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occupy the attention of local science clubs at a time when we 
are beginning to realise the great loss which the science of 
Anthropology has sustained by the ignorant and wilful 
demolition of many venerable relics of past ages. Happily, 
under Sir -John Lubbock’s Act, the ancient monuments of 
this country will oome under the protection of the Govern¬ 
ment ; but while the larger and more generally known 
remains are thus insured against destruction, the smaller 
and more obscure earth-works, tumuli, cromlechs, &c., which 
are in their way of equal importance, might escape such 
protective influence unless special attention was directed to 
their existence. Local catalogues such as I have suggested 
would thus be of great use in this scheme of protection, and 
would greatly facilitate the work of the Government Inspector, 
our Honorary Member General Pitt-Rivers, to whom I have 
already broached these ideas and who has expressed his warm 
approval of them. 
With regard to the publications of local societies, I am 
glad to see that the Council of the British Association has 
appointed a Committee “ in order to draw up suggestions 
upon methods of more systematic observation and plans of 
operation for local societies, together with a more uniform 
mode of publication of the results of their work." This 
Committee is composed of Mr. H. G. Fordham (Secretary), 
Mr. Francis Galton, Mr. John Hopkinson, Mr. W. Whitaker, 
Mr. G. J. Symons, Sir Walter Elliot, Prof. W. J. Sollas, 
Mr. x\. Ramsay, Mr. C. E. De Ranee, the Rev. Dr. Crosskey, 
and myself. 
The duty of presenting the Preliminary Report on the 
results of our excavations at the Loughton Camp devolved 
upon me at the Southampton Meeting of the British Asso¬ 
ciation ; and our Committee was reappointed, as you are 
aware, with the addition of Mr. Worthington Smith, and a 
grant of £10 towards our expenses. Four sections have now 
been made through the rampart of this earth-work, and a 
considerable number of relics have been found on the old 
surface- lin e. These relics consist of numerous flint flakes in 
remarkably fresh condition, a partially-finished flint celt, 
