THE FIRST WINTER MEETING. xliii. 



Sir Richard A. Paget read a paper in which he put forward a sugges- 

 tion for a co-partnership in agriculture between landlord and tenant, on 

 somewhat novel lines, and to which he is giving a practical trial on his 

 own estates in Somerset and Wilts, the result of which should be looked 

 forward to with much interest. Other attractive papers were read in 

 this section, and on the whole strong opinions were expressed that 

 farming, under proper management, might in this country be made 

 to pay a good percentage on the capital invested. 



On Saturday, Sept. 13th, excursions were made to various places of 

 interest in the Midlands. I had the honour of joining a party of some 

 100 members who visited the Roman Baths at Wall, near Lichfield, 

 the site of the Roman city of Letocetum, which had been 

 excavated during the summer of 1912 by the North Staffordshire Field 

 Club. The Photographs and Plan, which I secured on the site, and 

 which I have brought for your inspection, give a good idea of the extent 

 of these most interesting excavations. 



A report was read from Mr. E. A. FRY and Mr. NIGEL BOND, 

 who had been appointed delegates to attend the Congress of 

 Archaeological Societies at Burlington House on the 26th 

 June, 1913. A printed report of the proceedings had been 

 circulated among the members of the Field Club. Mr. Fry 

 desired particularly to call attention to the " Index of Archa3o- 

 logical Papers," and he hoped that the Club would support 

 that most useful publication by purchasing copies. 



The Rev. A. C. ALMACK gave notice that at the February 

 meeting he would bring forward a motion that the Field Club 

 should consider the possibility of compiling a record of archi- 

 tectural and other losses suffered by the Churches in the county 

 since 1840 or thereabouts, and that a sub-committee should 

 be appointed to take the matter into consideration. 



Canon FLETCHER had promised to support the resolution. 



It was decided to make a contribution towards a memorial 

 to the late Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace, which would take the 

 form of a portrait for presentation to the Royal Society, and, 

 if funds permitted, of other memorials. The PRESIDENT 

 also proposed that the next volume of the Proceedings 

 should include a memoir of Dr. Wallace, who had been an 

 honorary, and in earlier years, an ordinary member of the 

 Field Club. 



