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Archaeologia Cantiana -  Vol. 1  1858   page xlii

INAUGURAL MEETING of the Kent Archaeological Society

throughout the county, too many for me now to enumerate, it certainly is surprising that the formation of such a Society should have been so long delayed,—a circumstance which is probably attributable to the fact, that "what is everybody's business is nobody's business." Nobody attended to that which everybody occasionally displayed great interest in. For the establishing of this Society, we are deeply indebted to my friend Mr. Larking, to whom our thanks are due, not only for his previous exertions in the cause of Archaeology, in which he has displayed great ability and skill, but particularly for the interest which he has taken in this Association. It must be manifest that such a Society as this depends upon those who take an active part in its operations; they will have to devote a large portion of their time to it; they will require considerable judgment and discrimination; and in proposing the appointment of the twenty-four gentlemen named in the Resolution as our Council, I shall only be paying them a fair and proper compliment in saying that I am sure they will discharge their duties to the satisfaction of the Members. You will observe that great care has been taken that there should be a fair distribution of those selected for the Council all over the county.
   It is manifestly most desirable to secure the co-operation of gentlemen in different parts of the county who are likely to devote their time and attention to local objects of interest, and who already possess considerable knowledge on these points.
   As many gentlemen are dependent upon the rail for their return, I will not detain you longer, but at once propose the Resolution which has been entrusted to me :—
   "That the following twenty-four gentlemen be requested to act with the President and Vice-Presidents and Honorary Secretary, as Council of the Society." [Names as at page xi.]
   [Carried unanimously.]

ALEXANDER J. B. BERESFORD HOPE, Esq., moved the fourth Resolution, and spoke as follows:—
   I am sure that all of us here must have been struck with the truth of what Sir Brook Bridges said, that the only wonder is, that Kent has so long lagged behind, while so many other counties were founding associations of this sort, instead of

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