THE 



WILTSHIRE MAGAZINE. 



" MULTORUM MANIBUS GRANDE LEVATOR ONUS." — Ovid, 



THE TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING 



OF THE 



8Bttefjtre SIrrljjcoIogtcal & Natural Ststorg Soctctg, 



HELD AT DEVIZES, 

 Tuesday, Wednesday , and Thursday, September Si/t, 9t/i, and lOtk, 



Inauguration of its new Museum and Library, the attendance of 



The Town Hall of Devizes having been kindly placed at the 

 service of the Society, by the Mayor and Corporation, the pro- 

 ceedings of the twenty- first Anniversary Meeting commenced at 

 two o'clock on Tuesday, September 8th,in the Assembly Room, (which 

 was completely filled,) under the presidency of G. Goldney, Esq.,M.P. 



Mr. Goldney said the first business of the day was to ask Mr . 

 Smith, one of the Secretaries, to read the Report, which he had no 

 doubt would show the Society to be in a favourable condition, and 

 be satisfactory to the members generally. 



The Rev. A. C. Smith thereupon said he desired first to discharge 

 a duty laid upon him by their Patron, the Marquis of Lansdowne, 

 and to make excuse for his non-attendance that day. His Lordship 



1 In preparing the following account of the Devizes Meeting, the Editor 

 desires to acknowledge his obligations to the columns of the Devizes Gazette, 

 Advertiser , and Independent, and also of the North Wilts Herald. 



VOL. XV. NO. XLIV. O 



1874. 



PRESIDENT OF THE MEETING, 



Gabriel Goldney, Esq., M.P. 



the Society this year celebrated the attainment of its 

 majority, and with the Annual Meeting combined the 



members and visitors was unusually large. 



