A grant of £10 was confirmed (under the conditions mentioned in the Committee's Report) for the excavations at Castell Collen. A grant of £30 was voted for copying original documents to be published in Arch. Camb.

A grant of £10 was voted to the Abergele Antiquarian Society for further excavations at Pen y Corddyn.

The re-election of the Officers of the Association, with the exception of the Secretary for South Wales, was agreed to.

For the South Wales Secretaryship, in succession to the Rev. Charles Chidlow, resigned, the election of Mr. R. Wellings Thomas, of Llandrindod, with Mr. Henry Lewis, of Greenmeadow, Cardiff, as Assistant, was proposed by Archdeacon Thomas, and seconded by the Rev. John Price, Local Secretary for Breconshire. An amendment was moved by Mr. A. E. Bowen of Pontypool, and seconded by Mr. Cunnington of Devizes, that the election be left until the next Annual Meeting, to be held in South Wales, and that Mr. C. H. Glascodine be appointed pro tempore. Before this was put to the meeting, Mr. Glascodine declared that he would under no circumstances accept the office of Secretary unless as a temporary arrangement. The amendment was carried.

Rev. G. Eyre Evans proposed, seconded by Rev. R. W. F. SingersDavies, that the heartiest thanks of the Association be given to the Rev. Charles Chidlow as Secretary for South Wales.

Professor Sayce then vacated the chair, which was taken by Archdeacon Thomas as the Senior Vice-President.

Sir Edward Anwyl proposed, seconded by Mrs. Allen, and it was unanimously resolved, that Cardiff be the place of Meeting for 1912. The congratulations of the Association, on the Chairman's proposition, were offered to Mrs. Allen on the completion of the sixtysecond year of her Membership.

The Editorial Report and the Treasurer's Statement of Accounts were adopted.

Resolved, as proposed by Mr. Iltyd Nicholl and seconded by Mr. Henry Lewis, that a printed Agenda Paper be sent to the Members in future before the Annual Meeting.

Resolved, on the proposition of Mr. Edward Roberts, seconded by Mr. C. E. Breese, that the Annual Meeting be held not later than the second week in August.

Archdeacon Thomas moved from the Chair, and the Meeting unanimously passed, the following resolution re Pen Dinas :

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"The Cambrian Archæological Association learns with great interest and pleasure of the intention of the Llandudno Urban District Council to acquire the property on the Great Orme's Head, which comprises the pre-historic camp known as Pen Dinas.' It is a place of great archæological interest to Llandudno in particular, and to Wales in general, and it would be a great loss if anything was allowed to be done which would interfere with the remains of such very early work. Under proper control, Pen Dinas ought to prove a permanent attraction to Llandudno, and play an important

part in deciphering the earliest history of the locality." It was resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Town Clerk of Llandudno.

This brought the unusually long Meeting to a close about 11.45 p.m.

EXCURSION IV.-FRIDAY.

On Friday, the Cambrians-a smaller party than on previous days, yet numbering sixty-one-left Pensarn Station at 9.7, reaching Llanfairfechan at 10.18. Here they took up their carriages for the steep ascent up the mountain, the highest point of which, Braich y Ddinas, or Dinas Penmaen, is 1550 ft. This arduous climb was partially reduced to 725 ft. by Mr. C. W. May Massey's kind permission to follow his private drive to Newry. Even with this relief, the pull up the steep slopes, slippery on the grass, and still more uncertain among the loose stones, made this fourth day the most strenuous of a busy week. We were, however, favoured by beautiful weather, and were able to enjoy to the full the invigorating sea breeze and the clear bracing atmosphere. The scene, never to be forgotten, as it gradually unfolded itself before us in the bright sunshine, was one of remarkable grandeur, commanding a view of nearly the whole of the Snowdonian range, Anglesey, Menai Straits, and Ynys Seiriol (Puffin Island).

The sandwiches, which were thoughtfully provided for us at the start up the hill, were most acceptable at the top, and those wise members who had furnished themselves with a stock of drinkables were very generous to their unwise and improvident comrades. On nearing the circuit of the fortification, attention was called to a grouping of huts, some of which are here illustrated, close to the outer wall. Edward Lhwyd, 1698, has a note on a lofty impregnable hill on the top of Penmaenmawr, the fort encompassed by a treble wall, and within each wall the foundation at least of 100 towers, all around, and about 6 yards diameter each within the walls. It seems there were lodgings here for 20,000. Within the innermost wall there is a well, giving water in the driest summer. The strongest fort in all Snowdon. Here 100 men might defend themselves against a legion."

Mr. Harold Hughes, who had been engaged for some weeks in making a survey of the fortification for record by the Association, assembling the party in the lee of the cairn on top, said that the walls of the camp, known as Braich y Ddinas, were in a very ruinous condition. He regarded the place as having been a fortified village. It had had three walls on the landward sides, where the promontory joins the main plateau, and two walls on the west. At least 170 hut circles had been counted within the walls. At the far S.W.