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THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
Annual General Meeting and 131ST Ordinary Meeting.
Saturday, March 19th, 1892.
The Twelfth Annual General Meeting of the Club was held at the Loughton
Public Hall, at seven o'clock, Mr. E. A. Fitch in the chair.
The minutes of the Eleventh Annual Meeting, held on Janaury 31st, 1891,
were read and confirmed.
The Secretary read the Annual Report of the Council for the year 1891 (see
p. 65).
Mr. Walter Crouch read the Treasurer's Statement of Accounts, which had
been audited by Mr. C. Ridley and himself (see pp. 69). Mr. Crouch stated
that the income for the year was £248 5s., and the expenditure £285, giving a
loss of £47 5s. This, added to the previous deficit, made a total of £113 6s. 9d.
If they had had the whole of the subscriptions in they would have made practically
no loss last year. There was really a considerable surplus of assets over liabilities,
but it was in kind instead of in money.
The report and statement were received and adopted, on the motion of Mr.
C. B. Sworder, seconded by Mr. F. C. Gould.
Mr. Porter and Mr. Day were nominated as scrutineers of the ballot for the
election of officers.
At the meeting on January 30th, the following members were announced as
retiring from the Council:—Messrs. H. J. Barnes, W. H. Dalton, E. A. Fitch
(becoming a Permanent Vice-President), Henry Laver (becoming President),
and E. T. Stringer.
To fill the seats so rendered vacant, the following members were proposed for
election into the Council, the proposals being duly seconded in accordance with
Rule VI. :—Mr. L. Cranmer-Byng, Mr. F. Chancellor, J.P., Rev. W. S. Lach-
Szyrma, M.A., Dr. J. C. Thresh, and Mr. T. Hay Wilson. No other candidates
having been proposed, these five gentlemen were consequently declared to be
elected.
Mr. H. Cohn, one of the members of the Council, having written resigning
his seat in consequence of inability to attend the meetings regularly, the members
present were requested by the Council to nominate some member to fill the
vacancy. On the motion of Mr. Porter, seconded by Mr. George Day, Mr. John
Avery was elected.
The scrutineers reported that the following members had been unanimously
elected as officers for 1892 :—President, Dr. Henry Laver, F.L.S., F.S.A. ;
Treasurer, Mr. Alfred Lockyer ; Hon. Sec. and Editor, Mr. W. Cole ; Hon.
Assistant Secretary, Mr. B. G. Cole ; Hon. Librarian, Mr. A. P. Wire.
It was also announced that on retirement from the Presidency, Mr. E. A.
Fitch became one of the Permanent Vice-Presidents of the Club under Rule IV.
[The following therefore constitute the Officers and Council for 1892 :—
Patron.—H.R H. the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, K.G.
President.—Henry Laver, M.R.C.S., F.L.S., F.S.A.
Vice-Presidents (Appointed by the President).—E. N. Buxton, J.P., Aldm.,
C.C, D.L., &c.; Frederic Chancellor, J.P. ; Walter Crouch, F.Z.S. ; and the
Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., Lord Lieutenant of Essex.
Permanent Vice-Presidents (Under Rule IV.).—Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S.,
F.R.A.S., F.E.S., &c. (President, 1880-82); Prof. G. S. Boulger, F.L.S., F.G.S.
(President, 1883-84) ; T. V. Holmes, F.G.S , M.A.I. (President, 1885-87) ; E. A.
Fitch, C.C, F.L.S., F.E.S. (President, 1888-91).