REPORT OF THE HON. SECRETARY, 

 1887. 



HE ninth anniversary of this Society was held in the 

 School of Art (kindly lent by the Committee for the 

 occasion) on the 3rd of February, 1887. The chair 

 was occupied by Lord Waterpark, who, in opening the 

 proceedings, said — " What I most admire in this Society is ihe 

 breadth and extent of its undertaking. Nothing comes amiss, 

 architecture, heraldry, natural history, public and private records, 

 in fact everything useful and instructive. How many incidents in 

 history would be dark and illegible but for the light flashed upon 

 them by societies such as this. When monumental remains are 

 discovered this Society is exceedingly useful, coming forward to 

 see that the old lines are preserved intact, not altered according to 

 modern ideas, but that they should remain as real monuments of 

 the past. This Society has done considerable work in the matter 

 of church restoration, and now that it is recognised as a competent 

 authority on that important subject, it is to be hoped we shall 

 hear no more of that species of church restoration which means 

 only destruction." 



The Report of the Society's proceedings for the past year was 

 read and adopted. The officers for the year commencing were 

 elected. The one vacancy on the Council, caused by the resig- 

 nation of Mr. St. John Hope, was filled by the election of Dr. 

 Webb. All the members of Council retiring under Rule V., viz., 

 Messrs. Campion, Cade, Cooling, Gallop, Charlton, Greenhough, 

 Sir J. Allport, and W. H. Hodges, were re-elected, as were the 

 Hon. Treasurer and the Hon. Sec. Mr. Mallalieu was elected 

 Hon. Sec. of Finance in the place of Mr. Cade resigned ; and 



