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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR
THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31st, 1901.
[Read and adopted at the 22nd Annual Meeting on March 22nd, 1902.]
But a few paragraphs will suffice for a record of the Club's year. The
work, both in connection with the Society itself and the Museums, has been
mainly of a routine nature, although the Council venture to submit that the
scientific credit of the Club has suffered no diminution.
Financial.—The following is Mr. Howard's report:—"The financial
position of the Club is on the whole sound, and, as will be seen from the
Statement of Account, the adverse balance is diminished to £5 5s. 6d., but
this result has only been obtained by the most strenuous economy. There is
an urgent need for an increased roll of members to provide the funds so
desirable for the Club's work.
There is also still a great need of funds to enable the Curator to bring
the museums up to the right standard of completeness. The case of the
Forest Museum is specially urgent, and at the Essex Museum there are no
funds available to purchase the specimens required to complete the collections
and do other most important work."
Membership Roll.—The Club has, unfortunately, lost several members
by death and removal from the County, and this has tended to reduce the
roll, in spite of election of many new Members. As far as can be estimated at
present, there are 264 Ordinary Members, Exempt Members 4 and Honorary
Members 16, making a total of 284, four less than at the date of the last
Annual Report.
Meetings.--Eleven meetings were held within the year, the November
meeting having been transferred to 1902 in consequence of the usual date
being that of an important scientific fixture in London. In addition to the
papers read we have had the benefit of several important lectures and
addresses by scientific men, and the Council wish to record the cordial thanks
of the Club to the following gentlemen: -to Prof. G. B. Howes, F.R.S., who
gave an address at the meeting on Feb. 23rd on "Recent Work on Molluscan
Morphology"; to Mr. E. Sanger Shepherd who on March 30th gave a most
interesting and well-illustrated lecture on his process for producing photo-
graphs in natural colours, to Mr. E. M. Holmes, F.L.S., to Prof. J. B.
Farmer, F.R.S., and Prof. H. Marshall Ward for assistance at the meeting
for inspection of the Forest on May 18th. On this occasion we had antici-
pated the benefit of the two verderers, Sir T. Fowell Buxton and Mr. E. N.
Buxton, but the alarming accident to the former just before the meeting
prevented this. It was with great relief that all present heard that no serious
consequences ensued.
We have again to thank the Countess of Warwick for kind hospitality at
Bigods on the occasion of the visit of the Club on June 6th, and also Mr. and
Mrs. Henessy for their courtesy at this meeting. At the meeting on Canvey
Island on June 15th we had the great benefit of the leaderships of Dr. Murie
and Prof. Boulger On June 29th the Club was the recipient of much kind-
ness and hospitality at the hands of Mr. and Mrs. Sharrock at the Reservoir