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Dr. Jane showed some drawings of frogspawn, abnormally exhibiting
as many as eight ova in a single mass of jelly ; these ova had all succeeded
in developing as embryos.
Mr. Main showed caddis-worms in their tubes amongst watercress sold
for consumption.
Mr. Warren exhibited a series of specimens from Lion Point, Clacton, to
illustrate the geological sequence there, from London Clay followed by
Thames Valley Gravel and Recent beds, proving successive phases of
alternating submergence and emergence.
Mr. Crouch showed portrait-prints of Humphry Repton, the landscape
gardener (1752—1818), his bookplate, and a coloured print of the view
seen from his house (Repton Cottage) at Hare Street, Romford, where he
spent over forty years of his life and where he died.
The Curator showed specimens of Morchella and Peziza, spp., found a
few days before growing in an internal yard of the College, a remarkable
habitat.
He also exhibited 65 Essex views, selected to illustrate places proposed
to be visited by the Club during the summer, from the Pictorial Survey
collection.
Mr. Scourfield showed a living Daphnia obtusa, a descendant of one
collected by him on Leyton Flats in September, 1936.
The business of the annual meeting followed.
The minutes of the last annual meeting were, by consent, taken as
read.
The Report of the Council was read by the Hon. Secretary : on the
motion of Mr. Darling, seconder Mr. Price, the report was received and
adopted nem. con.
The Hon. Treasurer presented and explained his statement of the
Club's accounts for 1937 : he moved formally that the accounts be received
and adopted; Mrs. Hatley seconded. Carried unanimously.
Mr. John Ramsbottom having been duly nominated at the meeting on
March 5th, and no counter-nomination having been made, was declared
duly re-elected to the office of President for a third year. This announce-
ment was warmly applauded by the meeting.
Mrs. Hatley, Miss Dofort and Mr. Graddon having been duly nominated,
and no further nominations having been made, were declared duly elected
as Members of Council.
The existing Officers of the Club and the Council Auditor, having been
duly nominated, and no counter-nominations having been made, were
declared re-elected to their respective offices.
On the motion of Mrs. Crouch, seconded by Mrs. Thompson, Mr. Price
was unanimously elected as Second Auditor of the Club's accounts.
The President delivered his Address, entitled "Early Essex Gardeners";
at its conclusion, Mr. Thompson, on behalf of the meeting, thanked the
President for his Address and asked that it might be printed in the Club's
journal.
There being no further business, the Annual Meeting was declared
closed at 5 o'clock.