TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE Officers and Council for 1908. . . (inside front Cover) Title Page........... 1 Prefatory Note.......... 2 Table of Contents......... 3 Calendar of Fixtures for 1908-9...... 4 The Essex Field Club and its Work, 1880-1908 ... 5 Foundation......... 5 Objects.......... 5 Ordinary Meetings........ 5 Field Meetings........ 6 Publications......... 7 Epping Forest Museum....... 8 Essex Museum of Natural History .... 9 Library . ......... 10 Photographic and Pictorial Survey of Essex . . .11 Scientific Work........ 11 Past Officers......... 11 Aims for the Future....... 13 Report of the Council for 1906...... 17 Treasurer's Statement of Receipts and Expenditure FOR 1906.......... The Photographic and Pictorial Survey of Essex . . 20 Red-hills Exploration Committee ..... 21 Rules of the Club......... 22 Agreement, Dated 25TH July 1898, Between the Cor- PORATION OF THE BOROUGH OF WEST HAM AND THE CLUB 27 as to the Essex Museum of Natural History . List of Members for 1908 . . . . . . .30 Honorary Members.......30 Ordinary Members........31 Museums Desiderata and Hints on Collecting for the 38 Club's Museums........ Form of Proposal for Membership . . . . . (inset) Priced List of the Club's Publications, 1880-1908 (on back Cover) ILLUSTRATIONS. Portrait of Prof. G. S. Boulger, F.L.S., F.G.S., Second President (1883-84) of the Essex Field Club (frontispiece) Portrait of Mr. T. V. Holmes, F.G.S., F.A.I., Third President (1885-87) of the Essex Field Club (facing p. 7) Queen Elizabeth's Lodge, Chingford, Essex (containing the Epping Forest Museum)......(facing p. 8) The Epping Forest Museum (View of the Upper Room of Queen Elizabeth's Lodge)......(facing p. 9) The Essex Museum of Natural History, Romford Road, Stratford, Essex, Exterior View .... (facing p. 10) Do., View in Entrance Hall .... (facing p. 11) Do., Ground Floor Plan.....(facing p. 12) Do., Gallery Floor Plan.....(facing p. 13) 3