HON. secretary's REPORT. V 



address was given by Mr. H. Arthur Doubleday on the forth- 

 coming history of Derbyshire in the "Victoria Histories of 

 the Counties of England." The Chairman expressed his willing- 

 ness to become a life member of the Society, and was elected. 

 The usual number of meetings of the Council have been 

 held, at which several matters of interest have been under 

 consideration. A partial excavation of Arbor Low has been 

 made under the auspices of the British Associadon, but your 

 Council regret that they received no intimation of the matter 

 from the persons concerned, nor did they hear of it until the 

 work was practically completed. A description of the results 

 of this excavadon has, however, been promised for publication 

 in the Society's Journal. Attention was called in the local 

 papers to the condition in which the ground was left after the 

 excavadon, but your Council has made enquiries, and has 

 received an assurance that the turf, etc., will be restored to its 

 original condition as soon as the ground has settled sufficiently 

 to enable this to be done. Your Council have also had under 

 consideration the condition of the remains of the ancient village 

 cross at Pleasley, and funds are now being raiscfl, locall)', to put 

 it into proper repair. 



The Society's headquarters at No. 3, Market Place, Derby, 

 have now been furnished, and the books arranged. A catalogue 

 will be found at the end of this Journal. The valuable 

 collecdon of the Transactions of other Societies, affiliated with 

 our own, are thus, for the first time, accessible to our members, 

 who, it is hoped, will make full use of them. 



An excursion was made on June 29th to Arbor Low, Harting- 

 ton, and Alstonefield, in which members of both the Northern 

 and Southern sections took part. The parties travelled by rail 



