1 66 THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB. — REPORTS OF MEETINGS. 



Papers Read. — Mr. F. J. Chittenden read a paper on " The Mosses of 

 Essex: a Contribution to the Flora of the County." Mr, Chittenden had 

 undertaken to examine the collections of Mosses in the possession of the Club, and 

 to collate them with other records from the County, and the present paper was 

 the result of his labours. He had also very kindly promised to arrange the 

 collections of mosses in the Museum, and he exhibited some sheets for the 

 herbarium already completed. 



The President warmly thanked Mr. Chittenden in the name of the Club for an 

 excellent piece of work. 



Remarks on the paper (which will appear in the Essex Naturalist) were 

 made by Mr. Paulson, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. J. Wilson, and Mr. Chittenden 

 replied. 



Mr. T. V. Holmes, F.G.S., then read a paper entitled " Mysterious 

 Subsidence at Mucking, Essex, and Miscellaneous Denehole Notes, 1906." 



Mr, W. Whitaker, F.R.S, made some remarks on points in the paper, and a 

 heart v vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Holmes. 



THE 26th ANNUAL MEETING AND SPECIAL MEETING. 



Saturday, April jth, 1906. 

 These meetings were held at the Municipal Technical Institute, Stratford, at 

 4.30 p.m., Mr. Miller Christy, F.L.S., President, in the chair. 



Minutes. — The minutes of the 25th Annual Meeting, held on April 8th, 

 1905, and printed in the Essex Naturalist, vol. xiv., pp. 68-9, were read and 

 confirmed. 



Annual Report of Council. — This is printed in the Year Book for 

 1906-7, at pp. 17-18. 



Financial Statement.— Mr. Howard, the Hon. Treasurer, presented the 

 Annual Statement, which is also printed in the Year Book, p. 19. 



On the motion of Prof. Meldola, seconded by Mr. Spiller and Mr. Walter 

 •Crouch, the report and statement were adopted. 



Tea Fund. — The Secretary presented the account of the Tea Fund for the 

 Session 1905-6. 



Members of Council and Officers Elected. — At the meeting on February 

 24th last, the following Members retired from the Council : — Messrs. Shen- 

 stone. Spiller, Varley, McLachlan, Elliott, and Dr. Mason ; and the following 

 were nominated as new Members of the Council : —Messrs. Bryan Corcoran, 

 Hugh McLachlan, A.K.I.B.A., D. J. Scourfield, F.R.M.S., J.C. Shenstone 

 F.L.S., John Spiller, F.I.C., F.C.S., and F. H. Varley, F.R.A.S. As officers 

 for 1906, the following were nominated : — President, Mr. Miller Christy, F.L.S. ; 

 T/easurer, Mr. David Howard, J. P., F.C.S., Pies. I.C. ; Hon. Secretaries, Mr. 

 W.Cole and Mr. B. G. Cole; Libtarian, Mr. Thomas W. Reader, F.G.S- ; 

 Auditors, Mr. Walter Crouch, F.Z.3., and Mr. J. D. Cooper. No other 

 Members having been proposed, the above-named stood elected as Members of 

 the Council and Officers for 1906, and were so declared by the Chairman. 



The President intimated that he would reserve his Address until the evening 

 meeting. 



