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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CARDIGANSHIRE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY AND OF ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DURING 1950. THE first meeting of the Executive Committee in 1950 was held on Saturday, 14 January, at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, with Sir Bryner Jones in the chair. Various suggestions by the Hon. Editor (Sir William LI. Davies) relating to the format and contents of Ceredigion (Vol. I, part I) were approved. The offer of the National Library of Wales to lend blocks was gratefully accepted. As there had been an interval of ten years since the publication of the previous volume (Vol. XIV of Transactions), the Committee agreed that the first volume of the new series (Ceredigion, Vol. I, part I) should be produced on as generous and enlarged a scale as possible. It was also agreed to sanction the extra expenditure involved and to print 700 copies in the expectation that the County Education Committee would purchase a sufficient number of copies for circulation to schools and that there would be increased membership. On 11 March the Committee authorised the payment of £ 212 19s. to Messrs. J. D. Lewis and Sons, Ltd., Gomerian Press, Llandyssul, for printing and other expenses connected with the publication of Ceredigion (Vol. I, part I). On the proposition of Professor R. F. Treharne, seconded by Mr. D. D. Evans, a resolution was passed expressing gratitude and congratulation to the Hon. Editor on the excellence of Ceredigion. The resolution also expressed appreciation of the work done by the printers. A general meeting of the Society was held on Saturday afternoon, 11 March, at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Sir Bryner Jones presiding over a large attendance. Dr. I. J. Sanders, Lecturer in the History Department of the College, gave an address on Aberystwyth and Cardigan in the Middle Ages.' In the discussion which followed Professors R. F. Treharne, T. Jones-Pierce, E. G. Bowen and David Williams, and Mr. Ieuan T. Hughes spoke in appreciative terms of the address, especially of its valuable contribution to the history of urban life in the county. Replying to a question, Dr. Sanders said that no evidence had been found in Quarter Sessions records between 1720 and 1780 relating to the alleged diversion of the rivers Rheidol and Ystwyth. The Chairman accorded a vote of thanks to Dr. Sanders. At a meeting of the Executive Committee on 27 May the Chairman (Sir Bryner Jones) congratulated Professor David Williams on the publication of his book, History of Modern Wales. Professor Williams acknowledged the congratulation. The Committee discussed the membership question following a statement by Mr. Gwilym Jones, financial secretary, to the effect that the number of members that day was 215, that the balance in hand was £ 46 13 4, with £ 36 due from the Education Committee in respect of copies of Ceredigion (Vol. I, part I) supplied to schools, and that it would be impossible to undertake printing another part of the journal until the membership was considerably increased. The Hon. Secretary was asked to issue a circular appealing for renewal of subscriptions and for additional members. A general meeting of the Society was held on Saturday, 1 July, at Newcastle Emlyn. In glorious summer weather members and friends assembled on the Castle