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The adoption of the Keport having been carried, tlie re-election 

 of the officers and members of the Committee en bloc was proposed, 

 seconded, and carried unanimously, and the proceedings of the 

 Business Meeting came to an end. The next item on the programme 

 was the visit to THE CASTLE, by kind permission of SIR CHARLES 

 H. S. RICH, OF SHIRLEY, where, in the absence of Mr. Edward Kite, 

 THE REV. E. H. GODDARD said a few words explanatory of the 

 site. The party, now considerably increased in numbers, next 

 visited ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, returning afterwards to the Town 

 Hall, where tea had been most kindly provided by MRS. 

 CUNNINGTON. After tea ST. MARY'S CHURCH was visited, 

 the principal points of interest, both here and St. John's being 

 pointed out by the Rev. E. H. Goddard. This ended the pro- 

 gramme until THE ANNIVERSARY DINNER, at the Bear Hotel, 

 at 7.30, at which a considerable company sat down. Speeches 

 were, as usual of late years, conspicuous by their absence, and at 

 8.30 some fifty-two Members and their friends met at the 

 CONVERSAZIONE at the Town Hall, where proceedings began 

 with the ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT. He began by dwelling 

 on the loss which the Society had sustained by the death of 

 DR. BEDDOE, perhaps the most distinguished of its Presidents, 

 and then passed on to the subject of his address, " The Geology of 

 the Devizes Neighbourhood," which he treated in a very lucid and 

 interesting manner. At the end lie dwelt for a few minutes on 

 the principal arclueological events of the year, singling out for 

 special eulogy the work of excavation carried on during the past 

 few years ])y MR. AND MRS. CUNNINGTOX in the earthworks 

 of the district. THE REV. C. V. GODDARD, in the course of some 

 remarks on the geology, mentioned that a Palieolithic Hint imple- 

 ment had occurred in the river gravel at Dinton. After tea and 

 coffee had l)een serviMl by ihe kiiidiu'ss i)f M i;s. CUNNINGTON 

 the Hon. Secretary read a paper on "TllK BATTLE OF IJOl'ND- 

 WAV DOWN," by the UK\'. K. .1. H()1)IN(}T()X, who wuspivviMiLcd 

 ))y his duiit's as Chaplain to llu^ Territorials from Iteini;- present 

 and reatling it- hinist^lf. This jiaptn- will a{»pear in a future number 

 of the M(fi/iizuif. The President, then called upon TKOl'MSSOp^ 



