VOL, XIX. (2) 
ANNUAL MEETING 
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By the death of Dr. Charles Callaway the Club has lost a former President 
and an eminent Honorary Member. I had the privilege of contributing to 
the “Geological Magazine ’’ an account of the doctor’s useful work in the 
cause of geology. 
The number of Honorary Members at the close of 1915 was four; of 
Ordinary Members 113. At the end of the preceding year there were five 
Honorary Members and 116 Ordinary Members, so that there was a decrease 
of four in the membership in 1915 as compared with 1914. It is to be hoped 
that in these unsettled times the Members will continue to support the Club 
and its work. Whilst this is the sixty-eighth .Annual Meeting, the Club has 
this year (1916) been in exicCence seventy years, having been founded in 1846. 
During the past few years a considerable amount of research work has 
been done by certain Members of the Club. Some of the results have been 
published, but the funds at the disposal of the Club for publication purposes 
will not admit of all that is offered or available being accepted. 
The War has naturally affected the excursions of the Club during the 
past year. The proposed excursion to Avebury had to be abandoned owing 
to the impossibility of obtaining motors, and that to the North Cotteswolds 
was restricted to a visit to Hailes. An additional e.xcursion, however, was 
organised, namely, to Tetbury, to see the deep boring that was being made 
at the waterworks. As full particulars of the excursions appear in the 
Proceedings, it is unnecessary to give details of them now, but it may be 
stated that all were very satisfactorily attended. 
During the present year I regret that I shall be unable to continue the 
secretarial work of the Club, which I have now done for twelve years ; but, 
if it is your desire, Mr Roland Austin will very kindly act for me. 
The Hon. Treasurer submitted the financial statement, which showed an 
adverse balance of 15s., though this would be met by the payment of 
subscriptions in arrear. The statement was approved. 
The Chairman then proposed the election of Mr W. St. Clair Baddeley 
as President for the ensuing year. He had had the pleasure of knowing 
Mr Baddeley in connection with the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeo- 
logical Society, and the Members of the Club had already been favoured with 
his presence at their meetings, which had been enriched by his intimate 
knowledge of the County. He was sure Mr Baddeley would prove a most 
efficient President. Before putting the motion the Chairman said he felt 
sure Members would wish their thanks and appreciation conveyed to the 
retiring President for the services he had rendered to the Club, coupled with 
the hope that when more normal times returned they would have the plea.sure 
of seeing him again at their meetings. 
Mr Baddeley, in taking the chair as President, thanked the Members for 
the honour they had done him. He said that when he reflected on the various 
attractions of their County — its rivers, hills and valleys, and archaeological 
story — and when he recalled the past history of that Club, it was easy to realise 
the greatness of the honour they had done him, but it was equally difficult to 
understand why they should have chosen him as President. He did not 
attribute it for a moment to anything he had been able to accomplish in the 
past, but it was probably due to the fact that in him they recognised one who 
sympathised with their main objects. He should like to congratulate them 
also on the way in which their studies and excursions tended to stimulate 
inquiry into the various subjects with which the Club was concerned. He had 
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