addition to the history of this county, as well as a matter of 

 sincere congratulation to every archaeologist in the world. 



In October last, your Council heard of a proposed restoration of 

 the Church at Monyash : members will be glad to learn that in 

 reply to a communication made to them, those in authority in 

 connection with the proposed work have promised to call the 

 attention of your Society to any point of difficulty that may arise. 



All our members will have heard with unfeigned regret of 

 the accident to the Hon. Frederick Strutt, the most active of 

 our Vice-Presidents, and an unfailing supporter of all our under- 

 takings ; no member of the Society has taken a keener interest in 

 our work. During the past year, in particular, Mr. Strutt has been 

 even more busy than usual on our behalf, the very successful arrange- 

 ments for our day at Kingston were mainly due to his kind help, 

 and no one who was present at Duffield on the 22nd of September 

 last will ever forget Mr. Strutt's genial hospitality on that occasion, 

 only five days previous to his terribly sudden fall, from the effects 

 of which he {has not, up to the present time, rallied. That his 

 recovery may at last be perfect, is the heart-felt desire, we are 

 sure, of every member of this Society. 



We have to record, with sorrow, the removal by death of 

 another of our Vice-Presidents. Llewellynn Jewitt was one of 

 the first to interest himself in the formation of this Society, and 

 always took a lively interest in our proceedings, though we have 

 not often seen him at our meetings. He will be a missed man by 

 many beyond our own circle. We regret too, deeply, the death 

 of one of our Auditors, James Lingard, another staunch supporter 

 of our work. 



Our total number of members this year is rather less than last, 

 but as the names struck off are chiefly those of gentlemen who 

 never paid any subscriptions, the Society will not suffer from their 

 removal. We cannot congratulate ourselves this year upon the 

 appearance of the Balance Sheet ; as we said last year, expenses 

 have been incurred over the production of the journal, which were 

 far in excess of previous cost. The Society has been too am- 

 bitious with regard to illustrations, which are always a costly item. 



