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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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