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THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
The existing Officers, other than the President, were nominated by the
Council for re-election, viz.:—Hon. Treasurer, Mr. David Howard, D.L.,
J.P., F.I.C, F.C.S.; Hon. Secretaries. Messrs. W. Cole, B. G. Cole, and
Percy Thompson; Hon. Librarian, Mr. Thomas W. Reader, F.G.S.
President.—The Council nominated as President, on the retirement
of Mr. Warren, Miss Gulielma Lister, F.L.S., and Miss Lister was duly
elected by the members.
By Rule V., Mr. Warren becomes one of the Permanent Vice-Presidents.
No other nominations having been made, the above-named ladies and
gentlemen stood elected as Members of Council and Officers for 1916-17,
and were so declared by the President.
Auditors.—Mr. A. Wrigley and Mr. Charles Nicholson, F.E.S., were
elected as Auditors for the ensuing year.
Ordinary Meeting.—The above business being settled, the meeting
was resolved into the 459th Ordinary Meeting.
Wooden Water-pipe Exhibited.—Mr. W. Cole exhibited a photograph
of a supposed wooden water-pipe taken from an old well at Mr. Course's
premises, West Ham Lane, which had been kindly lent by Mr. J. G.
Morley, the Borough Engineer. Mr. Morley had also presented a piece
of the pipe to the Museum. It was at first thought that this pipe was
part of a system of water-mains for the conveyance of water, similar
to the many wooden pipes which had been found in many parts of
London, accounts of which had been published in the Essex Naturalist
by Mr. T. V. Holmes, Mr. F.W. Reader, and others. But consideration
led to the belief that the West Ham pipe was simply a pipe to facilitate
the pumping up of the water, and was not a portion of a system of mains
for the distribution of water in the district.
President's Address.—The retiring President then delivered his
Address, entitled "Pre-history in Essex, as recorded in the Publications
of the Essex Field Club."
A cordial vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Warren, on the proposal
of Mr. E. T. Newton, F.R.S., both for his address and for his conduct as
the President during his two years of office.
Mr. Warren returned thanks, and said that he had enjoyed his term as
President, in spite of the difficulties and disabilities occasioned by the dis-
turbed state of National Affairs.
Mr. Warren's Address will be printed in an early part of the Essex
Naturalist.
Mr. Warren then inducted Miss Lister into the chair as the new President.
Miss Lister said she was very sensible of the honour of being Presi-
dent of the Club, and she would be very glad if she could be of service to
the Society.