THE 



WILTSHIRE MAGAZINE. 



MULTOEUlt MANIBUS GEANDE LEVATUE ONUS." — Ovid. 



DECEMBER, 1894r. 



Natural Pistorg j^oactg 



Jor tlje fear 3ulg, 1893 Mg, 1894. 



[Read at the General Meeting of the Society at Marlborough, July 



\$th, 1894] 



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jHE Committee has again the pleasure of reporting the 

 wjj continued prosperity of the Society. In spite of times 

 which cannot by any means be regarded as times of prosperity with 

 our Members (who, in an agricultural county like ours, must nearly 

 all be connected more or less directly with the land), our Society 

 has been able to maintain its reputation, its numbers, and its funds. 

 As to its numbers : we had on our books on July 1st, 1894, twenty- 

 three Life Members, three hundred and fifty-two Annual Members, 

 and twenty-one Exchange Members, a total of three hundred and 

 ninety-six, as against three hundred and ninety-three on the same 

 date last year. [Eight new Members were elected at the Annual 

 Meeting, raising the total to over four hundred for the first time in 

 the records of the Society.] During the year ending 30th June, 

 1894, thirty-seven new Members have been elected. There have 

 been nine losses by death during the same period, amongst which 

 we have specially to deplore the loss of the Kev. C. Soames, of 

 Mildenhall, who joined the Society in 1859, was a valued contributor 

 to the pages of the Magazine, and a reliable authority on numis- 

 matics. We have also to mention Mr. James Waylen, who has 



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