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the sum required to be jCiOO, but it was quite possible to commence -A'ith a very 

 much srraller sum, and he thought if the Council of the Field Club had promises 

 to the extent of ^loo or ;^i 50, they would be safe in approaching the Forest 

 Committee, and offering to commence the work at once. With £100, and the 

 materials they already had, they might go to the Corporation. He moved : — 



" T/iai a Subscription List for the raising of the necessary Funds be at once com- 

 menced^ so that the Local Committee may be enabled to approach the authcrities with the 

 definite scheme." 



Dr. J. Shephard Taylor seconded the resolution, which was also carried unani- 

 mously, and subscriptions of about £lo were promised in th; room. 



Mr. Cole proposed a vote of thanks to the Epping Forest Committee for the 

 use of the room, and particularly to Mr. McKenzie, who had met them in the 

 very kindest manner. He might say that in addition to what Mr. McKenzie said 

 in his letter, he had promised, if the museum was established, that he would do all 

 in his power to obtain specimens, and see that the place was carried on well. 



The Rev. W. L. Wilson seconded the motion, which was carried. 



A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings. 



As most of those present were desirous of attending the Ordinary Meeting of 

 the Club in the evening, the usual " high tea " was served in the Forest Hotel 

 adjoining the Lodge. 



The 145TH Ordinary Meeting. 



Saturday, February 24th, 1894. 



The 145th Ordinary Meeting of the Club was held in the Banqueting Room at 

 Queen Elizabeth's Lodge, Prof. Meldola, F.R.S. {Vice-President'), in the chair. 



The Chairman referred to the meeting held that afternoon in connection with 

 the scheme for the Forest Museum, and 1 ead the resolutions that had been passed. 

 The scheme had his hearty approval, and he commended it to the support of the 

 members, more especially those on the Metropolitan side of the county. He 

 thought that everyone present would be pleased with the antique room in which 

 they were assembled, and would agree that it could be put to no better or more 

 appropriate use than as a home for a local museum, devoted to the elucidation 

 of the n tural history and antiquities of the charming district of Epping Forest, in 

 which they all took so much interest. 



In accordance with Rule VII., nominations were made on behalf of the 

 Council of members to serve as officers of the Club for the ensuing year. No 

 other nominations were made. Announcement was also made of vacancies on the 

 Council, and nominations of members to fill the seats in compliance with the 

 Rules. For these see Report of 14th Annual Meeting (^supra p. 26). 



Mr. Walter Crouch was chosen auditor on behalf of the Council, and Mr. H. 

 C. Snell on behalf of the members. 



Mr. T. Hay-Wilson exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Bartrip, a remarkably fine nest 

 of Vespa vulgar is, w'iVi-dWy io difficult to obtain in a perfect condition, as Mr. Elliott 

 remarked, taken about forty years ago at Chingford. 



Mr. Wilson also exhibited a remarkably globular stone, found in a gravel-pit 

 about 150 yards S.E. of the Oueen Elizabeth's Lodge, which pit he had described 

 in The Essex Naturalist, vol. vii., p. 75. The stone had been thrown up with 

 drift gravel from a depth of nine or ten feet. The authorities at the Guildhall 

 Museum had pronounced the stone to be a "cannon-ball," 



