ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. IQ 



of ;^ioo annually, these two payments to commence from the date of the 

 agreement. The proportional instalments of the Annual Grants up to the 

 25th of December, 1898, have been paid to the Fund. 



The necessary alterations in the Rules and the consent of the Club as a 

 body to the terms of the agreement were made and given at a Special 

 Meeting held on October 4th, 1898, which is fully reported in the last issue of 

 the Essex Naturalist (vol. x. pp. 406-407). 



With reference to the removal of the Club's goods from Chelmsford and 

 the differences on matters of finance which had arisen, a Sub-Committee 

 (consisting of the Rev. R. E. Bartlett, Mr. T. V. Holmes, and Prof. R. 

 Meldola. with Mr. W. C. Waller as Hon. Secretary) was formed " for the 

 purpose (amongst other things) of reporting upon the best way of settling the 

 said differences whether by friendly arrangement, arbitration or otherwise." 



The separation of the Club's goodf from those formerly belonging to the 

 old Chelmsford Museum was made, and the Council decided that they should 

 at once be removed from Chelmsford. This was done on September 2nd last. 

 The question of the pecuniary liabilities attaching to each party was delegated 

 to the above-named Committee, with the addition of Mr. C. A. Copland 

 (Solicitor), on behalf of Mr. Chancellor, and Mr. Henry I. Coburn, Hon. 

 Solicitor to the Club, " to act as Ar'bitrators in the financial question, their 

 award to be final and binding on both the said Institutions." The award of 

 the Arbitrators was made on January 17th, 1899, and in the following words 

 (after recital) : — 



" And whereas Frederic Chancellor, of Chelmsford, aforesaid Architect 

 (on behalf of the said Museum), and William Cole, of KniglUon Villas, 

 Buckhurst Hill (on behalf of the said Club), have each submitted to us 

 certain statements of account and otherwise in reference to the said matter of 

 difference e:nbod\ing the chums of the said Institutions respectively the claim 

 of the said Museum baing in excess of the claim of the said Club. Now we 

 the undersigned as such arbitrators as aforesaid having duly considered the 

 said statements and the said matters in difference do hereby decide, award, 

 and adjudge that all accounts between the said Institutions shall be 

 considered as settled and closed without any payment being made by either 

 of the said Institutions to the other, and that all claims by each of the said 

 Institutions against the other in respect of the matters in difference or for 

 damages or otherwise shiU be considered to be put an end to and extinguished." 



This award was signed by all the members of the Committee, and must 

 be accepted as a final settlement. 



The Council gave up possession of the rooms at Chelmsford on the 29th 

 of September, and they have taken premises at 9, Woodgrange Road, Forest 

 Gate, as a temporary storehouse and Curator's work-rooms pending the 

 completion of the new museum. 



Mr. W. Cole, F.f..S., F.E S., has been appointed Curator to the Museum 

 a3 from the 25th of July, 1098. 



The Council and t'ne members of Club have already recorded their most 

 cordial thanks to Mr. Passmore Edwards for his munificence, and also to the 

 Technical Instruction Committee of the Corporation of West Ham for the 

 enlightened view they have taken with regard to the establishment of the 

 Museum on a secure footing. The Council al o wish to express their thanks 



