THE 



WILTSHIRE MAGAZINE. 



"hultorum manibus geande leyatue onus." — Ovid. 



DECEMBER, 1896. 



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[Read at the General Meeting, at Salisbury, July 14>th, 1896.] 



* 1 IE increase in the number of Members of the Society 

 (which the Committee hoped would have progressed until 

 there were at least four hundred upon the list) has not been main- 

 tained, for the loss of ten Members by resignation and eleven by 

 death since the 1st July, 1895, whilst only nine new Members have 

 been elected, has reduced the total to three hundred and eighty-two. 

 Notices of some of those removed by death have appeared in the 

 Magazine. It is hoped that every effort will be made by the Local 

 Secretaries and other friends to keep up our numbers. 



" A copy of the accounts for the year 1895 appears in the last 

 Magazine. We regret to observe that the amount of subscriptions 

 received within the twelve months is considerably less than in 1894. 

 Prompt payment of subscriptions at the commencement of the year 

 would be greatly appreciated. There is a falling off in the amount 

 received from visitors to the Museum. Had it not been for the 

 very handsome contribution to the Society's funds handed over by 

 the Local Committee at Corsham, after last year's Meeting there, 

 the receipts would have been much less satisfactory than the account 

 shows them to be. 



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