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Visit of the Toynbee Natural History Society,—The President said
that the Toynbee Natural History Society had visited the Museum that
afternoon under the guidance of Mr. Cole, and he was glad to announce that
some of the members were present that evening. He begged to heartily
welcome them.
Exhibits.—Mr. Avery exhibited a MS. giving an account of Sales of
Timber and Bark off Hainhault Forest in the year 1726, amounting to £670 9s.
on account of "R. Honble. the Lord Viscot. Castlemain." The expenses of
felling, etc., amounted to £206 3s. 6d. One item was "by John Radford a bill
of expenses upon the surveyors men when Markt, the Trees and at Ye Bark
Feast, £6 19s. 0d."
Prof. Meldola, F.R.S., F.E.S., exhibited a bred series of the "Plume
Moth," Alucita graphodactyla, which had been recently added to the list of
British Lepidoptera by Paymaster-in-Chief Gervase Mathew, R.N., F.L.S.
The specimens shown had been bred by the exhibitor at Lyme Regis last
September from pupae sent by Mr. W. G. Hooker, of Bournemouth, who had
found the larvae on Gentiana pneumonanthe at Parley Heath, Hampshire. The
moth is strictly limited in its distribution by the food-plant, so that it is unlikely
to be found in Essex unless the Gentian occurs in our county.
Mr. W. Cole exhibited a fine Palaeolithic Flint Implement, kindly presented
to the Club by Dr. Thresh. It was found by Mr. James French, a workman,
when excavating at about six feet below the surface at the Electric Lighting
Station, Walthamstow, Essex.
Mr. D. J. Scourfield, F.R.M.S., exhibited some "snap-shot" photographs,
taken by him at the meeting on Fowlness Island on June 20th last.
Mr. Walter Crouch, F.L.S., exhibited a photograph of an interesting old
timber house in Wanstead, pulled down a few months ago.
Death of Mr. Saville Kent.—The Secretary much regretted to announce
the death of Mr. W. Saville Kent, F.L.S., one of the Honorary Members of
the Club, which occurred on October 11th at Bournemouth. Mr. Kent was
elected a member in 1883.
Papers Read.—The Secretary read Prof. Coker's Report of the proceedings
at the meetings of the Corresponding Societies' Committee at Dublin, 1908
(ante, p. 168).
The Secretary referred to the suggestion made by Prof. Miers in his address
to the Conference, viz., that Local Societies might do valuable educational work
by promoting lectures and demonstrations to be given by members or others
relating to some original work or study in which they were engaged or interested.
The Club on several occasions had benefited by some such demonstrations or
addresses, but the Secretary suggested that more might be done in this way in a
systematic manner. With this object in view the full text of Prof. Miers,
address has been printed in the present volume of the Essex Naturalist
(ante, pp. 169-77).
On the proposal of Professor R. Meldola, Prof. Coker was cordially thanked
for his services as the Club's delegate at Dublin.
A paper on "The Re-Afforestation of Hainhault," by Mr. Francis Dent,
M.A., J.P., and Mr. T. S. Dymond, F.I.C, was read by the authors. The