the inconvenience of small issues. His experience was that it was 

 useless to expect secretaries of societies to undertake the great labour 

 and expense of the issue of publications to selected members ; the 

 issue could be done to all members at little more expense and no 

 trouble, as it was made with the annual volume of Transactions or 

 with other annual notices. 



Major Freer, F.S.A. (Leicester), said that in his experience the 

 Reports were much appreciated by the body of members, and as an 

 honorary secretary he confirmed the view as to the impossibility of 

 selected issue. 



On the suggestion of the President the question of the best method 

 of printing the Bibliographies was referred to the Council, it being 

 understood that money should be found for the purpose. 



Mr. Nevill explained that owing to the falling off in the number of 

 subscribing societies, and the increase in volume, Messrs. Constable 

 had given notice that it was impossible for them to continue the 

 publication of the Annual Index of Archaeological Papers except at an 

 increased rate. He did not think from his experience at the time the 

 Congress published the Index that the price could be raised, and 

 thought that Messrs. Constable had relied entirely on the subscriptions 

 of the societies instead of appealing to a larger public as had been 

 contemplated by the Congress. The Congress could have continued 

 the publication but for the trouble caused by the desire of libraries 

 and individuals to acquire copies. They were willing to pay the 

 shilling which had been the charge, but the work of distribution was 

 more than an honorary secretary could be expected to undertake. He 

 had considered that an energetic publisher should be able to make 

 the work pay. 



Mr. Phillimore (Thoroton Soc.) said that he hoped the publication 

 would in some way be continued ; he considered it most valuable and 

 pre-eminently a work for the Congress to undertake, as it summarized 

 the work of the societies. 



Major Freer deprecated any increase in the price, but hoped the 

 publication would be continued, and Mr. Fry and many other 

 delegates expressed the same views. 



Sir Edward Brabrook, Mr. Minet, Mr. Gomme, and Mr. Phillimore 

 were appointed a committee to consider what was best to be done. 



Mr. Chater presented the Report ot the Earthworks Commission, 

 which proved full of interest, and will be issued separately. The 

 original scheme being out of print, a revised scheme embodying the 

 various annual Reports had been prepared, and by the help of the 

 Society of Antiquaries and other Societies was now ready or issue at 

 the price of 3d. a copy, or on reduced terms for quantities. 



Dr. Williams Freeman who was engaged in scheduling the Hamp- 

 shire camps gave some information as to this work. Instead of forty 

 camps, as shown on the Ordnance Survey, there were seventy or 

 eighty. 





