14 THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
Mr. J. Avery, C.A. ; Mr. J. Cranmer-Byng; Mr. T. Hay Wilson; and
the Rev. W. S. Lach-Szyrma, M.A.
As Officers for 1897 the following were nominated :—
As President, Mr. David Howard, J.P., F.C.S.; Treasurer, Mr. W. C.
Waller, M.A., F.S.A. ; Hon. Secretary and Curator, Mr. W. Cole, F.L.S.,
F.E.S, ; Assistant Hon. Secretary, Mr. B. G. Cole; Librarians, Mr. E. Durrant
and Mr. W. C. Waller, M.A., F.S.A. ; 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 1897
and were so declared by the Chairman.
On the recommendation of the Council, Mr. J. E. Greenhill was elected
one of the Honorary Members of the Club, in recognition of services
rendered in connection with the establishment of the Epping Forest Museum.
[The following therefore constitute the Officers and Council for 1897 :—
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., Ac. ; Rev. W. S. Lach-Szyrma, M.A. ; Alfred Lockyer; J. H. Porter;
Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S. ; J. C Shenstone; 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 Curator.—William Cole, F.L.S., F.E.S. ; Assist.
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. F. W. Elliott said it appeared to him that the Library of the Club
at present in the rooms at Chelmsford, should be removed to the Forest
district, and so located that it could be seen and used on the occasions of the
Club's Winter Meetings. He thought it was high time that their Library
should be rendered serviceable to the great body of the members. He
therefore moved :—
" That it is desirable that the Library of the Club should be removed
from Chelmsford to the Forest District."