The Rev. H. J. Duckinfield-Astley, M.A.
Mrs. Collier.

Alfred J. H. Crespi, Esq.

Wm. G. Ellwell, Esq.

Frank George, Esq.

J. G. Holmes, Esq.
Miss Lambert.

Edward Penton, Esq., F.G.S.
George Henry Turner, Esq.
William W. Wooder, Esq.

HONORARY CORRESPONDENTS.

J. H. Macmichael, Esq.

The Rev. T. H. Owen, M. A.

Mrs. L. C. Skey.

Miss Swann.

J. P. Wilkinson, Esq.

The Rev. Wm. Copley Winslow, D.D.

The scheme of union with another Archæological Society, to which I referred at the last General Meeting, has fallen through, the report agreed to by the delegates of both Societies failing to receive the approval of the Council of the other Society. The negotiations were opened by this Association solely at the request of the Council of the other Society, on a basis proposed by them to which the Council of this Association assented; but it appears that although the report of the delegates was in strict harmony with the basis thus proposed, the report itself was never laid before their Council, the majority of their Council having apparently changed their minds as to the proposals which they had made.

We are now looking forward to the Congress to be held this year at Manchester, to which place we have been invited by the Lord Mayor and Corporation of that important city. Better known as Manchester is for its factories, its ship canal, and other marvellous achievements of modern enterprise, its very name shows it to have been of Roman foundation, and it yet has some buildings and other remains of ancient date within its own boundaries; whilst within casy access of the city, lying in many directions all around it, are buildings and places of deep interest to all those who delight in the examination and study of the remains of the past. It is to be hoped that the attendance of the Associates may be so numerous as to make the Manchester Congress as successful and profitable as that which we held in Glasgow in

The Chairman then read the

TREASURER'S REPORT.

The balance sheet shows an increase in the funds of the Association of £5 4s. 5d. on 31st December last, as compared with the last day of the preceding year. The net balance in favour of the Association on 31st December, 1892 was £80 11s. 3d.; the net balance in favour of the Association on 31st December 1893 was £85 15s. 8d. It is not a large balance, but as it is an increased balance after a year in which so many voluntary Societies like ours have been complaining of greatly diminished support and large deficiencies, it is satisfactory that the balance to the good has not become smaller, but larger. This, too, has been achieved, although the receipts from the annual subscriptions show a decrease. The receipts from sale of publications have increased by about £12, and the proceeds of the Congress at Winchester show an increase of over £28 as compared with that at Cardiff in 1892. The Journal of the Association for last year was more fully illustrated than those of the last few preceding years, but the cost of producing the Journal did not exceed £7, the sum paid for the same object in 1892, whilst the whole sum was diminished by a special donation of £12, received on account of the illustrations, leaving the net cost of the publication £5 less than in the preceding year. The other items call for no special remark.

ALLAN WYON, Hon. Treasurer.

The Report was unanimously adopted.

The thanks of the meeting were unanimously tendered to the Auditors for their services.

Mr. W. de Gray Birch, F.S.A., Hon. Sec., read the

SECRETARIES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1893-4.

The Honorary Secretaries have the honour of laying before the Associates of the British Archæological Association, at their annual meeting held this day, the customary Report of the Secretaries on the state of the Association during the past year 1893-4.

1. During the past year a considerable number of works have been presented to the Library. The action of the Library Sub-Committee will determine, or has determined, the future of this property of the Association.

2. Twenty-eight of the more important papers which were read at the recent Congress held at Cardiff, and during the progress of the Session held in London, have been printed in the Journal for 1893, which is illustrated with sixty-one plates and woodcuts, many of which have been wholly, or in part, contributed to the Association by the liberality

1894

British Archaeological Association.

BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDING THE 31ST DECEMBER 1893.

EXPENDITURE.

£ s. d.

