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by a voluntary officer, the council voted the sum of £25 at the com-
mencement of the year as an honorarium to the Secretaryin compensation
for loss of time devoted to the Club's affairs, and for the obtaining
clerical assistance when necessary.
Transactions.—In making preparations for the issue of the ' Trans-
actions ' for the past year the editor came to the. conclusion that it would
be well to separate the 'Transactions' properly so called from the record
of 'Proceedings' at Ordinary and Field Meetings, and this suggestion
was approved by the Council. Accordingly in June last Part 1, vol. iv.
of the 'Transactions' was issued, consisting of 148 pages, with one plate
and thirteen other illustrations. With this was also published Part 1,
vol. iv. of the 'Journal of Proceedings,' consisting of eighty closely
printed pages with three illustrations. In addition to the contributions
towards the due illustration of these parts acknowledged in the last
Annual. Report, the council has to thank Mr. W. White, Professor Mel-
dola, Professor Boulger and Mr. Charles Browne, for special donations.
It is much to be regretted that the funds would not permit of the pub-
lication of another part of the 'Transactions' in 1885—more especially
in view of the valuable papers which are still in the editor's hands. It
is hoped that during the coming year further progress may be made
towards overtaking the arrears of the matter now awaiting publication.
The members are to be congratulated on the publication of the
'Report of the East Anglian Earthquake of April 22nd, 1884,' the
materials for which were collected with so much energy and success by
Professor Meldola and Mr. W, White, with the assistance of many
observers—both members of the Club and others,—whose labours are
acknowledged in the work itself. As soon as the issue of this report was
resolved upon, a question arose as to the best mode of publication.
After consideration of the whole circumstances, the Council decided to
issue the report as a distinct publication, as the first volume of the
'Essex Field Club Special Memoirs,' which should be sold to the mem-
bers at a specially reduced price. In order that the responsibility
of the publication of the book should not. bear too heavily upon the
general funds of the Club, the following gentlemen guaranteed the sums
placed against their names in order to cover the cost of printing the
report:—
In addition Professor Meldola, Mr. Symons and Mr. W. White have given
very material assistance in aid of publication, more full acknowledg.