THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
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Presidency.—Mr. Howard resigns to-night the office of President, which
he has held for the unprecedented term of six years. The Council most sincerely
thank him for his services, which have been in the highest degree beneficial
to the Club during a period of very considerable stress. The retiring President
is to be heartily congratulated at having seen during his term of office the
completion of the establishment of our two museums, and the settlement of
the Club in the permanent head-quarters at Stratford. Both the members
and the Council are glad that Mr. Howard's aid and sympathy will be retained
by his election as one of the Permanent Vice-Presidents and as Treasurer of
the Club.
The Council recommend the election of Prof. Meldola as President as an
event likely to advance the scientific reputation and usefulness of the Club.
And they also think that the members will have pleasure in welcoming back
as the head of affairs a gentlemen who took part in the inception of the Club,
and who now will, perhaps, have the satisfaction of giving the finishing touches
to the edifice which was so well planned out twenty-one years ago.
Two very necessary things remain for accomplishment, the increase of
our membership to 400, so as to give a sufficient income for the ordinary work
of the Club, and the establishment of a reasonably adequate Museum Fund
which will enable the Club to collect and preserve in the Museums a really
good series of Essex animals, plants, and fossils. So much has been accom-
plished during the past three years by a small number of persons, that all
members and friends of the Club are now asked to work heartily to bring
about the establishment of the museums and the other work of the society on
a firm financial and scientific footing.
THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
TWO HUNDREDTH ORDINARY MEETING.
Saturday, January 26TH, 1901.
The 200th Ordinary Meeting was held in the Physical Lecture Theatre
of the Municipal Technical Institute, Romford Road, Stratford, at 6.30 p.m.,
Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair.
The Chairman said that the Council at their meeting that evening had
considered the desirability of recording the grief which was universally felt at
the lamented death of Her Majesty the Queen, and they had drawn up the
following vote of condolence to the Duke of Connaught, who had been Patron
of the Club since its foundation in 1880. If the Resolution met with the
approval of the members, it was proposed that it should be suitably
engrossed, and signed by the President and Hon. Secretary on behalf of the
members, and forwarded to His Royal Highness. He begged to move the
resolution in the following terms:—
" The President and Council of the Essex Field Club, on behalf of the
members, by a resolution passed this day, beg to convey to
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT,
who has been Patron of the Club since its foundation in 1880, their most
respectful and heartfelt sympathy on the grievous loss which he has sustained