284 THE ESSEX NATURALIST.
During the past year many valuable acquisitions have been made
to the Stratford Museum : especial reference may be made to a very
valuable donation just received from our member, Mr. J. H. Owen, who
has presented his entire collection of British Birds Eggs, contained in three
mahogany cabinets and accompanied by an explanatory list of the contents.
Mention should also be made of the important collection of Essex
prints purchased at public auction for the Museum by the West Ham
Corporation.
At the present time the Library of this Museum comprises 6,890
bound volumes, an addition of 96 during the year, and the Pictorial Survey
collection contains 10,387 mounted prints or photographs, an increase of
626 during the year : of this total, 1,532 items illustrate West Ham.
In recognition of his admirable work at the Forest Museum, which
has been in his charge for several years past, Mr. J. Ross has been invited
to join the Council : it is felt that his presence on this body will enable
it better to keep in touch with and appreciate Mr. Ross's work at the little
Museum.
Two new Parts of the Essex Naturalist have appeared, at regular
intervals, during the year under review ; the editor submits that the scien-
tific value of the articles published maintains that of former issues.
The Club was represented by delegates at the Centenary Celebration
of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, held in July, at the Congress of the
South-Eastern Union, also in July, at the fourth Quinquennial Anglo-
American Conference of Historians, again in July, and at the meeting of
the British Association in September. Our thanks are due to the gentle-
men who kindly offered themselves as Delegates on these several occasions.
Your Council has recently taken steps to make the activities and
advantages of the Club more widely known by circulating copies of a
specially compiled Booklet to the members of various scientific societies.
In conclusion, your Council wishes to stress the importance of in-
dividual Members exerting themselves to recruit others to share the
amenities; of our Club.
Large Salmon at Canvey.—A salmon of 25 lbs. weight has been
caught in a catch of whitebait in the Thames at Holehaven (Morning
Post, 4th May, 1937).
A rare Medusa at Southend.—On 25th June, 1937, near Southend
Pier, our member, Mr. F. J. Lambert, captured a specimen of the rare
Eucheilota Maculata, which has apparently not been recorded from
Essex waters, although known from the coast of Belgium and off Heligoland.
Mr. Lambert's specimen has been added to the national collection in the
British Museum. Editor.