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were then read and discussed. The principal points are as follows :—The 
Club is established for the study and investigation of the Natural History, 
Geology, and Archeology of the County of Essex, special attention being 
given to the Fauna, Flora, Geology, and Antiquities of Epping Forest; the 
publication of the results of such investigations; the formation of a museum 
and of a library of works of local interest and other publications; and the 
diffusion of information on natural science and antiquities. Members’ 
subscription (both for ladies and gentlemen) was fixed, after considerable 
discussion, at 10s. 6d. per annum, members living beyond a radius of fifteen 
miles from the head-quarters to pay 7s. 6d. annually. Persons joining the 
club within two calendar months from its formation to be considered original 
members. In addition to the ordinary meetings of the club it was agreed 
to hold field meetings in different parts of the county, at the discretion of 
the Council, who may appoint lecturers and make such arrangements as 
they may deem best for the convenience of members and friends. An 
important rule, which met with much approval, runs as follows :—‘ The 
Club shall strongly discourage the practice of removing rare plants from the 
localities where they are to be found or of which they are characteristic, 
and of risking the extermination of birds and other animals by wanton 
persecution ; and shall use its influence with landowners and others for the 
protection of the same, and to dispel the prejudices which are leading to 
their destruction. The rarer botanical specimens collected at the field 
meetings shall be such as can be gathered without disturbing the roots of 
the plants; and notes of the habits of birds shall be recorded instead of 
collecting specimens or eggs.” This rule is not intended to restrict the 
judicious collecting of specimens necessary for their studies by individual 
members. The rules having been passed and ordered to be printed, the 
meeting proceeded to elect as officers—President, Mr. Raphael Meldola ; 
Treasurer, Mr. H. J. Barnes; Secretary, Mr. William Cole; Librarian, 
Mr. W. J. Argent. The following gentlemen were chosen to form the 
Council of twenty-five members: — Dr. E. B. Aveling, R. L. Barnes, 
W. C. Barnes, E. N. Buxton, John T. Carrington (Naturalist to the Royal 
' Aquarium, Westminster, and Editor of ‘ The Entomologist’), R. M. Christy, 
P. Copland, E. A. Fitch, Rev. James Francis, G. J. Godwin, Herbert Goss, 
J.C. Harcourt, Francis George Heath, H. B. Hooper, J. P. Hoare (Author 
of a ‘History of Epping Forest’), Andrew Johnston (Verderer of Epping 
Forest), Alfred Lockyer, Nathaniel Powell, Hildebrand Ramsden, M.A., 
Rev. C. J. Ridgeway, N. F. Robarts, W. G. Smith (Hon. Sec. Epping Forest 
Fund), C. E. Taylor, Rev. W. Linton Wilson, M.A., T. J. Woodrow. In 
the list of original members were Prof. C. C. Babington, Col. Makins, M.P., 
H. T. Stainton, Frank Crisp (Secretary Royal Microscopical Society), Arthur 
Lister, J. W. Dunning, M.A., W. Fowler, Frederick Young (Chairman of 
Epping Forest Fund), J. Eliot Howard, Mrs. Barclay, David Howard 
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