REPORT OF THE HON. SECRETARY. 



HE Twenty-third Annual General Meeting of the 

 Society was held on March 25th, 1901, in the Guild- 

 hall, Derby, by kind permission of the Mayor of 

 Derby, Mr. Edgar Home, who presided. The report 

 of the past year's proceedings was read by the acting Hon. 

 Secretary, Mr. W. Mallalieu, and adopted. The election of 

 Colonel Sidebottom, Colonel Cotton-Jodrell, and Messrs. Arthur 

 Cox and W. H. Greaves Bagshawe as Vice-Presidents of the 

 Society, and of Mr. H. A. Hubbersty as a member of the 

 Council, were confirmed by the meeting. The Hon. Treasurer, 

 the Hon. Secretary of Finance, and the Hon. Auditor were 

 re-elected, as also were all the members of the Council retiring 

 under Rule V., viz., the Revs. Kerry, Arkwright, and Brodhurst, 

 and Messrs. Cade, Gallop, Holland, Mallalieu, and Ward. A 

 hearty vote of thanks was passed to the late Hon. Secretar)-, 

 Mr. Arthur Cox, for his valuable services to the Society during 

 the past twenty-two years, and the election of Mr. Percy H. 

 Currey as Hon. Secretary was confirmed. Mr. W. J. Andrew 

 was appointed a member of the Council in place of the late 

 Dr. G. H. Milnes. The following new members were elected : 

 Mrs. Meade-Waldo, Dr. Wrench, and the Rev. E. M. Evans. 



An interesting paper was then read by Mr. W. J. Andrew on 

 " Buried treasure : some traditions, records, and facts,'' and an 



