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The seance was attended by a personal representative, the chief chemist, 

 and two geologists, the areas submitted for test being the sports field, the 

 paddock, and the grounds of Meadhurst. 



In the sports field (where no oil had been placed) eight definite locations 



were detected. 



In the drive at Meadhurst (where again no oil had been put) a very strong 

 location was reported— the strongest they detected during the whole of the test. 



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They were taken (without being informed of the fact) within a few feet of 

 the oil store which contained several hundred gallons of petrol and other oils, 

 but the divining rod gave no indications at this point. 



In the paddock where the buried deposits lay, the posiUons of these and the 

 "locations" detected are shown in detail on the inclosed plan, together with 

 the distances of the " locations " from the nearest actual oil deposit. 



When they had completed their search the buried deposits were dug up and 

 some of the sites they had indicated were dug up to prove to them the presence 



