190 The Fifty-Sixth General Meeting. 



The work of transcribing and editing this publication has been 

 almost entirely a labour of love, and the Committee suggests to 

 Members of the Society and all who are interested in the records- 

 of the county the desirability of supporting the work by subscribing 

 regularly for the volumes as issued. At present the volumes have 

 dealt only with the Marriage registers, but it is intended to include 

 Baptisms and Burials if sufficient support should be obtained to 

 justify the continuance of the work. 



" The Magazine. Volume xxxv., with full index, was completed 

 in the number for December, 1908, when the concluding part of 

 the second volume of the Wiltshire " Inquisitiones Post Mortem,"' 

 with an index, was also issued to Members. This series will be 

 continued at the same rate as in former years, by the issue of one 

 part annually to Members. 



" Edward H. Goddard, \Hon. 

 "Edward 0. P. Bouverie, {Sees. 

 "June, 1909." 



THE KEV. F. H. MANLEY spoke strongly in favour of a larger 

 support for the Wiltshire Parish Begister series. He hoped that 

 many who had not hitherto purchased the volumes would become 

 subscribers. Wiltshire would be failing in its duty if it did not 

 support the work. MR. E. 0. P. BOUVERIE also dwelt on the 

 fact that the printing of the Parish Begisters, instead of diminishing J 

 the demand for certified copies of entries, as it was sometimes said J 

 it would, was found by experience to have actually increased that | 

 demand. 



THE REV. E. H. GODDARD, with reference to Old Sarum, said 

 that since the report was drawn up, matters had so advanced that 

 it was necessary for the Society to take some practical steps that 

 day. At present the position was this : — An agreement had been 

 drawn up between the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury, the 

 Ecclesiastical Commissioners (who were also interested), and the 

 Society of Antiquaries, which would allow the Society to carry out 

 during the next few years such excavations on the site as they 

 might deem advisable. In order to do that a very considerable sum 

 would be required, probably £300 a year for several years. That 



