2 FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



appropriate speech, in which, after referrlng to the objects 

 of interest visited on former occasions, he mentioned many 

 Gurions relics of antiquity in the district adjoining Ycovil, 

 particularly calling the attention of the Company to the 

 remains of ancient domestic architecture which abound in 

 the neighbourhood of that town. 



The follownng Eeport of the Committee for the past 

 year was then read by the Eev. F. Warre, one of the 

 Secretaries of the Society : — 



" On this occasion, being the Fifth Annual Meeting of 

 our members, the Committee have great pleasure in being 

 able to congratulate the Society upon a considcrable in- 

 crease in the number of subscribers. The hxst published 

 list contained 420 names ; that for the present year con- 

 tains no less than 499, shewing an addition to the 

 subscriptions of last year amounting to £25 ; which, while 

 it indicates an increase of the Society, givcs at the same 

 time hopes of more extensive Operations and increased 

 usefiilness. 



" Nothing is perhaps more likely to conduce to the per- 

 manence of a society such as ours, than the possession of 

 valuable property ; and in addition to the Williams's 

 Geological coUection, the great vahie of which is un- 

 doubted, the Committee have the pleasure of congratu- 

 lating the Society upon the acquisition of an extensive and 

 very beautiful collection of Oriental Birds, presented by the 

 Hon. E. A. Blundell. The arrangement and display of both 

 these collections have been advanced, during the last year, 

 as far as the funds of the Society would allow. In the 

 arrangement and labelling of the Geological specimens, in 

 addition to the invaluable Services of jNIr. Baker, the Com- 

 mittee have received great assistance from the kindness of 

 Mr. Salter, one of the curators of the Museum of Practical 



