THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB. 2g7 



At the Meeting on June 23rd last, the following were nominated to fill 

 vacancies on the Council : — Messrs. Andrew Johnson, J. P., A. Lockver. F. W. 

 Reader, J. C. Shenstone, F.L.S., John Spiller, F.C.S., and F. H. Varley, 

 F.R.A.S. 



It was announced that the Rev. A. F. Russell wished to resign his seat 

 on the Council, inconsequence of inability to attend the evening meetings, 

 although he would retain his Chairmanship of the Epping Forest Museum 

 Committee. 



Mr. Hugh Mcl.achlan, A. R.I. 13. A., was nominated by the Council in the 

 place of Mr. Russell. 



The death of Mr. E. Durraut occasioned a vacancy on the Council, but 

 no nomination was made of any member to fill his place. 



As Officers for igoo, the following were nominated : — 



President, Mr. David Howard, J. P., F.C.S., F.I.C : Tn-astwer, Mr. W. C. 

 Waller, M.A., F.S.A. ; Hon. Seentary and Cuvator, Mr. W. Cole, F.L.S., 

 F.E.S. ; Assistant Hon. Secretary, Mr. B. G. Cole; Librarians, Mr. W. C. 



Waller, M. A., F.S.A. , and Hon. Counsel, Mr. W . C. Dare, 



B.A., Barrister-at-Law ; Hon. Solicitor, Mr. H. I Coburn ; Auditor for Council, 

 Mr. Walter Crouch, F.Z.S. ; for Members, Mr. J. D. Cooper. 



No other Members havmg been proposed, the above gentlemen stood 

 elected by Rule VII. as Members of the Council and Ofilicer= for the year 

 1900, and were so declared by the Chairman. 



Prof. R. Meldola proposed that Mr. Passmore Edwards be elected one 

 of the Honorary Members of the Club, as a slight recognition by the mem- 

 bers of his great services to the Club and to the cause of the study and 

 popularisation of natural history in the county by so generously contributing 

 to the building and fitting up of the Museum at Stratford. The only honour 

 the Club could confer was to enroll him in the list of members, and Prof. 

 Meldola said that he was sure such a step would be welcomed by all as an 

 e.xpression of their gratitude and admiration for Mr. Edwards' public spirit 

 and enlightened munificence 



Mr. Walter Crouch had much pleasure in seconding the proposal. 



The President warmly supported the motion. He looked upon Mr. 

 Edwards as one of the most remarkable men of the day in his desire to pro- 

 mote the intellectual, physical, and moral progress of the people in the estab- 

 lishment of the many hospitals and " homes," public libraries, picture 

 galleries, and museums, which we owe to his support and initiation. The 

 motion was carried by acclamation. 



Mr. Howard then ga»e a short speech in lieu of an Annual Address, 

 devoting himself to the consideration of some of the recent researches as to 

 the influence of Mosquitoes in spreading the virus of malaria. He referred 

 to the important paper on Malaria and Mosquitoes in the current part of 

 the Quarterly Review, and in commending the subject to the attention of the 

 members, said that he had a personal interest in the question inasmuch as 

 one of his own sons had taken part in the investigations. 



