Iviii. THE HON. SECRETARY'S REPORT 



THE HON. SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



The membership of the Club throughout the past year has 

 fluctuated between 390 and 400. There will probably be 

 a fair number of vacancies at the end of June, and members 

 wishing to propose friends should do so at once. The summer 

 meetings last year were less well-attended than usual, owing 

 partly to the uncertain weather, but the attendance at the 

 winter meetings has slightly increased. There is still a balance 

 in hand on the Summer Meetings' Account of over 5 ; 

 so for one more year we will continue the Is. 6d. per diem 

 levy for " incidental expenses," instead of 2s. The accounts 

 for the past year have been duly audited, and the vouchers 

 pertaining thereto lie upon the table. 



There is one other subject to which I should like to draw 

 attention. One sometimes hears the regret expressed that 

 there are not more sectional committees appointed in connec- 

 tion with the Club. We have already, it is true, a Publication 

 Committee with the Hon. Editor as its corresponding secretary ; 

 a Photographic Survey Committee, with Mr. Cornish-Browne 

 as director ; an Ornithological, Entomological, and Botanical 

 section of the Club directed by the President ; and a Meteoro- 

 logical section in the charge of Mr. Stilwell. But there is no 

 reason, if it were thought desirable, why those workers in these 

 sections who are members of the Club should not be banded 

 formally into sectional committees, as contemplated by Rule 

 22, and also other sectional committees be appointed. For 

 instance, the formation at this meeting of an Earthworks' 

 Committee would be an immediate help to the Hon. Secretary, 

 as such a committee could give much valuable help in 

 drawing up the report on the subject which he has to prepare 

 each year for the Congress of Archaeological Societies, besides 

 doing other useful work. 



