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"Enlargement. — The enlargement by throwing into the Museum 

 the two ground-floor rooms has provided much needed extra space 

 for the display of the exhibits, and the rooms are well lighted by 

 the windows. The cost of these alterations and the cases and 

 fittings has been £110 7s. 9d., being £35 16s. 4d. for cases, etc., 

 and £74 lis. 5d. on account of structural work. The latter sum 

 was larger than the original estimate, owing to the fact that the 

 joists of the floor of the added rooms were found to be unsafe, 

 having regard to the weight that they would have to bear. The 

 Society is greatly indebted to the Curator and Mrs. Cunnington 

 for what has practically been an entire re-arrangement of the 

 archaeological portion of the Museum. 



" It may be remembered that Mr. W. Heward Bell, when the 

 alterations and additions were first taken in hand, kindly advanced 

 £200 to the Society without interest. Of this advance £150 has 

 been repaid to him, and the balance of £50 is now the sole out- 

 standing debt of the Society. In last year's report we stated that 

 a sum of £50 had been borrowed from the Life Membership Fund, 

 to be repaid by the Museum Enlargement Fund. This was an 

 error, as the money was provided from the General Fund. This 

 sum will be gradually repaid from the Museum Enlargement Fund, 

 the rent of the house being credited to the latter fund. 



"Excavations. — The work at Avebury, begun last year under the 

 .auspices of the Committee of the British Association, has been 

 continued this spring by Mr. H. St. G. Gray. As, however, the 

 grants made by the British Association and the Society of 

 Antiquaries were insufficient, an appeal was made by the Hon. 

 •Secretaries to several Members of our Society, and a sum of £14 4s. 

 was given by six members, to be regarded as the Society's contri- 

 bution towards the work. The principal result of this year's work, 

 ef which a report will appear in due time, has been the discovery 

 of the original entrance causeway on the Kennett side. Mr. Gray 

 has kindly consented to lecture to our Society on the subject at 

 the Bradford Meeting. It is hoped, too, that the objects found in 

 the excavations will eventually be placed in the Society's Museum. 



" Of other such work in the county, Mr. and Mrs. Cunnington 



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