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At the Meeting on June 23rd last, the following were nominated to fill
vacancies on the Council :—Messrs. Andrew Johnson, J.P., A. Lockyer, F. W.
Reader, J. C. Shenstone, F.L.S., John Spiller, F.C.S., and F. H. Varley,
F.R.A.S.
It was announced that the Rev. A. F. Russell wished to resign his seat
on the Council, inconsequence of inability to attend the evening meetings,
although he would retain his Chairmanship of the Epping Forest Museum
Committee.
Mr. Hugh McLachlan, A.R.I.B.A., was nominated by the Council in the
place of Mr. Russell.
The death of Mr. E. Durrant occasioned a vacancy on the Council, but
no nomination was made of any member to fill his place.
As Officers for 1900, the following were nominated : —
President, Mr. David Howard, J.P., F.C.S., F.I.C ; Treasurer, Mr. W. C.
Waller, M.A., F.S.A. ; Hon. Secretary und Curator, Mr. W. Cole, F.L.S.,
F.E.S.; Assistant Hon. Secretary, Mr. B. G. Cole; Librarians, Mr. W. C.
Waller. M.A., F.S.A., and . . . . . . Hon. Counsel, Mr. W. C. Dare,
B.A., Barrister-at-Law ; Hon. Solicitor, Mr. H. I Coburn ; 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 Officer" for the year
1900, and were so declared by the Chairman.
Prof. R. Meldola proposed that Mr. Passmore Edwards be elected one
of the Honorary Members of the Club, as a slight recognition by the mem-
bers of his great services to the Club and to the cause of the study and
popularisation of natural history in the county by so generously contributing
to the building and fitting up of the Museum at Stratford. The only honour
the Club could confer was to enroll him in the list of members, and Prof.
Meldola said that he was sure such a step would be welcomed by all as an
expression of their gratitude and admiration for Mr. Edwards' public spirit
and enlightened munificence
Mr. Walter Crouch had much pleasure in seconding the proposal.
The President warmly supported the motion. He looked upon Mr.
Edwards as one of the most remarkable men of the day in his desire to pro-
mote the intellectual, physical, and moral progress of the people in the estab-
lishment of the many hospitals and "homes," public libraries, picture
galleries, and museums, which we owe to his support and initiation. The
motion was carried by acclamation.
Mr. Howard then gave a short speech in lieu of an Annual Address,
devoting himself to the consideration of some of the recent researches as to
the influence of Mosquitoes in spreading the virus of malaria. He referred
to the important paper on Malaria and Mosquitoes in the current part of
the Quarterly Review, and in commending the subject to the attention of the
members, said that he had a personal interest in the question inasmuch as
one of his own sons had taken part in the investigations.