THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
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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, F.L.S., F.E.S. (President 1888-91); Dr. Henry Laver, F.L.S., F.S.A.
(President 1892) ; Frederic Chancellor, J.P., F.R.I.B.A. (President 1893-94).
Other Members of Council.—John Avery, C.A. ; Rev. R. E. Bartlett,
M.A. ; C. E. Benham ; Horace T. Brown, F.R.S., E. N. Buxton, J.P.,
Aldmn. C.C, D.L., &c. ; Miller Christy, F.L.S.; Walter Crouch, F.Z.S. ; Bryan
Corcoran ; L. Cranmer-Byng ; George Day, F.R.M.S. ; F. W. Elliott ; A. J. Fur-
bank ; I. Chalkley Gould ; Andrew Johnston, Chm. C.C, J.P., &c. ; Rev. W. C
Howell, M.A. ; Rev. W. S. Lach-Szyrma, M.A. ; 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.
Hon. Secretary and Director.—William Cole, F.E.S. ; Assistant Hon.
Secretary.— B. G. Cole.
Hon. Librarians.—Edmund Durrant and W. C Waller, M.A., F.S.A.
Hon. Counsel.—Charles Browne, M.A., F.S.A. ; Hon. Solicitor.—
H. I. Coburn.]
Mr. Chancellor then delivered his ANNUAL ADDRESS, which dealt with the
proceedings of the Club during the past two or three years, and largely with the
work of the Scientific Sub-Committee of the County Council on Technical
Education (see p. 30).
A vote of thanks to Mr. Chancellor for his Address and services as President
of the Club during the past year was proposed by the President-Elect, Mr. D.
Howard, seconded by Prof. Meldola, and carried unanimously. Both the pro-
poser and seconder made some valuable remarks upon the subject of Technical
Instruction as carried out in Essex.
Mr. Chancellor briefly replied.
A vote of thanks was also passed to the Officers of the Club.
At the Ordinary Meeting (the 155th) the following were elected members of
the Club : Mr. J. Bird, Mr. Bruce Cook, and Mr. George H. Morris, Ph.D.
The meeting concluded with the usual service of light refreshment.
Annual Report of the Council for the Year ended December 31ST,
1894.
[Read and adopted at the Annual Meeting held at Stratford, March 30th, 1895.]
IN presenting the 15th Annual Report, the Council is in a difficulty similar to
that which obtained last year. Three or four of the most important matters
engaging the attention of the Council are still in progress, and they are not yet
ripe for full information being given with respect to them. The membership roll,
and the publication of two "Special Memoirs" may be instanced. These will
form the subjects of separate reports as soon as decisions have been arrived at
upon them.
Financial.—The financial position of the Club shows but little change as
compared with former years, being still far from satisfactory. A few small