iv Appendix No. 2.
and one by the Editor of the ' Gardeners' Chronicle.' The Council has
authorised the Editor to use in future on all issues of the Club the short
title, " The Essex Field Club," the longer title being a constant source of
misquotation and misapprehension.
A considerable number of valuable papers still remain in hand, but the
Council confidently anticipates, with the kind assistance and sympathy
of members and friends, to be in a position to clear off the arrears and
increments during the coming year. Mr. T. C. Baring, M.P., has very
generously presented the sum of £ 10 towards publication expenses, and
it is suggested that those members willing and able to do so should
increase their annual subscription to the Club, in order to furnish
additional funds for printing and for adequate illustration of memoirs.
These matters are referred to in the President's Address.
The financial position of the Society is fairly good, a small balance
being carried forward, while no liabilities remain undischarged. The
Council is reluctantly compelled again to point out the great incon-
venience occasioned by the non-payment of subscriptions early in the
year. The work of the officers is thereby largely increased, and the
efficiency and potential energy of the Society proportionately diminished.
The number of volumes in the Library has almost doubled during the
year, without including some valuable additions which are not yet bound.
The Club has now, in round numbers, about 300 books available for
reference by members, but it is a matter for regret that the privileges of
the Library have not been more extensively used. Possibly Mr. Fawcett's
new Parcels Post, when introduced, may render feasible a scheme for the
circulation of books by post, so as to enable all our members, far and
near, to use the Library. Donations still continue to come in steadily,
and there is every probability that the Library will, before long, become a
valuable and useful one by presentations alone. While the thanks of the
Society are due to all those who have aided in the good work, special
acknowledgments must be made to Miss Saul, of Bow, who has given 20
consecutive annual volumes of the Palaeontographical Society's magnifi-
cent monographs; also to the Council of the British Association for an
almost complete set of the Association Reports, one or two of the annual
volumes being out of print. As it will be somewhat expensive to bind
these special accessions properly, they will be put upon the shelves by
degrees. A considerable number of scientific journals continue to be
placed at the disposal of the members, and are always on the Library
table for reference. During the year Mr. W. Saville Kent's ' Manual of
the Infusoria ' has been purchased, and the Council proposes to subscribe
to the Bay and Palaeontographical Societies henceforward.
The Librarian will always be glad to receive donations of books,
pamphlets, or periodicals of scientific interest; and literature of all kinds,
maps, engravings, drawings, &c., relating to or published in the county
of Essex. This last department is one of importance, as it is believed
that no complete public collection of books illustrating Essex is in