Satisfaction was expressed at the announcement in the Report of 

 the completion of Mr. Gomme's Index, and those who had not already 

 subscribed were recommended to at once send in their names to Messrs. 

 Constable. The Report also stated lliat the Committee had acted on 

 the Resolution passed at the last Congress, asking for the appointment 

 of an independent Inspector of Ancient Monuments. Inconsequence 

 a strong representation had been sent in to the Prime Minister, signed 

 by the Presidents of the Society of Antiquaries, the Royal Society, 

 the British Academy, the Royal Institute of British Architects, the 

 British Association, and Lord Balcarres on behalf of the Congress. 

 A reply had been received, which gave reason to hope that a satisfactory 

 arrangement would shortly be arrived at. 



The Congress has sent many Resolutions to Government during 

 the last few years, and as this has sometimes been done in conjunction 

 with other .Societies, it was recommended that the title of "Standing 

 Committee " be changed to that of Council. 



Owing to the serious illness of Mr. Chalkley Gould, no Report 

 rom the Earthworks Committee was forthcoming, and no member 

 was prepared to tell of the considerable amount of work that, it is 

 understood, has been done. Mr. Gould is at work on the Bibliography 

 of the year, which may be published later with a Report. The subject 

 is proving very attractive to Archaeologists and to the general public. 



Dr. Laver gave an account of what had been done by a Special 

 Committee in exploring the Red Hills of Essex. These, which were 

 many hundreds in number, consisted of deposits of Ijurnt earth, 

 generally containing fragments of late Celtic pottery. They were 

 found along creeks and the seashore at about five feet above present 

 high-water mark, and were surrounded by a rough fosse. That they 

 were not refuges for cattle seems proved by the fact that high ground 

 often adjoined them. They were distinct and not part of any general 

 settlement. Nothing in the way of whole pottery had as yet been 

 found and they were pre-Roman, as burials by cremation had been 

 made in them in Roman times. 



In reply to Mr. Hope, Dr. Laver said that he had not noted any 

 resemblance to the Roman pottery mounds frequent in the Kent 

 marshes, and the only remains found were certainly of earlier date; 

 the mounds were too disconnected to have been material brought for 

 the purpose of forming a sea wall, and the formation of fosses told 

 against such an origin. Dr. Laver asked that other Societies whose 

 counties bordered on the sea should look out for similar mounds and 

 record ihem. It was believed that they were to be found in Lincoln- 

 shire, Suffolk, and Kent, and probably in other counties. 



Mr. G. G. T. Treherne asked if they contained stones that had 

 been used as pot boilers, as such stones occurred in somewhat similar 

 mounds that had been found along the borders of streams in Car- 

 marthenshire, 



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