by Dr. Thomas Richards; the story of "Denbigh Castle" from the earliest to the present time, written by Mr. Wilfrid J. Hemp, F.S.A., Inspector of Ancient Monuments for Wales, with Plans and Illustrations; and a description of some very interesting Jacobite Relics at Peniarth, written by Mr. Herbert Vaughan, and illustrated (for the first time) by kind permission of the owner, Mrs. Wynne.

The Transactions for 1925 will, it is hoped, be issued early in the coming year. In addition to the papers read during the session, we have been fortunate enough to secure the complete report of the important excavations at the Gaer, Brecon, so successfully conducted during the past two years by Dr. R. E. Mortimer Wheeler, Director of the National Museum. This will form a séparate volume. Dr. Wheeler, who in 1923 favoured the Cymmrodorion Society with the full illustrated report of his excavation of Segontium, published by us in a book which has gained the attention of archæologists all over the world, has taken infinite trouble with the story of the occupation of Brecon by the Romans, and the result, packed, as the report will be, with appropriate plans and illustrations, we have no doubt will greatly redound to the credit of our Society. For his entirely disinterested labour on these two publications we owe Dr. Wheeler a deep debt of gratitude.

During the past few years your Secretary, in conjunction with Sir Evan D. Jones, Bart., and other members of the Council, has been assisting Sir I. Gollancz, Litt. D., Secretary of the British Academy, in establishing a Fund in memory of the late Sir John Rhys, F.B.A., a former Chairman of our Council, which is to be administered by the British Academy. The Income will be applied (as a

"Rhys Memorial") to the purposes of "an annual lecture, or paper, or monograph on a Welsh or other Celtic subject." The invested Fund, consisting of £1,100 India 4 per cent. Bonds, was accepted on behalf of the British Academy, by the President, Lord Balfour, at a meeting held at Burlington House on the 28th January, 1925, when Sir John Morris-Jones, M.A., LL.D., Professor of Welsh in the University College of North Wales, read a paper in appreciation of the services rendered by Sir John Rhys to Welsh philology.

Before closing this Report the Council desire to express their deep sympathy-a sympathy in which they feel sure all members will wish to join-with the Right Hon. Sir Herbert Lewis, G.B.E., Vice-President of the Society, in the illness due to a grievous accident which has incapacitated him for many months; and with Principal J. H. Davies, Aberystwyth, who has also suffered severely for a considerable time, and to wish them both a happy

recovery.

The finances for the year may be considered satisfactory, but the necessity for making provision for our commitments in regard to publications, has reduced the money available to a narrow margin, and if any of our members desire to rid themselves of superfluous balances, they would be very gratefully accepted by the Council.

Under the Society's Rules the term of office of the following officers expire:

THE PRESIDENT,

THE VICE-PRESIDENTS,

THE HONORARY AUDITORS,

and ten members of the Council retire in accordance with

Rule 4, viz. :

MR. EDWARD Owen,

MR. O. MORGAN OWEN,

MR. W. R. OWEN,

DR. Owen Pritchard,

MR. ERNEST RHYS,

MR. R. ARTHUR ROBERTS,

DR. D. L. THOMAS,

MR. CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS,

MR. PHILIP WILLIAMS,

MR. WILLIS BUND.

All are eligible for re-election. The appointment of Captain Ernest Evans, M.P. for the University of Wales, to the vacancy on the Council in place of the late Mr. T. H. W. Idris, requires confirmation by this Annual Meeting. The accounts have been audited and certified, and the Statement of Receipts and Payments is appended to this Report.

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THE

Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion

FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF

Literature, Science, and Art, as connected with Wales.

OFFICERS, COUNCIL, AND MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

(Corrected to 30 January, 1926.)

Patron.

H.R.H THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.

President.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD MOSTYN.

Vice-Presidents.

The Right Honourable D. LLOYD GEORGE, O.M., M.P.
His Grace the ARCHBISHOP Of Wales, D.D.
The Right Honourable the EARL OF PLYMOUTH.
The Right Honourable the EARL OF LISBURNE.
The Right Rev. The LORD BISHOP OF Bangor.
The Right Rev. The LORD BISHOP OF LLANDAFF.
The Right Rev. The LORD BISHOP OF ST. DAVIDS.
The Right Rev. The LORD BISHOP OF MONMOUTH.

The Right Rev. The LORD BISHOP OF SWANSEA & BRECON.
The Right Rev. Dr. WATKIN WILLIAMS (late, Bishop of

Bangor).

The Right Rev. FRANCIS MOSTYN, D.D., Archbishop of Cardiff.

The Right Honourable VISCOUNT ST. DAVIDS.

The Right Honourable LORD ABERDARE.

The Right Honourable LORD BOSTON.

The Right Honourable LORD CLWYD.

The Right Honourable LORD Dynevor.

The Right Honourable LORD HOWARD DE WALDEN.