It is seldom, even in the summer months, that I entirely lose interest in my collections but for the past two months they have taken a back seat and I have enjoyed to the full the wonderful sunshine and country delights of this quite unexpected spell of warm weather. I , therefore, have little to say this quarter but nights are drawing on, as they say down here in Wiltshire, and the wet days will come -- we have had no rain here for eight weeks now -- and out will come the albums again. The Society meetings will mostly commence next month and I would remind you of our meeting at the "Royal" on Saturday afternoon, October 22nd,at which, all being well, I will be present and preside. It is our first autumn meeting so let us have a good attendance and each one bring along a few sheets of real interest to cover, if possible, the whole of the B.W.I. group;. Since we last met at our first ANNIVERSARY MEETING we have lost two of our most prominent members -- H.C.V. Adam and John H. Sinton. Mr. Adams I had known for many a year and he helped me much in pre-war days. We shall miss his notes in our Bulletin. Mr.Sinton lived up North and consequently I had not the opportunity of being so closely in touch with him. He rarely missed attending Congress and I always, locked forward to meeting him there and having a chat about the stamps of the B.W.I. Our Hon. Secretary will, no doubt have more to say about them.