Society), and with this view, a slip, urging members to send in 

 their names at once has been inserted in the present voliune of 

 our Journal. 



Along with the prospectus for the Record Society, members 

 also received a circular, asking for special subscriptions towards a 

 systematic investigation of " Rains Cave," as recommended by 

 Professor Boyd Dawkins. In response to this appeal, a certain 

 amount was very generously promised, though not sufficient to 

 complete any thorough examination ; and we shall still have to 

 ask for more promises if the work is to be satisfactorily carried 

 to an end, although we now think that the sum originally 

 asked for was beyond the limit of what is required. Under the 

 painstaking superintendence of Mr. John Ward, very practically 

 assisted by Isaac Rains and his brother, existing obstructions to 

 the systematic examination of the cave have been removed, and 

 there is now every hope that the exploration may be carried out, 

 when the three requisites are supplied. These are time, very 

 careful work, and — money : for the two former we rely upon Mr. 

 John Ward and his able helpers ; the last will, doubtless, be 

 forthcoming from the members and friends of this Society. 



In the autumn of last year, certain valuable discoveries as to 

 the early denizens, both man and beast, of the caves of Deepdale, 

 about two miles from Buxton, were made by some of the Buxton 

 townsfolk. Much further work remains to be done, and we hope 

 that this Society may be of use in the systematic exploration of 

 these caves. The discoveries, so far as they have yet gone, are 

 briefly described in this volume by the Rev. Dr. Cox. Specimens 

 of the " finds" are exhibited here to day. 



In May last a conference of Archaeological Societies was held 

 in London under the auspices of the Society of Antiquaries. In 

 accordance with resolutions then agreed to, a Register of 

 Antiquarian and Archaeological Societies, hereafter to be termed 

 "Societies in Union," is to be kept at the rooms of the Society 

 of Antiquaries ; and any Society desiring to be placed on this 

 Register must submit its application to the Council of the Society 

 of Antiquaries, who shall grant or refuse it as they think fit. 



