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gentlemen who, at a great expenditure of time, so carefully conducted the 
work, and also to General Pitt-Kivers and Mr. D'Oyley for renewed help 
and advice. 
Pursuant to some suggestions thrown out in 1881, the Council 
organised two meetings at Grays, Essex, for the purpose of making some 
preliminary surveys of the curious “ Dene-holes ” in Hangman's Wood. 
Mir. Spurrell, Mr. T. Y. Holmes, and Mr. Walker very kindly placed 
then- valuable services at the Club’s disposal, and Messrs. Brooks, 
Shoobridge, and Co. rendered all the assistance in their power in the 
supply of experienced men and machinery. It is unnecessary to re¬ 
capitulate the work done at these meetings, as full particulars are given 
in Mr. Holmes's paper and in the 4 Proceedings.’ So much interest has 
been excited among our members and the general public as to the exact 
nature and origin of the “ Denes," that the Council has resolved to under¬ 
take their systematic exploration. The Lewisham and Blackheath 
Scientific Association has, with great generosity, voted the sum of £5 in 
aid of the proposed work. Mr. T. Y. Holmes has promised £5 os. ; Mr. 
Meldola £5 os. ; Professor Boulger £3 3*’.; Mr. Henry Walker £2 2s.; and 
Mr. Letchford £2 2s.; but as the necessary works will be very costly, 
additional aid is asked from all interested in archaeological research. 
Captain Wingfield, the owner of Hangman’s Wood, and Mr. Biddell, his 
agent, have most courteously given the Club full permission to carry on a 
thorough exploration. The Council hopes to be in a position to com¬ 
mence early in the summer, as soon as the Forest Camp Exploration 
Beport is completed. 
The President and Mr. John Spiller, F.C.S., again attended the Con¬ 
ference of Scientific Societies held on August 25th, during the Southampton 
meeting of the British Association, as Delegates from the Club. A report 
of that meeting has been published and circulated by the Conference, and 
the principal matters discussed are referred to in Mr. Meldola’s annual 
address. 
Early in the year the condition and mode of conservation of Epping 
Forest again gave rise to some anxiety, and attracted a considerable 
amount of public attention. In February last the Club held a meeting, 
at which the matter was fully discussed, as well as the cognate subject 
brought forward by Sir’ Fowell Buxton (one of the Yerderers of the 
Forest), that some means should be adopted for the protection of our 
native birds and animals from wanton destruction. As an outcome of 
that meeting a full report of the discussion has been prepared, and will 
shortly be issued as an Appendix to Yolume HI. of the 4 Transactions,’ 
together with three suggestive papers prepared at the request of the 
Council by Dr.. Cooke, Professor Boulger, and Mr. Harting. The co¬ 
operation of the Natural History Societies of London and its neighbour¬ 
hood was solicited, and a form of “Protest ” prepared by the Club has 
been extensively signed and approved. The Council proposes to print 
1000 copies of the memorial for circulation, and is sanguine enough to 
