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FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



Mr. R. Badcock presented the Treasurer's Report, an 



abstract of which is subjoined, viz. : — 



^fje ÜErrasurfr in account ioitf) tf)t Somerset arcöaeologiral antt ßatmal 

 Br. J^tstorg Soeietg. Cr. 



R. G. B.\DCOCK, Treasurer. 



The Rev. H. Street read a paper on the Necrology of 

 Egypt, which drew on the accomplished writer a warm 

 eulogium by IVIr. Markland. 



The Rev. F. Warre read a paper on the Perpendi- 

 cular Church Towers of Somersetshire, which is given in 

 Part II. 



The Rev. H. M. Scarth read a paper received from 

 Capt. Chapman, on a Tomb lately discovered near Shock- 

 erwick. Mr. Scarth made allusion to the value of the 

 collections made by Capt. Chapman, illustrative of the 

 antiqiiities of the neighboiu-hood of Bath. A hiige stone, 

 which had formed for generations a great obstruction to 

 the plough, on being broken up by a new tenant of the 

 fami, at Shockerwick, was discovered to mark a place of 



