be, as much as possible, original articles upon subjects relating to 

 the district of Cumberland and Westmorland ; and the Council, in 

 selecting from the MSS. sent in, have given the preference in 

 every case to articles of this description. But as the space avail- 

 able is limited, and several articles of interest have had, from time 

 to time, to be omitted, it may be worth while to take into consider- 

 ation at the Annual Meeting whether articles of an archaeological 

 nature should appear in our Transactions, seeing that a separate 

 journal specially devoted to the Archaeology of Cumberland and 

 Westmorland already exists. 



Another point to be discussed at the next Annual Meeting 

 relates to the Title of the Association. Two Westmorland Societies 

 are already affiliated, and a third, the Penrith Society, numbers 

 almost as many members living in Westmorland as in Cumberland. 

 Moreover, many of the articles inserted in the Transactions relate 

 as much to one county as to the other. The Council have there- 

 fore approved of the question being laid before the members in 

 this way, in order that the desirability of modifying the title of the 

 Association in such a manner as to embrace Westmorland as well 

 as- Cumberland, may be discussed at the Annual Meeting, after all 

 the members concerned have given it due consideration. 



As regards the Transactions, it only remains to state that the 

 Council have decided that, hereafter, authors of papers printed in 

 the Transactions shall receive Twenty separate copies of their 

 papers gratis. Additional copies may be had of the printers, at the 

 rate of one penny per copy of every eight pages, provided a 

 notice be given to the Editor when the proof is returned. 



