The Committee has to aniiotince, with regret, that its 

 Secretary, Mr. A. G. Chater, finds it necessary to resign the 

 post, and has great pleasure in announcing that Mr. Albany 

 F. Major has kindly consented to undertake the duties of 

 Hon. Secretary from this date. 



The following items of information, classified under the 

 usual heads, have been brought to the knowledge of the 

 Committee. 



PRESERVATION. 



Somerset. — StokeIvEIGh Camp.— The Leigh Woods Ivocal 

 Committee have partially cleared superfluous undergrowth 

 within and around Stokeleigh Camp, making it more ac- 

 cessible to the public, and have done their best to guard 

 the camp from mutilation. 



Yorkshire. — Scamridge Dykes. — An attempt made by the 

 Scarborough Rural District Council to construct a reservoir, in 

 connection with the water supply for the village of Snainton, 

 in the middle of Scamridge Dykes has been frustrated through 

 representations made to the President of the Ivocal Government 

 Board by the Society of Antiquaries and the Yorkshire Archaeo- 

 logical Society, and plans showing a reservoir clear of the dykes 

 have been submitted to the Local Government Board. 



Skipsea. — At the instance of the Yorkshire 



Archaeological Society, that portion of the Skipsea earthworks 

 owned by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners has been placed 

 in charge of H. M. Commissioners of Works under the Ancient 

 Monuments Protection Acts. 



DESTRUCTION. 



Bedfordsiiiri^. — WiijjNGTON. — Mr. Beauchanip Wculniore 

 reports that all the land around the earthwork at Wiliington, 

 near Bedford, has been broken up for allotments. Only the 



