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THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Club was held on 

 Thursday, May znd, in the Reading Room of the Museum. The 

 President took the chair at 1245, and about 40 Members were 

 present. 



THE MEMBERSHIP. Eight candidates proposed at the last 

 meeting were elected Members, and eleven candidates for 

 membership proposed for election at the next meeting. 



PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. The PRESIDENT then read his 

 Address, on the conclusion of which Canon RAVENHILL, as an 

 original Member of the Club, proposed a hearty vote of thanks, 

 saying that he should like to be allowed to add their warmest 

 thanks to the President for his deeply interesting and exhaustive 

 report. The Address deserved to be widely and carefully read. 

 It contained much food for thought, and they would all go 

 home thinking of many things that had not hitherto come to 

 their notice. The vote of thanks was seconded by Colonel 

 MAINWARING and carried unanimously. 



AFFILIATION TO THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES. The HON. 

 SEC. read a communication from Mr. Ralph Nevill, hon. sec. of 

 the Congress of Archaeological Societies, calling attention to the 

 desirabilty of the Club becoming affiliated to the Society of 

 Antiquaries. The Congress, he said, was founded in 1888 for 

 the purpose of bringing together the representative workers of 

 the various county and other societies. The object is to 

 promote the interchange of experience in the best method of 

 working societies, to render mutual help, and to enable the 

 societies to speak with more weight on public questions of 

 archaeological interest. An object is also to prevent the over- 

 lapping and duplicating of work and to do economically such 

 printing and other work as may be useful to all the societies. In 

 all these points the Congress has proved most valuable, and the 

 publications show the useful work that has been achieved at a 

 small cost. The subscription is ^i a year, commencing on 



