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in rotation, viz., Mrs. W. Boyd Watt, Mr. F. W. Reader, Mr. D. J. Scour-
field and Mr. J. C. Shenstone. Mr. W. E. Glegg, who had been co-opted
on the Council, would also need to be re-elected ; and, in addition, the
decease of Mr. E. N. Buxton had caused a vacancy, thus making six vacant
seats in all. Nominations were made as under :—
Mr. Walter Fox, proposed by Miss Hibbert-Ware, seconded by Mr.
Paulson.
Mr. W. E. Glegg, proposed by Mr. Nicholson, seconded by Mr. Hugh
Main.
Mr. D. J. Scourfield, proposed by Mr. Bestow, seconded by Dr. Turner.
Mrs. W. Boyd Watt, proposed by Mr. Paulson, seconded by Mr. Glegg.
Mr. F. W. Thorrington, proposed by Mr. Nicholson, seconded by Mr.
Hugh Main.
Mr. J. C. Shenstone, proposed by Mr. Avery, seconded by Mr. Barns.
The Hon. Secretary announced that the President, Dr. A. Smith
Woodward, was willing to serve a second term of office in the chair, if
the members so desired : this announcement was enthusiastically received.
The existing officers of the Club were nominated by the Council for re-
election.
As Second Auditor, Mrs. Whitwell was nominated by Mr. Barns,
seconded by Mr. Nunn.
Mr. Avery exhibited a further set of Essex prints from his private
collection, also a French copy of Virgil which exhibited a view of Barking
Church on its fore-edge.
Mr. Fox exhibited, and presented to the Museum, a section of trunk
of the Bedford Willow (Salix russelliana) from Castle Hedingham, now 36
inches girth at the butt, which he had seen planted as a "set" 15 years
before, but which he considered as relatively of slow growth.
Miss Hibbert-Ware exhibited a nest of the Golden Oriole from Texel,
found in 1923, and constructed of grass and sheep's wool in the fork of an
Alder. Mr. Glegg remarked that the planting of a belt of trees on the dunes
of the island-coast was having a distinct effect upon the avifauna cf Texel.
Mr. F. J. Lambert exhibited two sections of trunk of Monkey Puzzle
(Araucaria imbricata) from a farm-garden near North Shoebury, which
had been presented to the Club's Museum, one being 16ins. diameter, cut
at about 15 feet above the butt, and the other 14ins. diameter, being from a
distinct tree and cut at about 20 feet above the butt : both trees were
planted about the year 1879, and had attained a height of 40 to 50 feet.
Dr. Turner exhibited some specimens of Limnaea pereger in illustration
of Semper's law that snails will only reach their normal full size when
confined in large jars. The specimens illustrated the following points :—
1. Many adult Limnaeas can live at a time in a small (one-pint)
jar.
2. A much larger (half-gallon) jar is needed to rear a young snail to
maturity.
3. A family of young Limnaeas, hatched from ova laid in a large jar,
do not reach adult size, but only attain a relatively small size,
which varies in inverse ratio to the number of individuals.
4. Dwarfed snails can reach normal adult size if they are transferred
singly to large jars at any time up to twelve months from hatching.