REPORT OF THE HON. SECRETARY. 



HE twenty-seventh Annual General Meeting of the 

 Society was held on Friday, June 23rd, at the Ash- 

 bourne Hall Hotel, Ashbourne, the Hon. F. Strutt 

 presiding. The minutes of the last General Meeting, 

 and the Report of the Hon. Secretar}, were read and adopted. 

 Before proceeding to the election of officers, the Chairman 

 announced, with great regret, the decision of the Hon. Editor, 

 Mr. W. J. Andrew, tO' resign his office on account of pressure 

 of work. The appointment of his successor was, by an 

 unanimous vote of the meeting, left with the Council. The 

 Hon. Treasurer, Hon. Secretary, Hon. Financial Secretary, 

 Hon. Auditors, and the members of the Council retiring under 

 Rule v., were re-elected, and the election of the following 

 members nominated by the Council was confirmed : — Mr. G. J. 

 Marples, in the place of the late W. A. Carrington; Mr. A. V. 

 Haslam, in the place of Sir A. Seale Haslam (appointed Vice- 

 President) ; and Mr. G. le Blanc Smith, in the place of the late 

 J. Gallop. Nine new members were elected. 



A hearty vote of thanks to the retiring Hon. Editor was carried 

 unanimously, and great regret was universally felt that his 

 resignation was necessary. Mr. Andrew, in responding, 

 explained that it was only the impossibility of continuing the 

 editorship, together with his other work, which made him 

 reluctantly come to the conclusion that he must give it up, 

 at the same time promising to continue his interest in the 



