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THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
at 6 p.m., when the minutes of the last Annual Meeting (printed ante,
page 12) were taken as read.
The Treasurer, Mr. David Howard, J.P., submitted and explained
his Annual Statement, which was accepted. This is printed in the
supplement to the "Year-Book." The Secretary also presented the
account of the tea fund.
The report of the Council was read and approved, and ordered to be
printed.
Election of Members of Council and Officers.—At the meeting
on 27th February the following members of Council retired by rule in
rotation:—Messrs. E. N. Buxton, J.P., J. E Harting, F.L.S., F.Z.S.,
Robert Paulson, F.L.S., and the Rev. W. S. Lach-Szyrma, M.A.
As Kew Members of the Council the following were then nominated:—
Miss E. Willmott, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., Mr. E. N. Buxton, J.P., D.L., Mr.
J. E. Harting, F.L.S., F.Z.S., and Mr. Robert Paulson, F.L.S.
As Officers, the following were nominated:—President, Mr. S. Hazzle-
dine Warren, F.G.S.; Treasurer, Mr. David Howard, J.P., F.C.S., F.I.C.;
Hon. Secretaries, Messrs. W. Cole, B. G. Cole, and Percy Thompson;
Librarian, Mr. Thomas W. Reader, F.G.S.; auditors, Mr. A. Wrigley and
Mr. C. Nicholson.
No other members having been proposed, the above-named stood
elected as members of the Council and Officers for 1915-16 and were so
declared by the President.
All the above business was taken without any discussion; the President
postponed his address until later in the evening, and the meeting was
resolved into the 447th Ordinary Meeting.
Mr. Frederick J. Stubbs, Borough Curator, Stepney Museum, Whitechapel,
E., was elected a member.
Mr. John Avery exhibited on the wall-screen a further instalment of
his collection of water-colour drawings of Essex scenes, by Mr. Bamford,
following on the series shown at the last meeting. These attracted great
notice and were much admired. In proposing a vote of thanks to Mr.
Avery, Mr. Thompson suggested that possibly the owner might permit a
few of these drawings to be reproduced for the illustration of programmes
and reports of future Field Meetings at the places represented.
Colour Photography.—Miss E. Willmott, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., exhibited
in the lantern, a magnificent series of pictures and views made by means
of the Sanger-Shepherd Process of Colour Photography. Very many of the
slides gave very beautiful representations of specimen plants and groups
of plants in Miss Willmott's garden, others landscapes and sea views at
Warley and Italy, and reproductions of oil paintings &c., at Warley Place.
Many of the slides were exceedingly beautiful and realistic, and gave an
excellent idea of the capabilities of the process. Miss Willmott made
comments on the pictures and recounted the difficulties and triumphs
attending the taking of the views and subjects. The audience was deeply
interested, and many most flattering comments and warm thanks were
expressed. The apparatus and the process appeared to be expensive and
difficult, but the exhibit showed that in skilful hands this method of
coloured photography was quite in the fronat rank of this wonderful and
most useful invention.