516 The Fifty -Ninth General Meeting. 



the Committee to provide a good new case in the Library to contain 

 large books of drawings and prints. The most notable objects 

 presented during tlie year are a small but valuable collection of Saxoi» 

 and other Wiltshire antiquities which were generously purchased 

 and presented by Mr. and Mrs. Cunnington ; two cinerary urns from 

 a barrow on the Warminster golf course, given by Lord Bath ; and 

 certain Saxon objects from interments at the Fox Farm, Purton, 

 given by Mr. J. H. Sadler. The Museum Mciintenance Fund ha& 

 provided, at the cost of £24, for the purchase of two excellent 

 show cases which belonged to the late Mr. J. E. Nightingale, and 

 now most conveniently fill available spaces in the new room down- 

 stairs. The good work which has been done of late years in the 

 archseological collections by the Curator and Mrs. Cunnington has 

 been continued recently by the entire re-arrangement by the latter 

 of the Stourhead Collection, grouping the various objects from the 

 different barrows together, so that for the first time it is possible 

 to see at a glance the contents of any given interment. The 

 scientific and educational value of the collection has been largely 

 increased by this new arrangement. In the Bird Room much time 

 has been given by the Rev. E. P. Knubley and Mr. G. B. Hony to 

 the better labelling of the specimens, and the repair of faulty case& 

 and the preservation of the birds within them has been placed in 

 competent hands. This work has been undertaken none too soon, 

 and the Committee are much indebted to Mr. Hony for the trouble 

 he has taken in the matter. The Catalogues of Books and Prints 

 have been brought up to date during the year, and a considerable 

 number of items have been presented to the Library. The Librarian 

 has been able also to make a beginning in the arrangement and 

 rendering available for reference of the considerable number of old 

 Wiltshire newspapers possessed by the Society. 



''Exxavations. — The excavation of Casterley Camp was continued 

 by Mr. and Mrs. Cunnington last autumn, and will probably be 

 completed this year. They have also excavated round the base of 

 the fallen " Longstone " at Beckhampton preparatory to operations 

 for raising it, with very interesting results. At Avebury itself no 

 digging has taken place during the year, though Mr. Gray has been 



