VI HON. SECRETARYS REPORT. 



Council trusts, with the funds now in hand, to be able to 

 re-commence and to continue the work upon a permanent basis. 

 The Winster Market House had become so ruinous that it 

 ■unfortunately, became necessary, for the safety of the public, 

 to take down the upper storey. Funds are being raised locally, 

 to which this Society has promised a contribution, for its repair, 

 and it is hoped that at least a part of the work will soon be 

 put in hand. 



Your Council have elected as Hon. Members of the Society 

 Mr. J. Garstang, B.A., B.Litt., F.S.A., of Liverpool University; 

 Mr. F. Haverfield, M.A., F.S.A., of Christ Church, Oxford; 

 and Professor Boyd Dawkins, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., F.S.A., 

 F.G.S., of the Victoria University, Manchester, as a slight 

 recognition of the assistance they have given to the Society's 

 work. 



Your Council have elected Sir A. Seale Haslam, M.P., of 

 Breadsall Priory, as a Vice-President. 



The Council have to record, with great regret, the deaths of 

 the much respected Bishop of Southwell, who had been for 

 many years one of our Vice-Presidents ; and of Mr. Joseph 

 Gallop, who had been a valued and useful member of Council 

 since 1881. 



The vacancies on the Council have been provisionally filled 

 by the election of Mr. A. V. Haslam, of Breadsall Priory, 

 Mr. G. Le Blanc Smith, of Whatstandwell, and Mr. G. J. 

 Marples, of Thornbridge Hall. 



Forty-six new members have been elected during the past 

 year, whilst the losses by deaths and resignations have been 

 twenty ; the total membership is now 303. 



In connection with our annual meeting at Chesterfield on 

 May 13th, 1904, visits were paid to Chesterfield Church, where 

 the Vicar, the Rev. Canon Hacking, kindly acted as guide, to 

 Beauchief Abbey, and to Norton Church, where the features 



