REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE
YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 1906.
The President having intimated his intention of reviewing the year's
work of the Club at the Annual Meeting, the usual report from the
Council may be confined within a very short space.
Meetings.—Including the first Annual Meeting of the Photographic
Survey (a Committee of the Club), which took place at Colchester on
June 23rd, thirteen meetings have been held. The inspection of Hain-
hault Forest on June 9th, under Mr. Dent's direction, afforded members
an opportunity of watching the development of this most interesting open
space. At the meeting at Danbury and Little Baddow on July 7th, held
in conjunction with the Geologists' Association, the party was most kindly
entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Briscoe, and the late Sir Thomas Hanbury,
F.L.S., also received the members very hospitably at Danbury Palace. At
the meeting on July 28th, Mr. and Mrs. Ruggles-Brise invited the Club
to Spains Hall, and did everything in their power to make the meeting
pleasant and enjoyable. The Council were very glad to accept the invita-
tion of the British Mycological Society to join in their Fungus Foray
in Epping Forest on October 3rd, and regret that so few of our members
attended a very successful meeting. On September 15th, the Club again
co-operated with the Geologists' Association in an excursion—this time
to the Rayleigh Hills and neighbourhood. The other meetings have been,
or will be, fully reported in the Essex Naturalist.
The Library.—Mr. Reader is still working steadily at the Library
and will probably issue a special Report before the next Annual Meeting.
The list of Corresponding Societies with whom the Club exchanges pub-
lications is now completed and in full working order. The questions of
binding and proper accommodation for the books still cause anxiety to
the Librarian and the Council.
Photographic Survey and Record.—The work of the Committee is
progressing. A very successful Annual Meeting was held at Colchester,
as mentioned above. Mr. Victor Taylor, the Hon. Secretary, will present
a separate report of the work done.
Exploration of the Red-Hills.—A joint Committee of the Essex
Archaeological Society and the Essex Field Club has been formed for the
study of these interesting remains. Our member, Mr. I. Chalkley Gould,
F.S.A., is the Chairman, and Mr. Horace Wilmer, C.E., the Hon. Secre-
tary. The Council has subscribed £10 towards the expenses, one moiety
being paid within the year and one in 1907. The official report of the
first season's work has been received and will be issued as an Appendix
to our journal, and also in the Transactions of the Essex Archaeological
Society.
The Essex Museum.—The work of the Museum has advanced steadily
during the year, and the Curator's scheme of arrangement is now becoming
evident. Many handsome new cases have been fitted, and this part of
the equipment will soon be completed. The cases around the gallery
which are to be allotted mainly to subjects of a more or less botanical
character will soon be out of the fitter's hands. The Educational Collec-
tions have received considerable attention, and series illustrating the
structure of Mammals and Birds and of "Man as an Animal" will soon
be ready for exhibition. Several very interesting maps have been placed
in the Museum. One is the Geological Survey Map of Essex, so mounted
in a frame in the vestibule that coloured pins may be inserted to mark
the sites of Pre-historic Remains. A list of such relics will be placed
alongside the large map. Another interesting exhibit is the Relief-map
of Essex, which has been specially prepared by Messrs. Philip and Son.
It is now particularly desired to push on vigorously with the Reserve
or Student's Sets of Specimens, such as Bird-skins, Mammal-pelts, Insects,
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