vi Appendix No. 2.
made to render them popular and interesting. Offers of aid, and sugges-
tions as to places to be visited, will always be gladly received.
The Council has under consideration the advisability of fixing a few
field meetings on days other than Saturdays, in order to meet the views
of members to whom Saturday meetings are inconvenient.
As promised in the last Annual Report, the investigations at the Forest
Camps were renewed in 1882. A circular was issued in February last,
asking for funds to carry on the works. A very liberal response was
made to that appeal, the following subscriptions being promised in the
course of a few weeks:—
With these funds the Council was enabled to commence work at the
Loughton Camp on the 29th of May, and the investigation was continued
for 14 days, under the superintendence of the Sub-Committee of the
Club. A preliminary report of the work done was presented at the
Southampton meeting of the British Association (and has been published
in the Association Report), when the Committee of last year was re-con-
stituted, with the addition of Mr. Worthington G. Smith. A grant of
£10 was at the same time made towards the expenses. After a rough
examination of the results of the fortnight's work, it was considered
desirable that further search should be made, and a second series of
diggings was begun on Monday, August 14th, and continued the whole
week. The evidence thus obtained has not yet been fully collated, and
some surveying and other work remains to be done, but the Committee
hopes to be ready with a full report early in the ensuing summer for
presentation to the British Association and publication in the ' Transac-
tions ' of the Club. A sum of £16 has been set apart for the due illus-
tration of the report. The hearty thanks of the Club are clue to those