52 PALAEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS FROM THAMES VALLEY.
Committee, dated 31st January, 1901, the conclusion of the
matter is thus alluded to :—
" The Essex Field Club, who, with the consent of the Corporation, are
the custodians of the exhibits in the Museum, asked us to provide a room for
the Curator, and agreed to contribute £50 towards the cost. To this we
assented. We have now to report the completion of the alterations and
additions to the Lodge at a total cost of £1,008 16s. 8d., less the £50 provided
by the Essex Field Club. The restorations have given great satisfaction, and
the Museum is now in course of re-arrangement, not only in the Banqueting
Room, where it has existed for some years, but also in the renovated Oak
Room on the first floor, to which it corresponds in dimensions.
" We have also the pleasure to report that the old Tapestry is being
cleaned and renovated with very beneficial result."
The modifications in the plan of the Museum necessitated
by the desire of the Committee that no tall cases should be
placed in the centres of the rooms, are explained in the report of
the meeting held on December 8th last (Essex Naturalist, xi.,
pp. 300-303). The building is now open to the public so that
the renovated rooms may be inspected, but a notice has been
issued by the Curator pointing out that the museum is in course
of re-arrangement. The old cases are being altered and new
ones fitted by Mr. Chiswell, of Chingford. The work will be
pushed on during the autumn and winter, and it is hoped that
the formal re-opening of the museum may take place in the
spring of 1902.
The most grateful thanks of all well-wishers of the Forest
will be given to the Corporation of London for this careful
restoration of one of the most precious buildings in the district,
and members of the Club as well as naturalists generally will be
pleased in the possession of two such excellent rooms for the
museum as those now devoted to the purpose.
PALAEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS FROM THE
LOW-LEVEL DRIFT OF THE THAMES
VALLEY.
CHIEFLY FROM ILFORD AND GRAYS, ESSEX.
By J. P. JOHNSON.
At a meeting of the Essex Field Club held on January 26th,
1901, I described some flint implements which had been obtained
from the recent excavations on the site of the famous Uphall
Brickyard, Ilford, Essex. Owing to the comparative rarity of