be observed. The Congress therefore urge that an Inspector of 

 Ancient Monuments should be appointed in accordance with the 

 Act." 



This was carried unanimously and the Hon. Secretary was directed 

 to prepare, in conjunction with Lord Balcarres and Lord Avebury, 

 a covering letter still further explaining the views of the meeting. 



Col. Freer, F.S.A. (Leicester), said that he thought the meeting 

 should express its gratification at the announcement made in the 

 Report of the Standing Committee, that arrangements had been made 

 by which it was expected that Mr. Gomme would be able to complete 

 his General Index by the Autumn. 



The Earl of Liverpool, in reference to the passage in the Minutes 

 of the 1905 Congress expressing the regret of the Congress that it 

 was proposed to interfere with the monument in Westminster Abbey 

 to Capt. Cornewall, R.N., stated that he had lately received a 

 notification from the Board of Works that, in consequence of the 

 strong feeling shown on the subject, arrangements had been made 

 that would render such interference unnecessary. 



This announcement was received with great gratification by the 

 Meeting. 



The Secretary stated that he had received a letter from Mr. 

 George Fordham, Chairman of the Cambridge County Council, 

 traversing the statements made at the last Congress as to the 

 absorption of certain Parishes formerly belonging to Essex. It did 

 not appear in what particular the statements were incorrect. 



Mr. C. Farnham Burke, C.V.O., Somerset Herald, the Hon. 

 Secretary of the Committee appointed at the last Congress to prepare 

 a Scheme for the preservation and utilization of Court Rolls, read the 

 following Report : — 



"The Committee appointed at the Congress in July last have 

 considered in some detail the matter referred to them. The 

 subject is of such a nature that they feel it can only be 

 adequately dealt with by a Society to be formed ad hoc. They 

 unanimously recommend that they be empowered to take the 

 necessary steps to this end forthwith, and they feel that the 

 Society might be made self-supporting from the outset. 



" It is felt that without a definite organization competent to deal 

 with the matter any attempt to get the co-operation of Lords of 

 Manors must fail." 



Mr. Burke stated that the Committee anticipated no difficulty in 

 the formation of such a Society, which had already received promises 

 of influential support ; he read a sketch programme for its work 

 prepared by Mr. Brady. 



Mr. Nigel Bond spoke to the advantages possessed by a Chartered 

 Society, and after Dr. Round had pointed out that the action of the 



