Council would still be glad, however, to receive more help from the 

 Vice-Presidents. 



The Anniversary was considered to be the third Winter General 

 Meeting of the Society. The fourth Winter General Meeting was 

 held on March 16th, when a paper, by Mr. C. S. Greaves, Q.C., 

 on " The Darley Yew," was read by the Hon. Secretary, and pro- 

 duced considerable discussion. A water colour sketch of the Yew 

 tree, taken in 1857, was exhibited. In the absence of Mr. 

 Bemrose from this Meeting, Mr. J. Charles Cox then exhibited 

 and explained some original documents, relating to the Pretender 

 of 1745. It is hoped that the documents furnished by Mr. 

 Bemrose, with additional matter bearing upon the same subject, 

 may be published in the next issue of the Society's journal. 



The Society made its first expedition, for the past year, to Dale 

 Abbey. The Burton Natural History and Archaeological Society 

 joined in this expedition, and benefited by the special arrange- 

 ments kindly made by the Great Northern Railway Company. 

 Over one hundred members and friends joined the expedition. 

 The Hermitage, Guest House, and old Church were first visited. 

 Mr. J. Charles Cox then gave an historical account of the Abbey, 

 within the recently excavated enclosure. Mr. W. H. St. John 

 Hope followed with a description of the Excavations, Monumental 

 Slabs, etc. ; and exhibited the Encaustic Tiles, and other details 

 recently discovered. A collection was made in aid of the funds 

 for the excavations, and amounted to ^13 is. 6d. Tea was 

 taken in the Guest House. 



The Council fixed upon July 19 for an expedition to Cresswell 

 Crags, and the chapel of Steetley. The Midland Railway, as 

 they did last year, again offered special arrangements ; but again 

 an insufficient number of members signified their intention of 

 joining the expedition. It was impossible to carry out the special 

 arrangements for a small number, and this expdition had again to 

 be abandoned. 



The next expedition was made on September 13th, to Breadsall, 

 Morley, and Dale Abbey. The Nottingham Literary and Philo- 

 sophical Society was invited to join this expedition, but were 