Interest from P. O. Savings Bank
Annual subscriptions

£489 7 1

85 15 8

£489 7 1

of friends and Associates, to whom grateful recognition is due in this behalf.

3. The addition of the copious Index of Archaeological Papers, published in 1892, issued under the direction of the Congress of Archæological Societies, in union with the Society of Antiquaries, enables our readers to extend the field of their researches in a far more widely reading manner than heretofore, and its insertion into our Journal will be recognised as of paramount advantage to all interested in the study of antiquities whether general, local, literary, architectural, or scientific.

4. The Honorary Secretaries are glad to say they have in hand a fair amount of papers which relate to the Winchester Congress of 1893, and others read in London, which have been accepted by the Council and Editor for publication and illustration in the Journal, as circumstances will permit, they desire it to be more generally known that authors should transmit their papers to the Editor as soon as convenient after being read, in view of their publication in the Journal in due

course.

It was unanimously resolved

W. DE G. BURCH; }

E. P. L. BROCK,

Hon. Secs.

"That the Secretaries' Report be adopted, and that the best thanks of the Association be presented to Mr. W. de G. Birch and to Mr. E. P. Loftus Brock, the Honorary Secretaries, for their unremitting attention to the affairs of the Association during the past year."

Mr. C. H. Compton proposed the following addition to the Rules:

:

"If there shall be any ground alleged, other than the non-payment of subscriptions, for the removal of any Associate, such ground shall be submitted to the Council at a Special Meeting to be summoned for that purpose, of which notice shall be given to the Associate complained of, and in default of his attending such meeting of Council, or giving a satisfactory explanation to the Council, he shall, if a resolution be passed at such meeting, or any adjournment thereof, by two-thirds at least of the members then present for such removal, thereupon cease to be a member of the Association. Provided that no such resolution shall be valid unless nine members of the Council at least (including the Chairman) shall be present when the resolution shall be submitted to the meeting."

It was seconded by Mr. Hughes, and carried unanimously.

The usual time having expired, the Chairman closed the ballot, and the scrutators delivered the result as follows:

President.

Vice-Presidents.

Ex officio-THE DUKE OF NORFOLK, K.G., E.M.; THE MARQUESS OF BUTE, K.T.; THE MARQUESS OF RIPON, K.G., G.C.S.I.; THE EARL OF HARDWICKE; THE EARL OF MOUNT-EDGCUMBE; THE EARL NELSON; THE EARL OF NORTHBROOK, G.C.S.I.; THE EARL OF WINCHILSEA AND NOTTINGHAM; THE LORD BISHOP OF ELY; THE LORD BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S; THE LORD BISHOP OF LLANDAFF; SIR CHARLES H. ROUSE BOUGHTON, Bart.; JAMES HEYWOOD, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

E. MAUNDE THOMPSON, Esq., C. B., F.S.A., D.C.L., LL.D.

Council.

J. ROMILLY ALLEN, Esq., F.S.A.Scot. | J. T. MOULD, Esq.

ALGERNON BRENT, Esq., F.R.G.S.
REV. J. CAVE-BROWNE, M.A.

J. PARK HARRISON, Esq., M.A.
RICHARD HORSFALL, Esq.
W. E. HUGHES, Esq.
A. G. LANGDON, Esq.
RICHARD LLOYD, Esq.

C. DAVIS, Esq.

W. J. NICHOLS, Esq.

A. OLIVER, Esq.

GEORGE PATRICK, Esq.

W. H. RYLANDS, Esq., F.S.A.
R. E. WAY, Esq.

BENJAMIN WINSTONE, ESQ., M.D.

Auditors.

C. J. WILLIAMS, Esq.

A unanimous vote of thanks was accorded to the scrutators.

The lists of Honorary and Foreign Correspondents were adopted unanimously.

Votes of thanks were unanimously tendered to Mr. A. Wyon, F.S.A., Treasurer, and Mr. S. Rayson, Sub-Treasurer, for their services.

The proceedings then closed.