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The Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting. 



very pleasant meeting" this year also — and in that respect the officers 

 of the Society were entitled to great credit, and above all things 

 perhaps for the admirable manner in which, in spite of great 

 difficulties, they had provided them with such beautiful weather. 



Mr. C. Penruddocke seconded the report, which was adopted. 



The Rev. A. C. Smith reminded the Members that at the end of 

 the year they would lose the services of their present President, his 

 term of office having expired, and he was sure everybody must 

 regret it, as it was impossible there could be a better President than 

 Sir John Lubbock. However, he had the honor of proposing a very 

 worthy successor — subject to his consent, for he was now absent 

 from England — in Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, who he was certain 

 would preside over them (if he could be prevailed upon to accept 

 the office) to their satisfaction. He moved that Lord Edmond 

 Eitzmaurice be elected President for the three years 1880 — 2 both 

 inclusive. 



The Rev. H. A. Olivier seconded the proposition, which was 

 unanimously agreed to. 



Mr. Cunnington proposed the re-election of the General Secre- 

 taries (the Rev. A. C. Smith and C. H. Talbot, Esq.), the General 

 Curators, the Local Secretaries, the Treasurer, the Auditors, and the 

 Committee, substituting in the latter the name of the Rev. W. P. S. 

 Bingham, Berwick Bassett, for that of the Rev. Canon Warre, who 

 wished to retire. 



The Rev. Canon Jackson seconded the proposition, and it was 

 adopted. 



Lord Ailesbury then called upon Canon Jackson to read his 

 paper on " Savernake Forest/'' which was listened to with great 

 interest, but need not be further mentioned here, as it will be printed 

 in a future page of the Magazine. 



The Noble Chairman, on the conclusion of the paper, rose to 

 propose a vote of thanks to Canon Jackson. He was sure he was 

 only expressing the feeling of all when he assured Mr. J ackson how 

 greatly delighted they had been by listening to his very instructive 

 paper. His Lordship said he felt keenly alive to the duty of pre- 

 serving intact all the interesting memorials on the property 



