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time, and forks with the Dublin Mint mark, as well as by sketches 
of various Eucharistic vessels and books relating to the subject. 
At the close of the paper the President heartily thanked the 
lecturer for his paper on behalf of the Club, and expressed a hope 
that some day the paper read might be published in the Club’s 
Proceedings as an introduction to a catalogue of all the Church 
plate held by the Churches in the immediate neighbourhood of 
Bath. He advised the Field Club to form a committee as soon 
as possible to visit the parishes around and draw out a schedule 
of all plate now in use with its peculiarities, dates and marks. 
He felt convinced that much more ancient plate would reward 
the search than was commonly supposed ; in fact that he was 
personally aware of several pieces of pre-reformation date, and 
he felt sure all the clergy would give hearty assistance to 
drawing out a perfect inventory of the Ecclesiastical plate of 
Somersetshire, as had already been done in other Dioceses, 
Several other members continued the discussion, and Mr. J. S. 
Bartrum reminded the members that the late Mr. J. Rainey, of 
Southgate Street, had a valuable collection of ancient chalices and 
patens, but that he was unaware who held that collection at the 
present time. 
As to the Walks of the Club during the year. I suppose they 
were principally taken as constitutionals and for pleasure, as no 
notes of any have been returned to me for insertion in the 
Minutes, nor have any records of new discoveries in Natural 
History, Botany, Geology, or Archeology been added to the 
pages of the Club’s Proceedings. Our respected President, 
however, notified at one of the afternoon meetings that during 
the severe weather early in January a large flight of the mountain 
finch or brambling, fringilla montifringula, had appeared in Beech 
Wood, adding one to the list of the local fauna. One walk, 
however, deserves especial mention. 
The members of the Bath Field Club assembled to the number 
of 41 at the Royal Literary Institution on February 13th, in 
