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the table— the work of one man — and he was able also to exhibit 

 proofs of the Index, which would shortly be published as a sixth 

 volume. 



Even if no one could be found to prepare such an exhaustive 

 Calendar of the sources of information, it might be possible that the 

 work should be divided and a Calendar published, for instance, of all 

 sources in the Public Record Ofifice, another of those in the Britisn 

 Museum, until at length such a complete work as that of Dr. 

 Copinger might be produced. He ventured to move that the thanks 

 of the Congress be given to Dr. Copinger, and that he be asked to 

 allow the paper to be printed and circulated. The proposal was 

 seconded by H.H. Prince Victor Duleep Sing, a \'ice-President 

 of the Suffolk Institute. General admiration was expressed at the 

 great and valuable work achieved by Prof. Copinger, and the proposal 

 was carried with the addition by Ur. Phillimore, that permission 

 should be asked to reproduce the List of Authorities given in the 

 preface to the work. 



The Hon. Secretary slated that by the instruction of the Council 

 he had circulated a paper asking for information from the Secretaries 

 of the Societies as to what had been done in their counties in the 

 preparation of Calendars of such subjects as Church Bells and Plate, 

 Feet of twines, Inq. post-mortem and other matters. Many replies 

 had been received, but it was evident that the subject was too great 

 to be dealt with without greater system and labour. He had understoocl 

 that Mr. Minet, who had originated the enquiries and who had special 

 knowledge of Libraries, would give his views to the Congress, but 

 he was unable to remain, and he would therefore ask Mr. E. Fry, of 

 the British Record Society, to speak on the subject. 



Mr. Fry said that on receiving the circular alluded to, it seemed to 

 him that a very wide subject was opened out, and one that fell quite 

 within the scope of work of the Congress, and one that would be of 

 the greatest value to Archaologists if carried out. An immense 

 amount of useful work in the way of calendaring had been done by 

 Societies, but there was no one central record that one could turn to 

 to find out where the various records were. It would be a serious 

 work to prepare a general Calendar of what had been done already, 

 but afterwards it would be a lighter work to keep up an annual record. 

 It seemed to him that the only way was to elect a Committee to 

 arrange for a general record by appointed Sub-Committees who would 

 take up special sections. He would himself be glad to undertake 

 some part of the work. 



1 1 was generally agreed that the production of such a general 

 Calendar would be of the greatest value, and Mr. Minet, Dr. 

 Phillimore, Mr. Fry, Mr. Em. Green, and the Hon. Secretary were 

 appointed a Committee to make arrangements, with power to add 

 to their number. 



