REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 3 
elapsed, but the curators of the Museum are not yet able to 
dispense with theuse of the manuscript, which the family 
have very kindly allowed them to retain for a longer 
period. 
“ Whilst on this subject, the committee cannot refrain 
from expressing their painful sense of the loss of one of 
their secretaries, Mr. Baker, of Bridgwater, whose widely 
extended acquirements, not to mention his amiable and 
exemplary private character, rendered him a most invalu- 
able support to the society, and whose death has created a 
void which they can scarcely hope to see in a like manner 
filled up. 
“By the kindness of several individuals, a large addition 
has been made to the Museum of the society, not only of 
objects of archzology and natural history, but also of 
pamphlets on various questions of antiquity, and Mr. Petit’s 
Architectural Studies ın France. At the same time, a 
valuable collection of illuminated missals has been de- 
posited in the Museum, by its owner. 
“ Some casts of seals of the Haviland family suggest the 
idea that the members of the society at large should be re- 
quested to send casts or drawings of the arms of Somerset- 
shire families, together with brief notices of their history, 
as much more and better information can thus be expected 
than from the researches of any one enquirer. To this 
may be added another request to members of the society, 
that they would give their aid towards the collection of 
materials for a Bibliotheca Somersetensis, or Catalogue of 
books written by Somerset authors, or relating to the 
county. 
“Your committee have readily availed themselves of the 
offer of the Sussex Archxological Society to exchange pub- 
lications. They feel that they need not insist on the great 
