REPORT OF THE HON. SECRETARY, 



a OkU HE eighth anniversary of this Society was held in the 

 I gji School of Art (kindly lent by the Committee for the 

 sLsagJ occasion) on the ist of February, 1886. The Ven. 

 The Archdeacon of Derby, Dr. Balston, presided. The report of 

 the Society's proceedings for the past year, showing a steady 

 increase in the number of members, was read and adopted. 



The officers for the year commencing were elected. The one 

 vacancy on the Council, caused by the removal from Derby of 

 Mr. Allpass, was filled by the election of Mr. W. R. Holland. 

 The members of Council retiring under Rule V., viz., Messrs. 

 Evans, Foljambe, Frith, Jolley, Jourdain, Keene, Robinson, and 

 Hope, were re-elected. The Hon. Secretary, the Hon. Secretary 

 of Finance, the Hon. Treasurer, and the Auditors, were 

 also re-elected. 



The Marquis of Hartington and Sir Andrew B. Walker, Bart., 

 were elected members and Vice-Presidents of the Society. 



Dr. Webb read a paper describing the celebrated Tutbury 

 Horn, and the old Ram's Horns of Wirksworth, both being 

 exhibited by kind permission of their respective owners, Messrs. 

 W. H. G. Bagshawe, and Albert Hurt. An ancient alabaster 

 sculpture, the property of the Rev. B. W. Spilsbury, was 

 exhibited, and described by the Rev. Dr. Cox, who also read 

 a paper on Old Lead Work (Plumbery) in Derbyshire, illustrated 

 by full-sized drawings. 



Before the meeting separated, the Rev. Dr. Cox desired to call 



