THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
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After the inspection of the collections, tea was taken at the Royal Forest Hotel,
Chingford, at which about ninety members and visitors sat down. The subsequent
proceedings may well be given in the words of the report in "Nature.''
" At a meeting of the Club held after tea, the President moved a vote of thanks
to Mr. William Cole and his coadjutors for the large amount of work which they
had voluntarily done on behalf of the Museum. This was warmly seconded by
the Rev. A. F. Russell, the Rector of Chingford, who is Chairman of the Local
Sub-Committee. Mr. Cole having acknowledged the vote of thanks, Mr. A. Smith
Woodward (of the British Museum) then gave a short address, in the course of
which he pointed out the essential requirements that the Museum should fulfil in
order to be of real use, and commented most favourably upon the arrangement of
the collections, their contents, and their mode of display.
" Sir William Flower expressed his concurrence with Mr. Woodward's remarks,
Distant View of Queen Elizabeth's Lodge.
and made some further observations and suggestions, especially dwelling upon the
importance of taking steps to insure the permanence of the Museum when those
who had laboured so well for its foundation were no longer able to carry on the
work. In the course of his remarks he paid a high tribute to the general work of
the Essex Field Club, of which he had been an Honorary Member almost from the
time of its foundation.
" Prof. Meldola, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Deputy Halse, pointed
out that the element of permanence to which Sir William Flower had alluded was
most likely to accrue from their association with the Epping Forest Committee.
" This vote having been seconded by Mr. E. N. Buxton, and replied to by Mr.
Halse, Mr. J. E. Harting made some remarks on the danger of encouraging pro-
miscuous 'collecting' by schoolboys, and the proceedings terminated.
" Favoured by an exceptionally brilliant autumnal afternoon, the meeting was
a distinct success, and must have given great satisfaction to its promoters. The
Museum is necessarily small, but a good beginning has been made, and the time