XXI 



REPORT OF THE HON. SECRETARY, 



1885. 



HE seventh anniversary of this society was held in 

 the School of Art, kindly lent by the Committee for 

 the occasion, on the 3rd of February, 1885. The 

 Right Hon. the Lord Scarsdale presided. The report of the 

 society's proceedings for the past year, showing no diminution in 

 the number of members, and including a satisfactory balance 

 sheet, was read and adopted. 



The officers for the year commencing were elected. Mr. 

 Allpass was elected to the seat on the Council vacant by Mr. 

 Heath's removal from Derby, and the members who retired under 

 Rule V., viz., Messrs. Gallop, Charlton, Greenhough, J. Bailey, 

 G. Bailey, Bemrose, Borough, and Cox were all re-elected. The 

 Hon. Sec, Hon. Sec. of Finance, Hon. Treasurer and Auditors 

 were also re-elected. 



General the Hon. George Wrottesley, the Rev. Dr. Cox, and 

 W. Thompson Watkin, Esq., were elected honorary members of 

 the society. 



In the absence of the author, Mr. Watkin the Rev. Dr. Cox 

 read a paper on '* The Roman Stations of Derbyshire.'' 



A paper by the Rev. G. F. Browne, who was unable to be 

 present, upon the " Saxon Font at Wilne," was also read by the 

 Rev. J. Jourdain. 



During the past year there have been six meetings of the 

 Council, with a good average attendance of the larger half of the 

 elected members. 



The society held an expedition on the 6th of June to Tutbury 



