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The Fort (/-Fifth General Meeting. 



EE PORT OF COMMITTEE, JULY, 1897, TO JULY, 1898. 



" 1. During the past year the following changes have occurred 

 in the list of Members : — The Society has lost thirteen Members by 

 resignation and eleven by death ; whilst twenty-one new Members 

 have joined us. This leaves us on the 30th June with twenty-one 

 life, three hundred and thirty-three annual, and nineteen exchange 

 Members, a total of three hundred and seventy — a decrease of three 

 from our numbers last year. 



" 2. Removal from the county accounts for most of the resig- 

 nations, but we regret to observe the names of three or four who 

 are still living amongst us. Amongst those whose loss by death 

 we have to deplore are His Honour Judge Caillard, for many years 

 an interested supporter of the Society, and Mr. Jackson, of Devizes, 

 at one time a valued member of the Committee. 



" 3. The accounts for the year 1897 will be printed with the 

 number of theMagazine now about to be issued. They show a decrease 

 in the amount received from subscriptions during the year. The 

 balance of funds is somewhat decreased, chiefly owing to the whole 

 cost of the Stourhead Catalogue being charged in the year's 

 accounts. The amount received by admissions to the Museum is 

 not quite up to what it was in 1896. 



" 4. Numbers 88 and 89 of the Magazine have been issued during 

 the year. It is hoped that they may be considered to maintain the 

 reputation of the Society's publications. 



"5. The ninth Congress of Archaeological Societies at Burlington 

 House was held last December, and was attended by Mr. Q-oddard 

 on behalf of our Society. The record of National Portraits referred 

 to below was one of the chief subjects of discussion. The question 

 of efficiently cataloguing the contents of Provincial Museums also 

 nearly affected this Society. The report states that a copy of the 

 excellent illustrated catalogue of the Stourhead Collection in the 

 Museum of the Wilts Archaeological and Natural History Society at 

 Devizes, was exhibited by the Rev. E. H. Groddard, and was generally 

 approved. The importance of the subject was recognised in the 

 discussion that ensued, and a committee of six members was formed 

 of which Mr. Groddard was one. Another matter discussed was 



