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Afterwards an Ordinary Mkkting (the 222nd) was held, the President^ 

 Mr. h\ W. l<.udler, F.G.S., in the chair. 



The President, in the nanie of the members ])resent, cordially thanked Mr. 

 Buxton for his efforts in the rescue of a large portion of Hainhault Forest, and for 

 his kindness in attendin^^ and explaining the position of affairs that afternoon. 



Mr. Buxton briefly replied. 



The following were elected members of the Club : — Air. Edward J. Burrell, 

 F.G.S.; the Kev. A. Bertram Hutton, Rector of Pitsea, Essex; and Mr. W. A. 

 Sykes. 



After some discussion of the observations of the afternoon, the homeward 

 walk was taken through the woods, and so to the Grange Hill Station. AEr. 

 Daltou reported : — 



" In the evening walk to Crabtree Hill, a small pit in the Bagshot Sand was 

 passed. This showed as much laminated loam as sand, attesting the gtadual 

 change in deposit from the London Clay up to the Bagshot Beds. Similar 

 graduations attended the upward passage from the sanely and pebbly Woolwich 

 and Oldhaven Beds into the London Clay. The somewhat aibitrary line taken 

 as the base of the Bagshot series is marked by Lambourne Well, a spring in the 

 wood, fed by the sands, and constituting the western feeder of the river Rom." 



Saturday, June 2oth, 1903. 



A meeting at the Walthamstow Reservoirs of the East London Waterworks 

 Company had been announced for this alternoon, but the weather was 

 very bad and uncertain for a wetk previously, and the Secretaries received hardly 

 any intimations of intention to be present from members. It was found more- 

 over that the flood-waters caused by the continuous rains had ruined the rivulets 

 at the Reservoirs so far as collecting went. An immense quantity of lamp-black 

 had been brought down from one of the factories on the Lea, and the aquatic 

 vegetation was silted up with this unsightly refuse. At the last moment the 

 meeting was abandoned, the second instance only of this being done during the 

 life of the Club. 



VISIT TO THE UPPER REACHES OF THE NEW RIVER. 



Tuesday, June 30th, 1903. 



This excursion proved to be a very interesting one, for by the kindness of 

 Mr. J. ]\[. Wood, M. Inst. C.E., one of the Engineers to the New River 

 Company, the members had an opportunity of exploring some of the pretty 

 country traversed by this miniature river. 



In addition to Mr. Wood as conductor we had the advantage of the company 

 of the President, and Mr. E. T. Newton, F.R.S., :Mr. F. Enoch, F.L.S., and of 

 our Vice-President, Mr. T. V. Holmes, F. G.S. 



In the early morning conveyances started from Woodford, calling at Chingford 

 Station for some of the party and at Waltham Cross for the full complement. 



The first stoppage was at Messrs George Paul's rose gardens at Cheshunt, 

 over which the party was shown by a member of the firm. Then a short walk on 

 the river banks, and the disused Cheshunt Reservoirs were reached. A boat and 

 nets were in readiness, but the water was choked with weeds and was cold, the 

 result of the heavy rains, and very little of interest was observed. The walk was 



