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ACCOUNTS.
Notwithstanding the continued reduction in the membership and the
consequent decrease in receipts, the Accounts show a satisfactory
balance, due mainly to the restriction of expenditure on the annual
volume within the limits prescribed by circumstances. Arrears of
subscriptions are again regrettably high, owing, no doubt, in many cases
to the absence of members from their usual homes and activities.
ARCHAEOLOGIA CANTIANA.
Owing to prevailing conditions the difficulties in the way of book
production continue to increase, and the volume recently issued to
members is much smaller than usual. The Council continue to aim at the
issue of an annual volume, and they hope to be in a position to arrange
for the production of one of greater content for next year.
ARCHAEOLOGIA CANTIANA ILLUSTRATIONS
FUND.
The Illustrations Fund is used to supplement the amount available from
other sources for providing illustrations in Archaeologia Cantiana. Donations
received in 1941 totalled £12 8s. Additional support for the fund,
whether of large or small sums, will be welcomed.
Contributions should be sent to the Hon. Treasurer (Mr.
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Charles Stokes,
New Hall, Dymchurch, Kent).
RECORDS BRANCH.
Had it not been for war conditions, the third part of Kent Feet of
Fines would have been published during the year. Publication proved
impossible because the original records, with which the manuscript must
be finally checked before it goes to the printer, have been sent out of
London for safety, and are not now available for reference. It is hoped
that this interruption in the plans of the Records Branch will not be of
long duration. The deaths of Mr. Ralph Griffin and of Dr. F. W. Hardman,
two of the co-editors of Kent Feet of Fines, are referred to with
regret elsewhere in this Report.
If financial resources permit, it is hoped to publish during 1942 the
Register of Daniel Rough, Common Clerk of Romney in the middle of the
fourteenth century. The Register is being edited by Miss K. M. E.
Murray, M.A., B.Litt., author of The Constitutional History of the
Cinque Ports. It includes an early version of the Romney Custumal,
and contains a wealth of material that will attract everyone interested
in the history of Romney and the Cinque Ports, and in the development of
borough custom.
One side of the work of the Records Branch which is of especial |