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referred to (Essex Naturalist, I., 39). In 1899 Mr. Miller 

 Christy published " Notes on an Alluvial Deposit in the Cann 

 Valley, with a list of the MoUusca," to which notes were added 

 by Mr. Dalton (Ibid. III., i), and Mr. R. W. Christy a 

 paper, " Notes on the Geology of the District around Chelms- 

 ford " which has already been referred to in connection with the 

 hsts of Mollusca (/izV/. III., 171). Mr. Dalton dealt with the 

 Geology of Fowlness at our Southend meeting in 1889 (Ibid. 

 III., 239) and the following year he published his "Notes of 

 Geological Rambles in the Braintree District in connection with 

 the Easter Excursion of the Club" [Ibid. IV., 79). As a 

 contribution to local physiography the silting up of the River 

 Roding, as reported upon by the County Surveyor, has been 

 duly noted in our pages {Ibid. IV., 94). 



Among recent workers in Essex geology Mr. H. W. 

 Monckton nnist be mentioned as a contributor of valuable papers 

 to the Essex Naturalist. His first communication on the 

 Boulder Clay in Essex was published in 1890 (Essex Natural- 

 ist, IV., 199). At a field meeting on July nth, 1891, he read 

 " Notes on the Glacial Formation near Chelmsford " {Ibid. V., 

 191) ; in 1893 we published his " Geological Notes in the Neigh- 

 bourhood of Ongar" {Ibid. VII., 87) and the same year his 

 paper read at the Barking Side meeting on July ist "On the 

 Gravels near Barking Side, Wanstead, and Walthamstow " 

 {Ibid., 115). We have also reaped the benefit of the presence of 

 that zealous worker at Felstead, Mr. J. French, who in 1891 

 called attention to the occurrence of Westleton Beds in North- 

 west Essex {Ibid. V., 210), and in 1892 contributed a paper " On 

 some Plateau Deposits at Felstead and Stebbing" in which he 

 discusses some interesting points in Post-Glacial Geology {Ibid. 

 VI., 132). Our late member, Mr. T. Hay Wilson, also has 

 given us the benefit of his local vigilance. In 1893 he pubhshed 

 his notes on the gravels of Epping Forest, being the result of his 

 observations of sections at Copt Hall, High Beach, Chingford 

 and Buckhurst Hill {Ibid. VII., 74), and four years later he gave 

 us a note on sections in the Lea Valley exposed at South 

 Tottenham during the construction of the new reservoirs {Ibid, 

 X., no). The question of the occurrence of coal under Essex 

 has, on account of its possible economic bearings, naturally 

 engaged considerable attention and given rise to much contro- 

 versial writing. The Rev. A. Irving published a newspaper 



