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of the meeting was to inspect the improvements effected by the recently
appointed "Forest Museum Committee" in adding to, and labelling, the
various exhibits.
Assembled in the upper room of the Lodge at 2.30 o'clock, the party
was received by the President, who welcomed the members of the Gilbert
White Fellowship who were present.
The Hon. Secretary then gave an account of the building itself, and
of its contents, and, on behalf of the Committee, presented to those present
souvenir-copies of an illustrated guide ("An Account of Queen Elizabeth's
Lodge (Chingford) and of the Epping Forest Museum") which had been
written by him, and which would henceforth be on sale to visitors to the
Museum.
The company afterwards entered upon a detailed inspection of the
exhibits.
Tea was taken at the adjoining Royal Forest Hotel at 4 o'clock, following
which the members dispersed.
ORDINARY MEETING (592ND MEETING).
SATURDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY, 1925.
The fourth Winter Meeting was held, as usual, in the Physics Lecture
Theatre of the Municipal College, Romford Road, Stratford, the President,
Sir A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., in the chair. 43 members attended.
The following were elected members of the Club, viz. :—
Miss Kathleen Raine, of 1, Hamilton Gardens, Barkingside, Ilford.
Mr. Ernest H. Bruce, of 11, Mayfield Avenue, Woodford Green.
Mr. William H. Ryde, of 41, Vernon Road, Leytonstone, E.11.
Mr. Sidney W. Wooldridge, M.Sc., F.G.S., Geological Department, King's
College, Strand, W.C.2.
In anticipation of the Annual Meeting, nominations were invited to
fill vacancies on the Council. Four existing Members were due to retire
in rotation, viz., Miss Willmott, Mr. Briscoe, Mr. Gerald Buxton and Mr.
J. E. Harting. Nominations were thereupon made as under:—
Mr. Gerald Buxton, proposed by Mr. Avery, seconded by Mr. Paulson.
Miss E. Willmott, proposed by Mr. Daun, seconded by Mrs. Boyd Watt.
Mr. A. E. Briscoe, proposed by Miss Lister, seconded by Mr. Campbell.
Mr. J. E. Harting, proposed by Mrs. Thompson, seconded by Mr.
Nicholson.
Mr. Stephen Barns, proposed by Mr. Thompson, seconded by Mr.
Campbell.
The existing Officers of the Club were nominated en bloc by the Council
for re-election. The announcement that Sir Arthur Smith Woodward was
willing to serve a third term in the Presidential Chair was enthusiastically
received.
Miss G. Lister exhibited under the microscope specimens of Listerella,
a rare Mycetozoan occurring on the podetia of Cladonia sylvatica, from
near Warsaw.
Mr. Avery exhibited and described some 50 Essex topographical prints
and portraits from his collection.