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by this meeting such as ought to be read in the Sections. What 

 they had to do was to give effect to what was proposed in the 

 Sections themselves, and also to deliberate on matters connected 

 with the harmonious working of the several Societies. 



Mr. William Gray, of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, said 

 that last year his Society determined to commence a catalogue of 

 all their ancient monuments, and other prehistoric remains ; and 

 in this work they had adopted the recognised code of marks and 

 signs for the different kinds of remains authorised by the Inter- 

 national Congress of Archaeologists some years ago. The counties 

 of Antrim and Down had been thus dealt with ; and Mr. Gray 

 displayed for the information of the Delegates large-scale maps 

 of these two counties, showing the distribution of their prehistoric 

 remains ; remarking that any such first attempts at cataloguing 

 must be merely tentative, and therefore he had adopted a method, 

 (which he hoped would meet with their approval), of noting on 

 the margin of each sheet the exact position of each site. 



Dr. Evans said that the Society of Antiquaries were making an 

 Archaeological Index and Survey of the whole of England. They 

 proposed to show in their maps, not only the prehistoric, but also 

 the Roman and Saxon remains, and they were appealing to the 

 different Archaeological Societies throughout the country to aid 

 them in carrying out that Survey. Kent has already been pub- 

 lished on this plan, and will prove a most useful addition to the 

 knowledge of the Archaeology of that county. Some further dis- 

 cussion arose on a proposal for the formation of a Committee to 

 arrange for a collection of photographic views illustrating the 

 geological features of each county ; but the Chairman held that 

 such a resolution could not be brought before that meeting, as it 

 would interfere with the business of the Sections. Subsequently 

 a proposal by Dr. Evans to refer the matter to Section C. was 

 adopted. Prof. Lebour then said a few words on the work of the 

 " Earth Tremors Committee," observing that the spot first selected 

 for the instruments was too near the sea. New and better 

 recording instruments were being made, and of these two would 

 be placed above and two below ground ; the instruments were now 

 self-recording, and for the first time the observations would be 

 taken simultaneously. This concluded the proceedings. 



The second and concluding meeting of Delegates of Corre- 

 sponding Societies was held on the afternoon of Tuesday, the 17th 



