THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
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At the meeting on March 14th last the following members of the Council
retired under Rule IV., but, with one exception, offered themselves for re-
election : Messrs. B. Corcoran, G. Day, A. J. Furbank, and J, H. Porter.
At the meeting on March 14th the following members were duly proposed and
seconded for Election into the COUNCIL : Messrs. B. Corcoran, A. J. Furbank,
J. H. Porter, A. Lockyer (on retiring from the Treasurership), and G. E.
Vaughan.
As OFFICERS for the year 1896, the following were nominated : President,
Mr. David Howard, J.P., F.C.S. ; Treasurer, Mr. W. C. Waller, M.A., F.S.A. ;
Hon. Secretaries, Mr. W. Cole, F.L.S., and Mr. B. G. Cole ; Librarians, Mr. E.
Durrant and Mr. W. C. Waller ; Hon. Counsel, Mr. W. C. Dare, B.A., Barrister-
at-Law ; Hon. Solicitor, Mr. H, I. Coburn.
As Auditor (for Council), Mr. Walter Crouch, F.Z.S.; (For Members),
Mr. J. D. Cooper.
No other members having been proposed, the above gentlemen stood elected
by Rule VII. as members of the Council and Officers for the year 1896, and were
so declared by the Chairman.
[The following therefore constitute the Officers and Council for 1896 :—
Patron.—H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, K.G.
President.—David Howard, J.P., F.C.S.
Permanent Vice-Presidents—(Under Rule IV.).—Prof. R. Meldola,
F.R.S., F.R.A.S., Pres. 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 ; F. W. Elliott ; A. J. Furbank ; I. Chalkley Gould ; Rev. W. C.
Howell, M.A. ; Andrew Johnston, Chm. C.C., J.P., &c. ; Rev. W. S. Lach-Szyrma,
M.A. ; Alfred Lockyer; 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.; George E. Vaughan ; T. Hay-Wilson.
Hon. Treasurer.—W. C Waller, M.A., F.S.A.
Hon. Secretary and Director.—William Cole, F.L.S., F.E.S.; Assistant
Hon. Secretary.—B. G. Cole.
Hon. Librarians.—Edmund Durrant and W. C Waller.
Hon. Counsel.—W. C Dare, B.A., Barrister-at-Law ; Hon. Solicitor.—
H. I. Coburn.]
Mr. Howard then delivered his Annual Presidential Address, which mainly
dealt with the question of Water Supply in the Lea Valley (see p. 149).
Professor R. Meldola, in proposing a vote of thanks to the President for his
address and for his services to the Club during the year, said he had handled his
subject in a most admirably lucid manner. The address was a good general sketch
of the water question in its chemical, biological, and economic aspects.
Mr. F. H. Varley seconded the proposal, and said he wished to lay the bogie