meeting the expense of publication had not been decided, but, if 

 they could be sure that the demand would pay the cost of printing, 

 the sooner it was put into the printer's hands the better. 



The President said that he could not imagine anything in the 

 shape of literary material which would be more useful to local 

 societies than such an index. When completed, it would remain in 

 the Library of the Society of Antiquaries until the requisite funds 

 for printing it were found. Until printed, it could not serve the 

 proper purpose for which it was originally designed. 



Dr. William Martin said that he hoped to complete the Index 

 before Christmas. The Society of Antiquaries had been good 

 enough to give a grant which would be employed for clerical 

 assistance and for typing three copies. These copies would be 

 placed in the Society's Library together with the Index Slips and 

 other material of Messrs. Constable. That was as far as the Council 

 had gone at present. 



Major W. J. Freer (Leicestershire) asked what would be the 

 cost of producing the Index. He promised a donation of ;^io 

 towards meeting the expense. 



Dr. William Martin thought that the cost of the manuscript 

 would not exceed ;^i5, in addition to the ;^io with which, through 

 the munificence of a member of the committee, the Index Committee 

 had been able to purchase Messrs. Constable's Index Slips, as 

 mentioned in the Council's Report for the year, and to conclude an 

 amicable arrangement with that firm. He had no knowledge of 

 what the printing would cost. It depended on many considerations, 

 such as the bulk of the Index and the form which it finally took. In 

 answer to Mr. Nevill, every important word which appeared under 

 every title would be indexed either directly or by cross-references, 

 while there would also be grouping under subject-matter headings. 

 What he had in mind as a pattern was the admirable Subject Matter 

 Index Key which for many years had been published and employed 

 by the Patent Office for indexing thousands of inventions. 



The Council's report was then adopted. The accounts were 

 also agreed to. Mr. Minet was thanked for his services as auditor 

 and was unanimously re-elected. 



The Council was re-elected as follows, with the addition of Mr. 

 Wm. Dale, F.S.A., Mr. P. M. Johnston, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., and 

 Colonel Attree, R.E., F.S.A.:— 



The Officers of the Society of Antiquaries. W. Paley Baildon, 

 F.S.A., Lord Balcarres, M.P., F.S.A., Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., j 

 F.S.A., Major W. J. Freer, D.L., V.D., F.S.A., Sir Laurence Gomme, 

 F.S.A., Emanuel Green, F.S.A. , W. H. St. John Hope, M.A., Henry 

 Laver, F.S.A., William Minet, F.S.A., Canon Rupert Morris, D.D., 

 F.S.A., Ralph Nevill, F.S.A., J. Horace Round, M.A., LL.D., J. B. 

 Willis-Bund, M.A., F.S.A. 



On the motion of the President, the Congress warmly thanked Dr, 



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