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the ever increasing pressure of the war, the Society has gone steadily on its way during the past year in spite of the difficulty of locomotion, and the meetings have been almost if not quite as well attended as in pre-war days.

Twelve new members have been enrolled during the year, and two American libraries have been added to the list of subscribers. On the other hand, as might be expected, there has been a larger number of resignations than usual.

It is with the deepest regret that the Council have to report the death of Dr. H. B. Wheatley, D.C.L., F.S.A., one of the oldest members of the Society. He was rarely absent from any meeting of the Council which it was possible for him to attend, and as Editor-in-Chief of the projected new edition of Brand's Popular Antiquities his judgment and experience have been invaluable. It will be difficult to fill his place there. Another of the older members of the Society who has died during the year is Dr. R. Walker, who joined it in the year 1879.

The Council have also to report the death of Mr. Percy Manning, whose communications to the Journal are well known. His valuable collection of MSS. relating to Oxfordshire Folklore has been placed in the Bodleian Library, where it will be accessible to students. Another great loss to the Society is that of Miss Sophia Morrison, a valued correspondent in the Isle of Man.

The total number of members and subscribers (including