REPORT. XXI 



who, as long as his health permitted, was always keenly 



alive to our work and interests. We have also sustained a 



great loss by the death of a member of Council, the Rev. 



]•". Jourdain. No member of the Society was more thoroughly 



and practically interested in all that concerned us. Mr. 



Jourdain was always ready to work for the good of the 



Society, to advise, and, if required, to inspect and to 



superintend any work that was in progress. Your Council 



will miss his valued help, and deeply regret his loss. 



The sum total of deaths is small, and added to resignations, 



just ecjuals our number of new members ; this is good, but 



we want it better, if the size of our Journal is to swell to 



its original proportions. We must again urge our members 



to do their individual duty by getting friends to join the 



Society. There are numbers of people in the County and 



in the Town who might and ought to join the Society, 



and to whom, probably, a personal appeal means very much 



more than any number of printed notices. Let this be each 



member's care for 1899, and we shall have no reason to 



be other than satisfied with the result of the twenty-first 



year of our proceedings. 



ARTHUR COX, 



Hon. Sec. 

 Mill Hill, Derby, 



February 24///, 1899. 



