48 THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
Remarks were made by the President, by Prof. Meldola, and Mr. Walter
Crouch, and Prof. Howes was most cordially thanked for his interesting and
suggestive lecture.
Prof. Howes briefly acknowledged the vote of thanks, and the meeting
ended.
THE TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEET-
ING AND THE 202ND ORDINARY MEETING.
Saturday, March 30TH, 1901.
The 21st .Annual Meeting was held at 5 o'clock p.m. in the Physical
Lecture Theatre of the Technical Institute, West Ham, Mr. David Howard,
President, in the chair.
The minutes of the 2cth Annual Meeting, held on November 24th, 1900,
and printed in the Essex Naturalist, vol. xi., pp. 296-298, were read and
confirmed.
Mr. Crouch, in the absence of Mr. Waller, read the summary of the
Treasurer's Statement of Account which had been duly signed by the
Auditors, Messrs. Walter Crouch and J. D. Cooper. This statement was
received and adopted by the meeting.1
The President said that they could not part with their Treasurer without
expressing their great regret at his resignation of office and acknowledging the
debt of gratitude they owed Mr. Waller for his care and skill in the manage-
ment of the finances of the Club for the long period of five years. Mr. Waller
had entered upon his duties at a period of considerable difficulty, and it must
be a source of pleasure to him as it was of satisfaction to the Council and
members, that many of the difficulties of the Society, financial and otherwise,
had passed away. The Treasurer deserved the heartiest thanks of the Club
for his work. [Applause.]
The Secretary read the Annual Report of the Council for the year 1900.
This was received and adopted.
At the Meeting on February 23rd last, the following members retired
from the Council under the Rules: —Messrs. H. T. Brown, B. Corcoran,
Miller Christy, and Rev. W. C. Howell; the two last submitting themselves
for re-election.
The following were duly proposed:—Mr. Miller Christy, F.L.S., Mr.
John A. Finzi, F.E.S., and Rev. W. C. Howell, M.A.; one seat remaining
vacant.
As Officers the following were nominated :—
President—Professor R. Meldola, F.R.S., F.C.S., F.E.S.; Treasurer—Mr.
David Howard, J.P., F.C.S. ; Hon. Secretaries—Mr. W. Cole, F.L.S., F.E.S.,
and Mr. B. G. Cole; Librarians —vacant; Auditors—-Mr. Walter Crouch,
F.Z.S, and Mr. J. D. Cooper.
1 By an unfortunate oversight this Statement for 1900 was inserted in the last part of
the E.N. (vol xi, pp. 306-7), in place of Statement for 1899, which is inserted in the present
part (pp. 34-35).