Mr. J. B. Willis-Bund, F.S.A., proposed that each Society should 

 guarantee to take a certain number of copies, say ioo. 



Mr. G. C. Druce, (Royal Archaeological Institute), proposed that 

 a list of the Societies now subscribing, with the number of copies they 

 take, should be obtained from Messrs. Constable. 



Dr. M. Gaster (Folklore Society) proposed that the invitation to 

 subscribe to the Index should be extended to other kindred Societies, 

 besides those in Union. 



Mr. W. P. W. Phillimore (Thoroton Society) was of opinion that the 

 real demand for the Index only amounted to about iooo copies, and 

 at present it was thrown away in large numbers. He was inclined 

 to think that the machinery of the Congress would be better suited to 

 pushing the sale of a limited number than that of a publisher, and 

 suggested that Societies should be asked to take a limited number and 

 sell them to their members. 



Mr. H. St. George Gray (Somerset) thought that very few Societies 

 with a low rate of subscription could afford to take the Index and 

 distribute it freely to all their members, whereas a small number of 

 single copies would be readily saleable at a shilling each. 



Mr. Willis-Bund said that the only way to deal with the question 

 was to refer it back to a Committee having full powers to deal with it 

 before next year. He asked how could the Congress go to the Prime 

 Minister with requests for facilities, when it was seen that it could not 

 maintain so essential a publication as its own Index. 



The following resolution, proposed by Mr. Phillimore and seconded 

 by Mr. Nevill, was carried unanimously : — 



"That it be referred to the Committee to consider how the 

 Index can be produced most cheaply, and how it can best be 

 circulated at such a price as to pay its cost, and with full powers 

 to make arrangements" 



Mr. Chater presented the Report of the Earthworks Committee, 

 which will be issued separately. 



Mr. R. Garraway Rice, F.S.A. (Sussex), spoke of the short notice 

 given by the Ordnance Survey for answ ering questions relating to 

 earthworks. He thought twelve months' notice might be given of the 

 revision of a county. 



Mr. Chater said that all information received from the Ordnance 

 Survey was passed on at once to the Secretaries of the Societies 

 concerned. 



