A discussion took place on the cost of the Annual Reports of the 

 Earthworks Committee, which absorbed most of the funds at the 

 disposal of the Congress. It was agreed that it was most important 

 that these admirable Reports should not be curtailed as they had 

 proved of the greatest value, and awakened great interest in a new 

 department of Archaeology. 



Mr. Nevill asked if delegates thought that Societies would pay 

 something for the copies they received ; as 1 5,000 copies were printed 

 even such a small sum as two shillings a hundred would provide a 

 great part of the cost, and such a payment would also meet the views 

 expressed by Major Freer earlier — that the large societies had an 

 vendue advantage over the smaller. 



Sir Edward Brabrook thought two shillings too little, but the 

 Rev. F. W. Weaver, representing Somerset, with over 800 members, 

 thought the charge should be kept as low as possible. Mr. Johnston, 

 F.S.A., speaking for Sussex, with over 600 members, said the interest 

 in the subject was increasing, and thought his society would pay two 

 shillings and sixpence freely, and Mr. Denison, for Yorkshire, with 600 

 members, agreed to the charge of two shillings and sixpence, which 

 was generally accepted. 



'The President drew attention to the fact that the Royal Commission 

 appointed did not render unnecessary the work of local societies. The 

 destruction done was largely the result of ignorance, and could be best 

 combated by the spread of information. 



Mr. H. D. Acland (Royal Institution of Cornwall) introduced the 

 subject of stone monuments, which especially interested his society. 

 He was a member of the newly formed society for the astronomical 

 st,udy of these remains, and had had his attention called to the sad 

 destruction that still went on, owing largely to the public ignorance 01 

 their importance. The site of what was perhaps the oldest church in 

 England — Withian, near St. Ives, founded by Breton missionaries — 

 had been sold by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to a Nonconformist 

 who refused to allow any exploration. Menhirs were still removed to 

 form gate posts, and numerous stones duly recorded on the Ordnance 

 Survey had now disappeared, and stone circles were still destroyed to 

 form road metal. 



He advocated the provision of 6 inch Ordnance maps on which the 

 existence of all monuments, could be underlined in red ; also that any 

 inspector appointed sboiild have power to expend small sums in 

 fencing and protecting stories. 



He said that he had found schoolmasters take the greatest interest 

 in the subject, and that by interesting their scholars they had done a 

 great deal to. stop destruction. 



Canon Warren (Suffolk) said that the same conditions prevailed in 

 Devonshire, and instanced- a case in which a farmer had deliberately 

 destroyed a stone circle because of the number of visitors who were 

 attracted by it. 



