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?:3 HE British Archaeological Association held its thirty-seventh 

 Annual Meeting this year at Devizes, from Monday, August 

 16th, to Saturday, 21st inclusive; it was, therefore, judged advisable 

 that the Members of our county Society should combine their usual 

 Annual Meeting with the Congress of the larger Association, which, 

 by the courtesy of the officers of that body, they were permitted to 

 do at half the accustomed charges for tickets. 



The Congress proved to be of such extraordinary interest, and — ■ 

 under the genial presidency of Lord Nelson — was pronounced so 

 eminently successful, that it has been thought desirable to preserve 

 in the pages of the Magazine a somewhat fuller account of it than 

 has been usual in the ordinary Meetings of the Society. For much 

 of the details given below, the Editor desires to acknowledge bis 

 obligation to the columns of the " Building News'' and to those of 

 the " Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette" from both of which copious 

 extracts are taken. 



MONDAY, AUGUST 16th. 

 The Congress was opened with a meeting at the Town Hall, 

 at 2.30, p.m., the Mayor (Mr. Thomas Chandler) in the chair, 

 well supported by the Rector and many members of the Corpora- 

 tion, as well as other gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood. 

 The Mayor offered a hearty welcome on behalf of the town to 

 the British Archaeological Association, which was seconded in 

 eloquent terms by the Recorder (R. L. Lopes, Esq.). The Rev. 

 A. C. Smith also offered a cordial welcome in behalf of the Wiltshire 



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