THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
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of the 13th Annual Meeting and Special Meeting held at Chelmsford on April
15th, 1893 (see Essex Naturalist, vol. vii., p. 78), which were confirmed.
The Report of the Council on the year's work was read and received (see
ante p. 26).
Mr. Crouch, one of the Auditors, read the Treasurer's Statement of Account,
which had been carefully audited by himself and Mr. H. C. Snell, and which was
also received and adopted, after some discussion, initiated by Mr. Webb, on the
cost of printing the publications of the Club. It was also resolved that the usual
statement of assets and liabilities should be omitted in future from the Treasurer's
Statement, as being too indefinite. The Club possesses some very valuable assets
in books, specimens, cabinets, stock of publications, etc., but it would be very
difficult to state the money equivalents of such assets.
For the first time the modifications of Rule VII., passed at the last Annual
Meeting, came into operation, no ballot taking place if the number of members
nominated to fill the posts of the officers do not exceed the vacancies to be
filled.
At the meeting on February 24th last, the following Members of the Council
retired under Rule IV., but offered themselves for re-election, and were duly pro-
posed and seconded for election :—Mr. Walter Crouch, F.Z.S., Mr. F. W. Elliott
Mr. Andrew Johnston, J.P., Chairman C.C, and Mr. F. H. Varley, F.R.A.S.
In addition, General Branfill and Mr. C. Oldham wished to retire, owing to
inability to attend evening meetings. To fill these two vacancies, Mr. I. Chalkley
Gould and Mr. John Spiller, F.I.C, F.C.S., were proposed and seconded.
As officers for the year, the Council nominated the following :—President,
Mr. F. Chancellor, J.P., F.R.I.B.A.; Treasurer, Mr. A. Lockyer ; Hon. Secretary,
Mr. W. Cole, F.E.S. ; Assistant Hon. Sec., Mr. B. G. Cole ; Librarians, Mr. E.
Durrant and Mr. E. A. Simons ; Hon. Counsel, Mr. Charles Browne, M.A., F.S.A.;
Hon Solicitor, Mr. H. I. Coburn.
No other members having been proposed, the above gentlemen stood elected
by Rule VII. as members of the Council and officers for the ensuing year, and
were so declared by the Chairman.
[The following therefore constitute the Officers and Council for 1894 :—
Patron.—H.R.H., the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, K.G.
President.—Frederic Chancellor, J.P., F.R.I.B.A., &c.
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, J.P., C.C, F.L.S., F.E.S., (President 1888-91) ; Dr. Henry Laver,
F.L.S., F.S.A. (President 1892).
Other Members of Council.—John Avery, C.A. ; Rev. R. E. Bartlett,
M.A.; C. E. Benham ; E. N. Buxton, J.P., Aldmn. C.C., D.L., &c. ; Miller
Christy, F.L.S. ; Walter Crouch, F.E.S,; Bryan Corcoran ; L. Cranmer-Byng ;
George Day, F.R.M.S. ; F. W. Elliott ; A. J. Furbank ; I. Chalkley Gould ;
Andrew Johnston, Chm. C.C., J.P., &c. ; Rev. W. C. Howell, M.A. ; Rev. W. S.
Lach-Szyrma, M.A.; Thomii J. Mann ; J. H. Porter ; Right Hon. Lord
Rayleigh, F.R.S. ; J. C. Shenstone, F.R.M.S. ; John Spiller, F.I.C, F.C.S. ; J. C.
Thresh, D.Sc., M.B. ; F. H. Varley, F.R.A.S. ; T. Hay-Wilson ; Rev. W. L.
Wilson, M.A.
Hon. Treasurer.—Alfred Lockyer.