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that of the l>iadford Meeting the year before. There is every 

 prospect that this year's Meeting, at Malmesbury, with the Rev. 

 F. H. Manley and Mr. C. F. Moir for Local Secretaries, will be no 

 less a success than its immediate predecessors. 



"The Committee recommend that the Kev. W. Symonds be 

 appointed Local Secretary for the Tetbury neighbourhood, and 

 that the Kev. E. H. Goddard be appointed the Society's represen- 

 tative on the Wootton Bassett Town Trust, to fill the vacancy 

 caused by the death of Mr. N. Story Maskelyne. 



"ED. H. OODDPlKD, Hon. Seer 



MR. W. HEWARD BELL, speaking on the Report, said that he did 

 not think that it was generally recognised what an extremely 

 valuable work was being done in Wiltshire by Mr. and Mrs. 

 Cunnington. By their systematic excavations of Wiltshire Camps 

 they were opening up new avenues of knowledge as to the past 

 history of the country, and shedding light on what had been very 

 obscure hitherto. Having paid a tribute to the memory of the 

 late Mr. N. Story Maskelyne, Mr. Bell congratulated the Society 

 on the satisfactory nature of the Report, and more especially on 

 the condition of the Museum, which would well hold its own with 

 almost any of the provincial Museums of the country. 



Three new Members having been elected, the Officers of the 

 Society were re-appointed, with the addition of The Rev. W. 

 Symonds as Local Secretary for the Tetbury neighbourhood, with 

 a seat on the Committee. The recommendation of the Committee 

 that tlie Rev. E. H. Goddard should HI I the [)lace on the Wootton 

 Bassett Town Trust hitherto occupied by the late Mr. N. Story 

 Maskelyne was also ap])rovetl. The Members, of whom forty-two 

 were present at lh(i meeting, then made their way to the Hospital 

 of St. John, ami to the cuiious little old Town Hall btdiiiid. on tlie 

 site of which, as CANON MACMILLAN said, in explaining the 

 history ol' the building and Ihti customs and privilegi\s of ihc 

 Freemen of Malmesbury, in all ])i(>baliilily the frcciucn had met 

 ever since the days when Kin- Alhclstau liisl 'j;a\-c thcui the land 

 which they still hold. This hmd liaNin'j, hccu I'fcc fioni rates since 



