ANNUAL REPORT.
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At the meeting on February 26th, it was announced that the following
members retired from the Council in rotation in accordance with the Rules:
Rev. R. E. Bartlett, Mr. E. N. Buxton, Lord Rayleigh, and Dr. Thresh.
At same meeting, the following members were duly proposed and
seconded for Election into the Council :—
Rev, R. E. Bartlett, M.A. ; Mr. E. N. Buxton, J.P., D.L. [Verderer of
Epping Forest) ; Mr. J. E. Harting, F.L.S., F.Z.S. (Assistant-Secretary to the
Linnean Society); Rev. A. F. Russell, M.A (Chairman, Epping Forest Museum
Committee).
As Officers for 1898 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, BA.,
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
1898 and were so declared by the Chairman.
[The following therefore constitute the Officers and Council for 1898 :—
Patron.—H.R.H, the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, K.G.
President.—David Howard, J.P., F.C.S., F.I.C.
Permanent Vice-Presidents.—(Under Rule IV.)—Prof. R. Meldola,
F.R.S., F.R.A.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 ; J. E. Harting, F.L.S., F.Z.S. ; 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 ; Rev. A. F. Russell, M.A.; J. C. Shenstone ;
John Spiller, F.I.C, F.C.S. ; 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.]