xiii REPORT. 
further excavation. The details of what has resulted are put 
before you in the paper about to be read to you. 
Your Council has sent an invitation, in the name of the 
Society, to the Royal Archzeological Institute, to make Derby the 
headquarters of their annual meeting in 1885 ; this invitation has 
been accepted, and it is hoped that a very successful gathering 
may be held. 
So many complaints have been made as to the very imperfect 
indexing of the Society’s Journal, that it has been decided to issue 
a new and correct index for the five volumes already published, 
and to maintain an index of equal completeness for the future. 
The proposed volume upon the Church Plate of Derbyshire is 
being prepared. ‘The delay is entirely owing to the returns asked 
for not being sent in by the clergy or wardens. About one-half 
of the returns are now to hand, and it is hoped to obtain the 
remainder before the end of the current year. It is still open to 
any member of the Society to help in the collection of these 
returns ; any offer of such help will be gratefully accepted 
The Library of the Society increases in bulk and value. We 
have lately received a very handsome addition in the shape of a 
volume by one of our members, Mr. John Sleigh, ‘‘ The History 
of the Parish of Leek.” 
We now exchange publications with the following Societies :— 
The Royal Archeological Institute. 
The British Archeological Association. 
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 
The Sussex Archzeological Society. 
The Bristol and Gloucestershire Archzeological Society. 
The Norfolk and Norwich Archeeological Society. 
The Somersetshire Archzeological and Natural History Society. 
The’Cumberland and Westmoreland Antiquarian and Archeo- 
logical Society. 
The Cambridge Antiquarian Society. 
The Kent Archzological Society. 
The Surrey Archeological Society. 
