The churchwardens of Eyam have found it necessary, on 

 account of the rough conduct of a certaia class of trippers, 

 to place an iron fence round that portion of Eyam churchyard 

 containing the ancient cross and Mrs. Mompessons tomb. As 

 this is a matter of much more than local interest, your Council 

 voted the sum of ^i is. towards the cost. 



The Council are pleased to be able to announce that 

 Mr. C. E. B. Bowles has kindly consented to act as Hon. Editor 

 of the Society's Journal. In succeeding Mr. Andrew, Mr. Bowles 

 will have a hard task, but the Council feel assured that no 

 better choice could have been made, and that Mr. Bowles will, 

 with the help of the members, efficiently maintain the high 

 standard which has been set. It is unnecessary here to speak 

 of the work which Mr. Andrew has done for the Society; the 

 last four volumes of the Journal speak for themselves. 



During the past year several gifts have been made to the 

 Society's library, and additional engravings have been received 

 for the portfolio. Arrangements have been made for an 

 exchange of publications with the Bradford Historical and 

 Antiquarian Society. It might be w'ell to remind members that 

 the library is always open for their use on application at the 

 Hon. Secretar)''s office. 



A most valuable collection of lantern slides of ancient fonts, 

 crosses, and other objects of interest in the county has been 

 presented to the Society by Mr. G. le Blanc Smith. Members 

 of the Society may obtain the loan of these slides for lectures 

 or other suitable purposes on application to the Hon. Sec. 



The thanks of the members are due to Sir A. Seale Haslam 

 and Col. Cotton Jodrell, whose contributions towards the cost 

 of illustrating the papers on Breadsall Priory, and Shallcross 

 and Yeardsley Halls enabled the Editor to make the Journal 

 for 1905 of greater interest than would otherwise have been 

 possible. 



Ashbourne was chosen as the centre for the annual meeting 

 in 1905, the Ashbourne Hall Hotel providing comfortable head- 

 quarters. On Friday, June 23rd, a party of about twenty-five 



