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Treland, taking the two counties Antrim and Down. They had prepared 
a list and maps, plotting on the latter the sites of monuments and ancient 
settlements in accordance with the regulation code of signals adopted by 
the International Congress on Archeology some years ago. He had the 
maps with him, but had not been able to send the communication to the 
Secretary of the Committee (Mr. J. W. Davis) in time for that year’s 
Report. The list as at present prepared was simply a catalogue in which 
it had not been thongkt desirable to give any great amount of detail 
beyond references to such authorities as could furnish further information. 
The list was to be regarded simply as tentative, and he now submitted it 
to the Conference in order to see whether a right start had been made, 
and whether any amendments could be suggested. The one-inch Ordnance 
sheets had been used as a basis, and these had been plotted in accordance 
with the scheme referred to, but they had also tried to avoid a difficulty 
(generally met with in catalogues of this kind), and that was the difficulty 
of indicating to a stranger the exact position of any given object. They 
had adopted a method which he hoped would meet with the approval of 
the Conference. Instead of stating the latitude and longitude, or the 
relative position from any stated town, they had adopted the simple plan 
of stating the sheet on which the object occurred and its distance in 
inches from north and west on that sheet. Thus if a certain place A was 
said to be six miles from B, no one would get much idea of the position, 
but if it was recorded that the place was on sheet 26, six inches from the 
top (north) and cight inches from the west, the exact position of the 
monument could be at once entered on any other copy of the map, and 
then the catalogue reference would give details of any published infor- 
mation concerning that monument. 
Mr. Gray then exhibited one of the maps (Antrim), and explained 
that, instead of making the signs in the same way as that adopted by 
the International Congress, which rendered them somewhat indistinct, he 
had punched out small pieces of red paper and gummed these on to the 
map. In addition to this a concise tabular form had been prepared 
giving much information on the subject, a list of the ancient settlements 
or sites and the monuments found, their characters and relative numbers, 
&c. A list of the standing stones had also been commenced, this list 
containing some of the more important ones, and it was hoped to complete 
it by degrees so as to comprise all. There was also a list of stone circles, 
tumuli, and other sepulchral monuments, castles and stone forts of 
Treland, caves, artificial and natural, &c. 
Dr. John Evans said that the Delegates might like to know that the 
Society of Antiquaries had undertaken an archeological survey of 
England. The principle on which that survey was being carried on was 
in the main that adopted by Mr. Gray, but for ordinary publication maps 
could not be employed on so large a scale. They entered not only the 
prehistoric, but the Roman and Saxon remains and earthworks. Each 
county would be accompanied by a list which would be classified under 
different heads and indexed, so as to show the discoveries which had been 
made. It seemed to the Society of Antiquaries that a survey of this 
sort would be of great use throughout the kingdom, and they were 
appealing to the members of different archeological societies to assist in 
carrying it out. Some of the Societies represented, in addition to looking 
after the natural history of their districts, were also concerned with their 
antiquities. A congress of Delegates had been held in the rooms of the 
