88 ANNUAL REPORT. 



Victoria History of Essex. — It was announced that Dr. H. C. 

 Sorby, F.R.S., had kindly subscribed on behalf of the Club for a set of 

 this important work for the Library. The first volume, recently ])ublished, was on 

 the table. 



Eoliths from Grays. — Mr. A. S. Kennard presented a set of specimens of 

 supposed Eolithic " worked " stones from near Grays, Essex, for the Museum. 



Cordial votes of thanks were passed to Mr, Seton-Kair, to Dr. Sorby, and to 

 ;Mr. Kennard for these donations. 



Papers Read. — Mr. A. S. Kennard read two short papers by himself and 

 Mr. B. B. Woodward, F.G.S., F.L.S., one being entitled *' Notes on Sections in 

 the Lea Valley at Canning Town," and the other " Note on the occurrence of 

 Fresh-water Mollusca in a Water-Main at Poplar." (These papers are printed in 

 the present part of the E.N.) 



Thanks were voted to the authors of these papers on the proposal of the 

 President, who alluded to the value of such notes, which were typical of the kind 

 of work which a local scientific society should encourage. 



Lecture. — Mr. D. J. Scourfield, F.R.M.S., gave a lecture on the 

 " Locomotion of Microscopic Aquatic Organisms," which was illustrated by 

 about 40 photographic lantern slides, many of them being taken from original 

 drawings. The Lecturer commenced with the ama^ba and its allies, the lowest 

 known forms, in which the locomotive organs were not permanent, but mere out- 

 pushings of the protoplasm, which were again absorbed into the body mass. From 

 these he passed to the Infusoria, which moved by means of whip-like threads 

 {Hagella) or re ws of shorter threads {cilia), dealing afterwards with the rotifers, 

 with discs fringed with cilia, and the higher forms beaiing spines simulating limbs, 

 and so on to the minute crustaceans, in many of which the feelers are modified to 

 serve as organs of locomotion, while the chief function of the legs is to bear the 

 gills, and thus carry on the process of respiration. 



A short discussion was carried on by Professor Boulger and the Lecturer, who 

 wascordiallv thanked on the proposal of the President. It is probable that the 

 substance of ^Slr. Scourfield's lecture will be given in the form of a paper in the 

 Essex Naturalist. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR 

 THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31st, 1902. 



[Read and adopted at the 2srd Annual Meeting on Apiil 4th, 1903.] 



Financial. — [Owing to Mr. Howard's absence from England the statement 

 of account was not read at the meeting. It wiU be published later.] 



]Meetings. — Twelve were held in the year, one (the " Fungus Foray ") 

 being a two-day meeting. The papers, "notes" and exhibits have fully 

 equalled in interest those of former years. All the papers read have been or 

 will be published in the Essex Naturalist. The most important meeting ot 

 the year was that held on June 14th in Haiuhault Forest, in support of ;^[r. 

 Buxton's scheme of re-aflforestation. This was marred by the wet weather, but 

 was nevertheless a remarkable assembly, and we may hope did something in aid 

 of the realisation of a grand idea. On June 17th Lord and Lady Rayleigh very 

 kindly received the Club at Terling Place, and Lord Rayleigh delivered an 



