256 THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
Prof. E. G. Coker, M.A., D.Sc., etc., 3, Burnley Road, Chingford, and
Mr. Charles E. Sankey, Glen Lea, Dulwich Common, were elected members.
Professor R. Meldola said that very many members would regret to hear of
the death of Mr. Thomas Royle, F.C.S., who for three years had acted as
Treasurer of the Club. Happily the Club had not before lost any officer by-
death, unless they excepted the late Mr. W. J. Argent, who had acted as
Librarian for a short time in the first days of the Society. Professor Meldola
moved that a message of regret and condolence should be sent to Mrs. Royle.
The motion was seconded by the President, and spoken to by the Rev. W.
C. Howell, and was carried in silence.
Mr. Dent then delivered an address on the present condition of the Forest,
and the prospects of the work of re-afforestation. He was followed by Mr.
Dymond, who gave some particulars of the kinds of grasses sown, and the
characteristics of the soil. etc.
A short discussion followed in which Mr. E. McArthur Moir, Mr. W. Cole,
Rev. W. C. Howell, Mr. W. H. Dalton, F.G.S., Head-keeper Jones, and the
President took part, and Mr. Dent replied on some points as to the admission of
cattle, etc., which had been raised.
A very cordial vote of thanks was given to Mr. Dent for his services during
the afternoon.
It is hoped that Mr. Dent's observations on the planted and grass lands made
during the past few years may be embodied in a paper for the Essex Naturalist.
There can be no doubt but that Mr. Buxton's and Mr. Dent's records would be
of great interest and value in time to come.
The ramble and demonstrations were continued during the evening, and the
return train was taken at the Grange Hill Station.
PHOTOGRAPHIC AND PICTORIAL SURVEY OF ESSEX.
ANNUAL MEETING.
Saturday, Junr 23RD, 1906.
On this day a number of members and others interested in the Survey
visited Colchester, and some very pleasant and instructive hours were spent in
inspecting notable spots in the town, culminating in the first annual meeting of
the Survey, which was held in the early evening in the Masonic Hall.1
The Survey has been inaugurated as a permanent Committee by the Essex Field
Club for the purpose of gathering together a permanent collection of photographs
and other pictures or objects of interest, and maps, plans, and other documents, so
as to form a permanent and comprehensive survey and record of all that is
valuable and representative in the county and the neighbouring livers and sea.
The rules also include the promotion of intercourse with kindred bodies,
archaeological and photographic societies, etc., and to arrange for the photo-
graphing of any objects not generally accessible. With such a worthy object in
view, this offspring of the Essex Field Club should have a long and prosperous
career, and the collections should prove interesting and instructive to all
who appreciate this historic and picturesque county.
The general scope of the scheme upon which the survey is working was set
out by Mr.. A. E. Briscoe in a paper published in the Essex Naturalist (Vol.
1 The Editor is indebted for the major portions of this account to the excellent reports
of the meeting in the Essex County Standard and the East Anglian Daily Times.