534 The Fifty-Fifth General Meeting. 



The adoption of the Eeport was moved by the Chairman in a 

 genial speech, and was seconded by MR. W. HEWARD BELL, F.S.A., 

 who referred to tlie recent Congress of Archfeological Societies at 

 Burlington House, when Mr. Bouverie had moved and he himself 

 had seconded a resolution on behalf of our Society which ran as 

 follows : — " That wheii it is proposed to conduct Archaeological 

 Investigations in any locality this Congress recommends that for- 

 mal notice should be given by those so proposing to the Archaeological 

 Society, within whose area such investigations are to be conducted." 



It was, as Mr. Bell, explained, not intended to imply that our 

 Society had not the fullest confidence in the manner in which the 

 excavations at Avebury were being carried out under the auspices 

 of the Stone Circle Committee of the British Association, but it 

 was felt that when similar important excavations were proposed 

 to be carried out by any of the great central Societies, it was due 

 to the local Archaeological Societies that they should receive 

 official information of the fact. Mr. Bell explained that the 

 Chairman of the Congress — Dr. C. H. Bead, President of the Society 

 of Antiquaries — had explained that it was chiefly by an oversight 

 on his part that no such official notice of the Avebury excavations 

 had been conveyed to our Society, and the resolution was carried 

 unanimously. 



The reappointment of the Members of the Committee, with the 

 addition of Ml-s. B. H. Cunnington, was moved by MR. C. R. STRATON 

 and seconded by MR. C. PENRUDDOCKE, whilst ARCHDEACON 

 LEAR proposed and MR. A. TUCKER seconded the appointment 

 of the Rev. E. H. Goddard as Librarian, in the place of the Bev^ 

 E. J. Bodington, resigned. 



The appointment of the three new Local Secretaries recommended 

 in the Eeport was moved by THE REV. E. P. KNUBLEY, and 

 seconded by DR. HILL, The Auditors were next reappointed and 

 three new Members were elected. 



THE REV. C. V. GODDARD took the opportunity of impressing 

 on all present that it was the duty of all Members of the Society, 

 and especially of all Local Secretaries, to keep an eye on all 

 diggings or excavations in the neighbourhood, and to report at 



