afifiliated to this Society has been suggested to your Council, 

 and will be put before you immediately. 



During the past year your Council has, on more than one 

 occasion, been asked to advise as to proposed change or restora- 

 tion, notably in two recent instances, viz., a probable restoration 

 of the interesting chancel of the Church at Chapel-en-le-Friih ; 

 and, more important still, the intention of the new vicar of 

 Melbourne to rebuild the apse, removed in the i6th century, 

 to the north aisle of that most splendid specimen church. The 

 foundations of the old Norman apse will be followed, and the 

 reproduction will be as like the original as possible. The 

 Council would again remind all Members how easy it is, with 

 a little trouble, to keep themselves informed as to suggested 

 alteration in their immediate neighbourhood, and how important 

 it is to report any such suggested change at otice. 



We regret to have to record the deaths, during the past year, 

 of two of our Hon. Members, of the Duke of Rutland, a Life 

 Member but not a Vice-President, and of six Ordinary Members. 

 The total of our Members, however, remains the same as last 

 year. The Council would call attention to the fact that, although 

 last year our Balance Sheet showed a deficit of nearly eighty 

 pounds, now we have a small balance in hand. This is mainly 

 due to the fact that during the past year very considerable 

 arrears in Subscriptions have been paid off, and also that the 

 last volume of the Journal was much less costly than for some 

 years past. This state of affairs is satisfactory, and if we can 

 only get all arrears in Subscriptions paid off, and again be 

 content with an inexpensive volume, we ought, by this time 

 next year, to be able still further to congratulate ourselves. 



Your Council feels that much has been done which is both 

 important and encouraging in the course of the eleventh 

 year of our proceedings. 



ARTHUR COX, 



Mill Hill, Derby. Hon. Sec. 



January 26th, 1889. 



