48 THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
the sum required to be £300, but it was quite possible to commence with a very
much smaller sum, and he thought if the Council of the Field Club had promises
to the extent of £100 or £150, they would be safe in approaching the Forest
Committee, and offering to commence the work at once. With £100, and the
materials they already had, they might go to the Corporation. He moved : —
" That a Subscription List for the raising of the necessary Funds be at once com-
menced, so that the Local Committee may be enabled to approach the authorities with the
definite scheme."
Dr. J. Shephard Taylor seconded the resolution, which was also carried unani-
mously, and subscriptions of about £30 were promised in th; room.
Mr. Cole proposed a vote of thanks to the Epping Forest Committee for the
use of the room, and particularly to Mr. McKenzie, who had met them in the
very kindest manner. He might say that in addition to what Mr. McKenzie said
in his letter, he had promised, if the museum was established, that he would do all
in his power to obtain specimens, and see that the place was carried on well.
The Rev. W. L. Wilson seconded the motion, which was carried.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings.
As most of those present were desirous of attending the Ordinary Meeting of
the Club in the evening, the usual "high tea" was served in the Forest Hotel
adjoining the Lodge.
The 145th Ordinary Meeting.
Saturday, February 24th, 1894.
The 145th Ordinary Meeting of the Club was held in the Banqueting Room at
Queen Elizabeth's Lodge, Prof. Meldola, F.R.S. (Vice-President), in the chair.
The Chairman referred to the meeting held that afternoon in connection with
the scheme for the Forest Museum, and read the resolutions that had been passed.
The scheme had his hearty approval, and he commended it to the support of the
members, more especially those on the Metropolitan side of the county. He
thought that everyone present would be pleased with the antique room in which
they were assembled, and would agree that it could be put to no better or more
appropriate use than as a home for a local museum, devoted to the elucidation
of the natural history and antiquities of the charming district of Epping Forest, in
which they all took so much interest.
In accordance with Rule VII., nominations were made on behalf of the
Council of members to serve as officers of the Club for the ensuing 3'ear. No
other nominations were made. Announcement was also made of vacancies on the
Council, and nominations of members to fill the seats in compliance with the
Rules. For these see Report of 14th Annual Meeting (supra p. 26).
Mr. Walter Crouch was chosen auditor on behalf of the Council, and Mr. H.
C. Snell on behalf of the members.
Mr. T. Hay-Wilson exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Bartrip, a remarkably fine nest
of Vespa vulgaris, usually so difficult to obtain in a perfect condition, as Mr. Elliott
remarked, taken about forty years ago at Chingford.
Mr. Wilson also exhibited a remarkably globular stone, found in a gravel-pit
about 150 yards S.E. of the Queen Elizabeth's Lodge, which pit he had described
in The Essex Naturalist, vol. vii., p. 75. The stone had been thrown up with
drift gravel from a depth of nine or ten feet. The authorities at the Guildhall
Museum had pronounced the stone to be a "cannon-ball."