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ANNUAL REPORT.
Mr. Cole presented the account of receipts and expenditure of the Tea
Fund during the year. This was a voluntary subscription to provide light
refreshments at the close of the meetings.
In accordance with the powers conferred on him by Rule III. the
President nominated the following four members of the Council to act as
Vice-Presidents during his year of office:—Mr. E. N. Buxton, Mr. Walter
Crouch, Mr. J. Chalkley Gould, and Mr. J. C. Shenstone.
Mr. Howard then delivered his Annual Presidential Address, which
was mainly devoted to the consideration of :
" The Work of the Essex Field Club of the Past Year."
[The Address is printed in the present part of the E.N., see pp. 241-46].
Mr. Walter Crouch proposed that a cordial vote of thanks should be
passed to the President not only for his work during the past year, but also
for the admirable address to which they had listened. There was much to
stimulate thought in his address, which he hoped would induce good work
being done in the future in the studies of our local naturalists.
Mr. J. H. Porter had much pleasure in seconding the vote of thanks,
which was carried amid applause.
Mr. Howard thanked the members for their reception of his address.
With regard to himself he would only say that he would do all in his power
to forward the good work of the Club in the future.
Mr. S. A. Sewell, in an eulogistic speech, proposed that the thanks of the
Club should be given to the officers for the admirable way in which the work
of the Club had been carried on during the past year.
Mr. Fountain cordially seconded the vote which was put by the Chairman
with a few remarks emphasizing that which had fell from the previous
speakers, and carried unanimously.
Mr. W. C. Waller replied on behalf of himself and his colleagues, and
the meeting ended, tea and coffee being served as usual.