The Report. 549 



,t Devizes passed a resolution protesting against the proposal to 

 e-cast the bells of St. Mary's, Devizes, and the Hon. Secretary has 

 ately written placing the views of the Society before the Chancellor 

 if the Diocese, with whom the issue of a faculty for this work rests, 

 .n this the Society has the support of many residents in Devizes 

 tself. 



Annual Meeting. The joint meeting of the Cambrian Archseo- 

 ogical Association and our own Society at Devizes from August 

 .2th to August 16th, 1913, was on an altogether larger and more 

 mportant scale than the ordinary meetings of the Society. Prob- 

 .bly, indeed, it was the largest Archaeological Meeting ever held 

 n the county, the numbers on the excursions reaching at some 

 joints over 150, The presence of several of the leading archseolo- 

 ;ists of the day made the proceedings more than usually important, 

 vhilst the minute perfection of the arrangements by Mr. B. H. 

 )unnington, upon whom the whole burden of their organisation 

 ested, and the clockwork regularity with which they worked, won 

 he unstinted admiration of the Welsh visitors. In Wiltshire, we 

 ire accustomed to his excellent work, and the Society is greatly 

 ndebted to him for undertaking again the troublesome duties of 

 Local Secretary for the Shaftesbury Meeting this year. 



The appointment of a Special Meeting Secretary. — The Committee 

 relieve that the interests of the Society will best be served in the 

 uture by the appointment of an " Honorary Meeting Secretary," 

 vhose special province should lie in the organisation of the Annual 

 Meetings, and they are glad to report that Mr. Cunhington has 

 ieen prevailed on to accept the post for a year provisionally, and 

 hey recommend his appointment accordingly. 



The adoption of the Eeport having been moved by Mr. C. 

 .^enruddocke, seconded by Mr. B. H. Cunnington, and carried, the 

 Ion. Secretary brought forward the question of the preservation 

 if the Monastic Tithe Barn at Bradford-on-Avon, reading letters 

 Horn Mr. A. W. N. Burder, PS. A, and Mr. C. Peers, F.S.A., the 

 nspector of Ancient Monuments. He reported that the owner 

 f the barn, Sir C. P. Hobhouse, had enquired of Mr. Burder 

 vhether any society would take over the building and put it in. 



