The President drew attention to the paragraph in the Report 

 announcing the resignation of the Hon. Secretary, Mr. A. G. Chater, 

 who had found that he had insufficient leisure to carry on the work 

 of the Congress secretaryship in addition to that of the Earthworks 

 Committee ; and proposed as his successor, Dr. William Martin, 

 F.S.A. Mr. Chater seconded the proposal, which was supported by 

 Mr. Ralph Nevill, F.S.A.,and Dr. Martin was elected Hon. Secretary. 



Mr. Nevill then proposed a vote of thanks to the retiring Secretary, 

 which was seconded by Col. Attree, F.S.A., and the President 

 expressed his own and the Council's regret that Mr. Chater should 

 find it necessary to give up the secretaryship, and their satisfaction 

 with the way the duties had been performed during his year of office. 



In acknowledging the vote of thanks, Mr. Chater regretted that 

 he had been able to do so little for the Congress ; he felt that he had 

 been somewhat rash in accepting the office last year, and that he had 

 left undone many things which a secretary with more time at his 

 disposal might have accomplished. 



Dr. Martin, in accepting the office of Secretary, asked the sympathy 

 and co-operation of the gentlemen with whom he would come in 

 contact. 



A discussion took place on the question 01 the Archaeological 

 Index, the Council having recommended that in regard to (a) the 

 large Subject Index, 1665 -1890, the Congress should assist Messrs. 

 Constable by endeavouring to obtain from the Societies guarantees 

 that a sufficient number of copies would be subscribed for to cover 

 the cost of production ; Messrs. Constable agreeing to submit their 

 material for this Index to a Committee appointed by the Council, and 

 in regard to (&) the Annual Index, that the Societies should be invited 

 to guarantee continuous support, it being pointed out to them that 

 without such support its continued publication would be impossible. 



The President read a Report of the Committee appointed to deal 

 with this question, in which it was suggested that the Congress might 

 resume publication of the Annual Index, and pointed out that a 

 difficulty might arise with regard to back numbers, and that in 

 the event of the Congress taking the publication into their own hands, 

 it would be necessary to refer intending purchasers to Messrs. 

 Constable & Co. for these back numbers. It should be put as 

 strongly as possible at this Congress, that the Index must be con- 

 tinued ; but it was essential that Societies should support it to the 

 limit of their power. 



Mr. P. M. Johnston, F.S.A., (Sussex), mentioned that complaints 

 had been made among local Societies that of late years the Index had 

 been carelessly compiled, which perhaps partly accounted for the 

 decrease in subscriptions. 



