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Afterwards an Ordinary Meeting (the 222nd) was held, the President,
Mr. F. W. Rudler, F.G.S., in the chair.
The President, in the name of the members present, cordially thanked Mr.
Buxton for his efforts in the rescue of a large portion of Hainhault Forest, and for
his kindness in attending and explaining the position of affairs that afternoon.
Mr. Buxton briefly replied.
The following were elected members of the Club :—Mr. Edward J. Burrell,
F.G.S.; the Rev. A. Bertram Hutton, Rector of Pitsea, Essex; and Mr. W. A.
Sykes.
After some discussion of the observations of the afternoon, the homeward
walk was taken through the woods, and so to the Grange Hill Station. Mr.
Dalton reported :—
" In the evening walk to Crabtree Hill, a small pit in the Bagshot Sand was
passed. This showed as much laminated loam as sand, attesting the gradual
change in deposit from the London Clay up to the Bagshot Beds. Similar
graduations attended the upward passage from the sandy and pebbly Woolwich
and Oldhaven Beds into the London Clay. The somewhat arbitrary line taken
as the base of the Bagshot series is marked by Lambourne Well, a spring in the
wood, fed by the sands, and constituting the western feeder of the river Rom."
Saturday, June 20th, 1903.
A meeting at the Walthamstow Reservoirs of the East London Waterworks
Company had been announced for this afternoon, but the weather was
very bad and uncertain for a week previously, and the Secretaries received hardly
any intimations of intention to be present from members. It was found more-
over that the flood-waters caused by the continuous rains had ruined the rivulets
at the Reservoirs so far as collecting went. An immense quantity of lamp-black
had been brought down from one of the factories on the Lea, and the aquatic-
vegetation was silted up with this unsightly refuse. At the last moment the
meeting was abandoned, the second instance only of this being done during the
life of the Club.
VISIT TO THE UPPER REACHES OF THE NEW RIVER.
Tuesday, June 30th, 1903.
This excursion proved to be a very interesting one, for by the kindness of
Mr. J. M. Wood, M. Inst. C.E., one of the Engineers to the New River
Company, the members had an opportunity of exploring some of the pretty
country traversed by this miniature river.
In addition to Mr. Wood as conductor we had the advantage of the company
of the President, and Mr. E. T. Newton, F.R.S., Mr. F. Enock, F.L.S., and of
our Vice-President, Mr. T. V. Holmes, F.G.S.
In the early morning conveyances started from Woodford, calling at Chingford
Station for some of the party and at Waltham Cross for the full complement.
The first stoppage was at Messrs. George Paul's rose gardens at Cheshunt,
over which the party was shown by a member of the firm. Then a short walk on
the river banks, and the disused Cheshunt Reservoirs were reached. A boat and
nets were in readiness, but the water was choked with weeds and was cold, the
result of the heavy rains, and very little of interest was observed. The walk was