6 NINTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



The Rev. F. "Warre then read the following Report of 

 the Committee : — 



" In presenting their Ninth Annual Report, your Com- 

 mittee have the pleasing duty to announce that though the 

 Society has lost many of its Members from death and re- 

 moval, and other causes, the loss has been made up by 

 recent accessions. The number of new Meinbers admitted 

 duriug the year is 31. The Committee at the same time 

 desire to espress their earnest hope, that a large proportion 

 of the Members may be induced in future to take an active 

 part in promoting the objects of the Society. They are 

 convinced that the Society has among its associates very 

 many whose acquirements and opportunities would enable 

 them to render material aid in the elucidation of the 

 Archreology and Natural History of the County. There 

 is a wide field open, and great need of prompt and ener- 

 getic action. The ra vages of time and the more cruel 

 ravages of ignorance and indifference, together with the 

 inroads of agricultural and economic improvements, render 

 it imperative upon those who are interested in the History 

 of the County, not to delay noting and recording the 

 vestiges of the past, which are fast wearing away or being 

 destroyed. The Committee venture to hope that this 

 appeal will secure the active co-operation of Members if not 

 by preparing and reading papers on definite subjects, at 

 least by communicating to the Officers of the Society, such 

 facts and observations as come before them in their several 

 localities. 



" The Committee have the pleasure to acknowledge 

 several valuable and interesting contributions to the 

 Museum during the past year, and they would strongly 

 urge upon the Members and Friends of the Society the 

 great importance of a central Museum, such as that of the 



