 

 volumes as this, whlle they are the Ufe of the work, are a 

 serious drain upon the fuuds of the Society, so that the 

 Committee cannot express too strongly their sense of the 

 courtesy of those gentlemen who have aided them, par- 

 ticularly of B. Ferrey and E. A. Freeman, Esqrs., who 

 have supplied the views of Wrington Church, and the 

 sculptures of St. Cuthbert's. An arrangement has been 

 entered into with the publisher, by which the Society is 

 freed from the encumbrance of the remaining stock of its 

 publications, and the iuconvenience of having to dispose 

 of them in retail. 



" The examinations on Worle Hill, Weston-super-Mare, 

 a fuli account of which is given in the paper by the Rev. 

 F. Warre, are being continued, through the kindness oi 

 Mr. Pigott, the owner of the property, under the superin- 

 tendence of ]\Ir. Warre. 



" The Conversazione eveuing Meetings of the Society, 

 at Taunton, were resumed during the winter months, with 

 manifestly increased interest on the part of the members 

 and their friends. To prevent any possible misunder- 

 standing on this subject, the Committee beg to repeat that 

 none of the expenses of their meetings are sufFered to 

 trench upon the general funds of the Society. 



" In closing this Report, the Committee have the plea- 

 sure of acknowledging various donations to the museum, 

 of important books and objects of scientific value, both in 

 the department of Natural History and of Archfeology ; 

 and they cannot but feel, with such a spirit abroad, the 

 Society niust succeed in its object, of becoming a pulilic 

 bencfit to the county antl kingdom." 



