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Kedington, Mr. W. W. Beeves, Mr. Worthington Smith, Dr. Spurrell,
Rev. R. P. Walter, Mr. H. Walker, Dr. Wharton, and Mr. W. Winter.
The Council also again has pleasure in thanking the Editors of the
' Essex Times,' ' Chelmsford Chronicle,' ' Essex Weekly News,' and other
local newspapers, for kind aid afforded in giving wide publicity to the
operations of the Club.
Loughton Camp.—During the summer some surveying work, &c, was
done to complete the report on this earthwork by the Secretaries and
Mr. H. A. Cole, Mr. D'Oyley being unwell. The report was read at the
Southport Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of
Science by Mr. Meldola, some large diagrams being drawn for the occasion
by Mr. H. A. Cole. The Council of the British Association has very
kindly allowed the Club to use the two lithographic plates, at the cost of
printing and paper, for the ' Transactions.' The report will appear in full
in part 8 of the 'Transactions,' and also in the forthcoming volume of
the ' Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.'
The surplus of the "Camp Fund" the Council proposes to add to the
" Denehole Exploration Fund," now being formed.
Denehole Explorations.—A Committee has been formed to conduct
these explorations, as advised in the last Annual Report, and will com-
mence active work early in the ensuing summer. About £60 is now in
hand or promised, but a very much larger sum will be required. A
circular will shortly be issued giving names of the members of the
Committee, proposed plan of action, list of donations, &c, and soliciting
subscriptions from members of the Club and the scientific public. Mean-
while, contributions to the Fund will gladly be received by the Treasurer,
or by any of the Committee.
Pre-historic Remains in Essex.—A Committee has been formed to
catalogue and survey the relics of pre-historic occupation still existing in
the County (Camps, Entrenchments, Tumuli, Palaeolithic and Neolithic
stations, &c.), in accordance with the suggestions contained in Mr.
Meldola's paper, read before the British Association at Southport, and at
a recent meeting of the Club, and lately published in 'Nature.' A
detailed statement of the information required by the Committee will in
due course be largely circulated among the residents in the county.
Epping Forest Railway and the Protection of Wild Animals and
Plants.—The vigorous and successful opposition offered to the railway
proposed to be made from Chingford to High Beach, in which the Club
took a very active and responsible part, has been so fully commented
upon in the pamphlet recently issued by the Club that no further
remarks are called for in this place. Copies of the pamphlet have been
widely circulated, and may be obtained from the Librarian. The Council
trusts that Sir Fowell Buxton's scheme for protecting wild animals and
birds within the Forest districts will be largely acted upon. The Club
will always be glad to give any aid in furthering such views, which so
strongly appeal to the instincts of all true lovers of Nature. It is a