REPORT OF THE HON. SECRETARY. 



HE twenty-sixth Annual General Meeting of the 

 Society was held on May 13th, 1904, at the 

 Portland Hotel, Chesterfield, Mr. C. E. B. Bowles 

 presiding. The minutes of the last General 

 Meeting and the Report of the Hon. Secretary were read and 

 adopted. Some discussion followed upon the recent excava- 

 tions at Brough, the Chairman emphasising the absolute 

 necessity of raising funds for the continuation of the work. 

 The Hon. Editor, Hon. Treasurer, Hon. Secretary, Hon. 

 Secretary of Finance, and the Hon. Auditors were re-elected, 

 and also the eight members of the Council retiring under 

 Rule V. The election of the Rev. R. L. Farmer to fill the 

 vacancy on the Council caused by the death of Mr. G. 

 Bottomley was confirmed. Alterations in Rules V. and VII. 

 were confirmed, and seven new members elected. 



Six meetings of the Council have been held during the past 

 year, at which the chief subjects of discussion have been the 

 work at Brough and the repair of the Winster Market House. 

 Through Mr. Bowles, a special effort has been made to raise 

 funds for the Brough exploration, which has met with con- 

 siderable success, though not, in the opinion of the Council, 

 with so much as the great archaeological and historical 

 importance of the work demands. Owing to unforseen 

 difficulties with regard to obtaining access to the site, it 

 became impossible to re-open the work during 1904. These 

 difficulties, it is hoped, will shortly be overcome, and the 



