REPORT OF THE HON. SECRETARY. 



HE twenty-eighth Annual General Meeting of the 

 Society wns held on Friday, May 25th, 1906, at 

 8.0 p.m., at the St. James' Hotel, Derby, under the 

 presidency of Sir W. de W. Abney. The minutes of 

 the last meeting having been read and passed, the Reports of 

 the Hon. Secretary and the Hon. Financial Secretary were 

 adopted. On the proposition of Mr. W. M. Wilson, seconded 

 by Mr. J. Hunter, the retiring Officers were re-elected, viz. : 

 Mr. C. E. Newton, Hon. Treasurer ; C. E. B. Bowles, Hon. 

 Editor; P. H. Currey, Hon. Secretary; W. Mallalieu, Hon. 

 Financial Secretary; C. B. Keene and W. Bemrose, Hon. 

 Auditors. The members of Council retiring under Rule V. were 

 Messrs. W. J. Andrew, G. Bailey, W. Bemrose, J. Borough, 

 C. E. B. Bowles, the Revs. R. J. Burton, Dr. J. C. Cox, and 

 F. C. Hipkins; the Rev. R. J. Burton had signified his wish 

 to retire, as he had left the county; on the proposition of Mr. 

 Mallalieu, seconded by Mr. A. G. Taylor (Bakewell), these 

 members, with the exception of the Rev. R. J. Burton, were 

 re-elected, and the Council were instructed to fill the vacancy. 

 Six new members were elected. After the meeting an interest- 

 ing lecture on Haddon Hall, illustrated by lantern slides, was 

 given by Mr. G. Le Blanc Smith. 



Owing to the earlier publication of the Journal for 1907, a 

 full year has not elapsed since the issue of the last Report ; 

 five meetings of the Council have been held, which have been 

 well attended, and many matters of archaeological interest have 

 been under discussion. The preservation of the old Bull Ring 

 on the side of the highway at Snitterton has been secured, and 



