2 Report of the Society for the Year July, 1893 — July, 1894. 



long Leon known as the Historian of Marlborough and Devizes. 

 A notice of him and his works appears in the last number of the 

 Magazine. Within the last few days we observe the death of one 

 of our Vice-Presidents, Sir Henry A. Hoare, Bart. ; a name which 

 has been prominently connected with Wiltshire archaeology for 

 nearly a century. Of resignations we have to record twenty-five, 

 most of those resigning having left the county. 



" As to finance, a copy of the accounts (which we must thank our 

 Honorary Auditors for having examined) is printed with the last 

 number of the Magazine. They do not present any exceptional 

 feature, unless we so regard the handsome surplus of £17 10$. re- 

 ceived from the Warminster Local Committee last year in aid of 

 the general funds of the Society. 



" Numbers 80 and 81 of our Magazine, completing the twenty- 

 seventh volume, have been issued since our last Meeting. The 

 character of the papers (some by old friends ; some, we are glad to 

 observe, by new) fully maintains its position amongst such county 

 journals. If the cost of producing the present volume is somewhat 

 in excess of the average, this is quite explained by the numerous 

 illustrations, which so materially add to the interest of the papers. 



" The lists of additions to the Museum and Library during the 

 year, chiefly by way of donations, are recorded at the end of each 

 number of the Magazine. They include the Eomano-British objects 

 from Cold Kitchen Hill, presented by Mr. William Stratton, and a 

 fine specimen of Pleiosaurus, presented by the Swindon Brick and 

 Tile Company. The principal gifts, however, have been bestowed 

 on the Library, which has been enriched by a large number of 

 Wiltshire books, pamphlets, and engravings, partly acquired by 

 exchange for duplicates in the collection and by purchase, but chiefly 

 due to the bequest of Wilts Tracts by the late Mr. James Waylen, 

 the gifts of Wilts books and pamphlets by Mr. W. Cunnington, 

 and of engravings and portraits by Mrs. H. Cunnington and others. 

 These additions, numbering many hundreds of items, are a con- 

 siderable step towards making the Library what it should be — viz., 

 a real Library of reference for all Wiltshire matters. The pamphlets 

 have been carefully arranged in a more accessible form than before 



