REPORT. xli 
S. Alkmund’s Cross, which were lying uncared for on the premises 
of the Museum. 
It is with keen regret that we mention the fact that the old 
Guest House at Dale Abbey has been pulled down during the past 
year, and we cannot help feeling that there were members of the 
Society residing in the neighbourhood who might have notified to 
the Council-the intended demolition before it was actually accom- 
plished. It is impossible for the Vigilance Committee to do its 
work thoroughly without help from members in their own neigh- 
bourhoods. 
The Society will be glad to learn that the Vicarand Churchwardens 
of All Saints have consented to the erection of the wooden effigy 
in front of the Chambers’ monument in the north aisle of All 
Saints’ Church. On the strength of this permission, your Council 
decided to authorise certain proposed restorations of the effigy ; 
these are now all but completed, and it is expected that the effigy 
will be erected on the proposed site before Easter. The effigy 
will, with your permission, be previously exhibited in London 
before the Society of Antiquaries. 
In April last it was notified to your Council that it 
was intended to build a new school at Repton upon 
the ground occupying the site of the old Priory Church. 
The Council at once communicated with every member of the 
Governing Body of Repton, giving them a lithographed plan 
(drawn by Mr. St. John Hope, F.S.A.) of the probable position of 
different parts of the Priory, and expressing a hope that the new 
buildings might be erected so as not to conceal the traces of the 
old church. By permission of the Head Master of Repton, 
Mr. St. John Hope made some experimental excavations on the 
site, and laid bare portions of the nave and choir piers, leaving no 
room for doubt that further excavations would produce valuable 
results. The Governing Body having appointed Mr. Bloomfield 
as their architect for the new buildings, this gentleman consented 
to meet, at Repton, a sub-committee selected by your Council. 
The Council also voted £20 from the funds of the Society towards 
