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THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB AND THE COUNTY
COUNCIL OF ESSEX.
THE outcome of the Club's application for a grant to carry on
scientific and technical instruction work in the county (fully
set forth in the last vol. (iv.) of the Essex Naturalist, pp. 258-262),
has been the appointment of a hybrid committee for the purpose of
assisting in the endeavour to establish a system of technical instruc-
tion in Essex. At the County Council meeting held on July 7th,
1891, the scheme of the Technical Instruction Committee was
adopted, which included the following recommendations. It should
be stated that by the scheme the extraordinary plan of dividing the
major portion of the money received under the Local Taxation Act,
1890, among local authorities, on the basis of id. in the £ of the
assessment to the county rate of the district concerned, was
adopted :—
(a) That a sum not exceeding £250 be granted to an Organis-
ing Joint Committee consisting of six members of this
Committee and six members of the Essex Field Club for
administration purposes, and the constitution of a centre
for the supply of lecturers and teachers, whose services
will be paid for by the Urban Authorities or Local Com-
mittees engaging them.
(b) That a sum not exceeding £500 be granted to the same
Joint Committee for the purchase of apparatus and dia-
grams, which are to be the property of the Council, and
that a sum not exceeding £100 be granted to the said
Committee for the storage and carriage of such apparatus
and diagrams.
(c) That a sum not exceeding £50 be granted to the same Joint
Committee, to be expended in lectures under the direction
of the Essex Bee-keepers' Association.
(d) That Local Committees throughout the county, especially in
rural districts, be recommended to make application to the
said Joint Committee or the Essex Agricultural Society, for
aid in lecturers or teachers, obtaining apparatus and
materials, the conducting of examinations, and seeking help
and guidance generally.