4 ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



enquiries most desired, they will be placed in the Lands of 

 such members as have the time and the inclination to 

 devote themselves to the work ; and it is hoped that the 

 Society may, at no distant period, be able to use coUec- 

 tively the materials thus obtained by the labours and 

 investigations of indlvidual members in the districts with 

 which they are best acquainted. 



" Dm'ing the past year the Committee have provided a 

 fitting case in which to deposit the Pigott coUection of 

 Drawings, the cost of which was defrayed in part by 

 local contributions in Taunton and the neighbourhood. 

 Schemes for the publication of this collection, in part or as 

 a whole, submitted to the Committee by some of the 

 Trustees, have been under consideration ; but the great 

 outlay which such a scheme would involve, and the in- 

 ability of the Society to undertake such a responsibility, 

 with other reasons, have causcd these plans to remain in 

 abeyance. 



" It is with great regret the Committee have to report 

 that on the sudden disappearance of the late Curator it 

 was found that a considerable amount of subscriptions had 

 been coUected by him, but not paid in to the Treasurer. 

 The exact amount of the defalcation has not yet been 

 ascertained, but it is partly covered by the value of the 

 collection of objects of Natural History, &c., belonging to 

 him, which remain in the Museum as the property of the 

 Society. 



" In conclusion, the Committee desire to express their 

 growing conviction of the usefulness of the Society, and 

 would again urge upon the members, and on the county 

 at large, the claims which the Society has for more general 

 and liberal pecuniary Support, and a more active and syste- 

 matized literary and scientific co-operation. " 



