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shire, did not seek re-election. To fill the three vacancies on the Council,
the following were nominated :—
Mrs. Hatley, proposed by Miss G. Lister, seconded by Mr. Scourfield ;
Miss Dofort, proposed by Mr. Ross, with Mr. Main seconding ;
Mr. Graddon, proposed by Mr. Glegg, seconded by Mr. Harley.
Further nominations were invited, but none made.
The President and Officers were nominated en bloc by the Council for
re-election to their several offices. The announcement that Dr. Rams-
bottom was willing to serve as President for a third year was warmly
welcomed.
Nominations in opposition were invited, but none were made.
Mr. Ross showed some inquiline galls at the base of the common
"Artichoke Gall" of the oak, and described same.
Miss Lister exhibited, and presented to the Library, eight Parts (all that
were issued) of the late Mr. F. J. Hanbury's "Illustrated Monograph of the
British Hieracia," many of the drawings in which were executed by her.
The Curator showed 57 prints, etc., of Hornchurch and Upminster from
the Pictorial Survey collection.
Mr. D. J. Scourfield read an account of "The Microscopic Life of the
Leaf-Carpet of Woods and Forests," which he illustrated by lantern draw-
ings and by the exhibition of a rare Harpacticid Copepod, Maraenobiotus
vejdovskyi, sub-sp. truncatus, males and females of which he had found
living in the leaf-carpet on Warren Hill, in Epping Forest. Remarks on
the paper were made by the President and Miss Lister, and thanks were
accorded to Mr. Scourfield for his communication.
Mr. Percy Thompson then gave a lantern-talk on "Some West Ham
Worthies," and the meeting came to an end at 5 o'clock.
VISIT TO UPMINSTER AND HORNCHURCH
(787TH MEETING).
SATURDAY, 19TH MARCH, 1938.
This afternoon meeting was attended by forty persons, who assembled
at 2 o'clock at the Windmill at Upminster which happily it has recently
been decided to preserve as a national monument, and which was kindly
opened for our inspection by Mr. W. H. Simmons.
Built about the year 1800, the mill is a fine example of a Smock Mill,
octagonal in plan on a brick base, having a three storied body and boat-
shaped revolving cap, and with an upper and a lower gallery around the
exterior and four slat-sails and fantail : the mill is in good condition,
having been in full work until five or six years since. In two separate
groups, the party ascended the interior to the topmost gallery just below
the cap, Mr. Salmon giving detailed descriptions of the working-parts.
From the gallery a fine view was obtained, embracing the Laindon Hills
and the Kentish hills from Shooters Hill eastward.
From here, by bus or walking, the parish church of St. Andrew at
Hornchurch, a mile distant, was reached. Here the visitors were welcomed
by the vicar, the Rev. C. K. Waller and his father-in-law, the Rev. J. W.
Eisdell, the latter of whom favoured us with an interesting resume of the