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A Full Index to Complete the Work.

This being the general scheme (as proposed) of the arrangement, minor matters will be dealt with as they arise.

The General T^ditor hopes to be able to prepare for office use a general scheme of the whole year, and rough notes on the different days, with references to places where information is to be found, which will be available to answer the inquiries of the sub-editors and help to preserve a unity of treatment in the whole work.

At the present moment the need is for more workers to complete the collection of material, especially in the districts which, as indicated above, have as yet been imperfectly covered. The help of librarians to supply the titles of local books, of persons with some amount of leisure to read them (a work which may be undertaken by quite young people), of local pressmen and others whose daily life causes them to mingle much with the folk, to record local sayings and happenings, is urgently wanted. And the Brand Committee appeal to all members of the Society resident in the United Kingdom, who have not yet taken part in the work, to give their aid, either by personal labour or by introducing others, — not necessarily members, — whose opportunities may be greater than their own.

The three other members of the Brand Committee wish to append to this Report the expression of their high appreciation of the unwearied labour which their colleague, Mrs. Banks, has devoted to the conduct of the business arrangements of the whole scheme. The correspondence has been very heavy, and the care of the numerous manu- scripts has been entirely in her hands. The measure of progress achieved is mainly due to Mrs. Banks's energy and ability.

Henry B. Wheatley.