1922.] REPORTS. 79 



Report of the Council for the year 1922. 



The Council feels it can congratulate itself on a success- 

 ful year. Not a single meeting during the twelvemonth was 

 interfered with by rain or any untoward circumstance, and 

 the membership of the Society has increased by about 40 

 above the highest number hitherto recorded. 



The Winter Meetings were held regularly ; that of 

 February took the form of a Soiree at the Ladies' College. 

 This was a revival of the Soirees which used to be so success- 

 ful before the War, but which had been suspended for many 

 years. The nett result to the funds of the Society was about 

 £13. A valuable paper on The First Lord de Saumarez 

 was contributed by Mr. J. W. Parkes, and later in the year, 

 the Gaulish coinage in the Channel Islands was dealt with 

 by Rev. Bourde de la Rogerie, and the Currency of Guernsey 

 in Historical Times was discussed by Major S. C. Curtis. 

 All three papers appear in these Transactions. 



On May 20th a visit was paid to St. Martin's Church. 

 The architecture and antiquities were dealt with, and the 

 well-known Statue Menhir at the South gate was shown and 

 explained. On June 22nd the Flaiderie — the place of plead- 

 ing, the old Court House — and the High Street were visited, 

 and the various buildings and houses of interest dealt with. 

 On July 20th by kind permission of Mr. Compton Mackenzie, 

 the Island of Jethou was the object of the Excursion. The 

 party of about 35 crossed in two motor launches, in glorious 

 weather, and landed, for the first time for many, on Jethou 

 at about 2.30. The Island was specially examined for traces 

 of megaliths. Several likely spots were noted, but the 

 absence of tools or a sufficient time to use them effectively, 

 prevented proper exploration. It was felt that a further and 

 a more prolonged examination should be made. On August 

 26th Lihou was visited by the Society for' the first time for 

 twelve years, the attendance being larger than at any other 

 meeting. On September 21st Dehus was the objective, and 

 an instructive hour was spent there, inspecting the huge cap- 

 stones and the incised lines depicting the human figure under 

 the second capstone. A visit was also paid this day to Fort 

 Doyle and the Platte Fougere Light Station, where the 

 mechanism of the Lighthouse was explained by the Keeper, 

 Mr. W. Habgood. On October 12th a visit was paid to 

 Elizabeth College, the Library, Schools, etc. 



