Irwell.

He was the founder and chairman of the firm of Smith & Coventry, engineers, Salford. He joined the Society in June, 1886.

John Harper, of Fallowfield, who died in 1904, was a member of the Society from November, 1888.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.-The Society have again to thank most heartily the Feoffees of Chetham's Hospital for their kindness in allowing the use of the reading-room for the winter meetings and for a room for the meetings of the Council; to the Art Gallery council for the use of their room for the Old Manchester and Salford Exhibition. Thanks are also due to the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress for the reception given by them at the closing of the exhibition; also to Mr. Walter T. Browne, the governor of Chetham's Hospital; to Mr. Daniel Morrison for his kind hospitality at Agecroft Hall, and to Mr. C. J. Holt Gradisky for the same at Mottram St. Andrew; to Mr. C. W. Sutton, M.A., for editing the Transactions; Mr. Wm. Harrison, the Hon. Treasurer; Mr. Geo. C. Yates, F.S.A., Hon. Secretary; and to Messrs. Seed and Long, the Auditors.

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CAPITAL ACCOUNT.

RULES.

Revised January, 1897.

I. PREAMBLE.-This Society is instituted to examine, preserve, and illustrate ancient Monuments and Records, and to promote the study of History, Literature, Arts, Customs, and Traditions, with particular reference to the antiquities of Lancashire and Cheshire.

2. NAME, &C.-This Society shall be called the "LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY.”

3. ELECTION OF MEMBERS.-Candidates for admission to the Society must be proposed by one member of the Society, and seconded by another. Applications for admission must be submitted in writing to the Council, who shall, as soon as possible after the receipt of the application, determine the election or otherwise of the candidate. Each new member shall have his election notified to him by the Honorary Secretary, and shall at the same time be furnished with a copy of the Rules, and be required to remit to the Treasurer, within two months after such notification, his entrance fee and subscription; and if the same shall be thereafter unpaid for more than two months, his name may be struck off the list of members unless he can justify the delay to the satisfaction of the Council. No new member shall participate in any of the advantages of the Society until he has paid his entrance fee and subscription.

Each member shall be entitled to admission to all meetings of the Society, and to introduce a visitor, provided that the same person be not introduced to two ordinary or general meetings in the same year. Each member shall receive, free of charge, such ordinary publications of the Society as shall have been issued since the commencement of the year in which he shall have been elected, provided that he shall have paid all subscriptions then due from him. The Council shall have power to remove any name from the list of members on due cause being shown to them. Members wishing to resign at the termination of the year can do so by informing the Honorary Secretary, in writing, of their intention, on or before the 30th November, in that year.

4. HONORARY MEMBERS.-The Council shall have the power of recommending persons for election as honorary members.

5. HONORARY LOCAL SECRETARIES.-The Council shall have power to appoint any person Honorary Local Secretary, whether he be a member or not, for the town or district wherein he may reside, in order to facilitate the collection of accurate information as to objects and discoveries of local interest.

6. SUBSCRIPTIONS.-An annual subscription of ten shillings and sixpence shall be paid by each member. All such subscriptions shall be due in advance on the first day of January.

7. ENTRANCE FEE.-Each person on election shall pay an entrance fee of half a guinea in addition to his first year's subscription.

8. LIFE MEMBERSHIP.-A payment of seven guineas shall constitute the composition for life membership, including the entrance fee.

9. GOVERNMENT.-The affairs of the Society shall be conducted by a Council, consisting of the President of the

Society, not more than six Vice-Presidents, the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, and fifteen members elected out of the general body of the members. The Council shall retire annually, but the members of it shall be eligible for re-election. Any intermediate vacancy by death or retirement may be filled up by the Council. Four members of the Council to constitute a quorum. The Council shall meet at least four times yearly. A meeting may at any time be convened by the Honorary Secretary by direction of the President, or on the requisition of four members of the Council. Two Auditors shall be appointed by the members at the ordinary meeting next preceding the final meeting of the Session.

IO. MODE OF ELECTING OFFICERS OTHER THAN THE AUDITORS.--The Honorary Secretary shall send out notices convening the annual meeting, and with such notices enclose blank nomination papers of members to fill the vacancies in the Council and Officers, other than the Auditor. The said notice and nomination paper, to be sent to each member twenty-one days prior to the annual meeting. The nomination paper shall be returned to the Secretary not less than seven days before the annual meeting, such paper being signed by the proposer and seconder. Should such nominations not be sufficient to fill the several offices becoming vacant, the Council shall nominate members to supply the remaining vacancies. A complete list shall be printed, and in case of a contest such list shall be used as a ballot paper.

II. SECTIONAL COMMITTEES.-The Council may from time to time appoint Sectional Committees, consisting of members of their own body and of such other members of the Society as they may think can, from their special knowledge, afford aid in such branches of archæology as the following: 1. Prehistoric Remains. 2. British and Roman Antiquities. 3. Mediæval, Architectural, and other Remains. 4. Ancient Manners and Customs, Folk-Lore, History of Local Trades and Commerce. 5. Records,