thought it might be desirable to limit the date, say to i8i2. He did 

 not like omissions in transcripts though they might be made in 

 publication, and confessed to a liking for the somewhat turgid prose of 

 the 17th Century. 



Mr. Baddely pleaded for the record of verse when containing 

 personarfacts. Col. Freer had doubts as to the wisdom of a date 

 limit, as inscriptions so rapidly decayed. 



Mr. Quarrell (Leicester) suggested Parish Magazines as useful 

 vehicles for circulars or for recording the inscriptions. 



Count Plunkett (Ireland) hoped that anything approaching 

 symbolism would be recorded, and pointed out the usefulness of 

 rubbings. 



Dr. Laver hoped that record would also be made of inscriptions in 

 Meeting houses and burial places. 



Mr. Ralph Nevill in replying stated that on consideration he had 

 thought it better not to introduce a limit of date ; in populous places, 

 the churchyards had mostly been closed for some time, and the extra 

 labour in other places would be small ; it was, however, open to any 

 transcriber to adopt a limit so long as the record was complete to 

 such limit. He shared Lord Balcarres' liking for the prose of the 

 17th Century, but that was chiefly found inside Churches, and it was 

 certainly desirable that inscriptions in Churches should be given in 

 full. Mr. Bax who had copied from a very large number of Church- 

 yards had also copied from Quakers' burial grounds and similar 

 places and from cemeteries, a task for which perhaps few would have 

 courage ; he considered Parish Magazines might be of great use in 

 such matters ; he thought that a number of people might take up this 

 work, which they would be able to manage, and so might be led to 

 take an interest in other archaeological matters. 



It was resolved " that it is desirable that there should be a 

 uniform system of recording Church and Churchyard Inscriptions and 

 that Mr. Nevill, Mr. Partridge and Mr. Bruce Bannerman, with power 

 to add to their number, be appointed a Committee to draw up a 

 scheme." 



The thanks of the Congress were then accorded to Lord Avebury 

 for presiding and to the Society of Antiquaries for the use of the 

 rooms. 



At the afternoon meeting Dr. Haverfield was to have read a paper 

 " On the abuse of the term Late-Celtic," but as he did not appear,* at 

 the request of Sir Edward Brabrook, who was in the Chair, Mr. 

 C. H. Read, Secretary Society of Antiquaries, gave an account of 



* Dr. Haverfield has since written to explain that he had mistaken Ihe day of 

 meeting, and wishes to express his apologies to the Congress. 



