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of his land for the Club to witness the experiments of the water 
finder. He testified, from his knowledge of the geological 
formation of the neighbourhood, that Mr. Gataker was correct in 
his assertions. He also thanked the latter for kindly affording 
the Club an exhibition of his powers. Mr. Leicester Gataker has 
carefully studied the theory of water finding by means of the 
divining rod, and intends adopting it as a profession. His 
experiments up to the present have been most successful. 
The Obituary roll of the Field Club for the year is marvellously 
small. Only two members have left us, but one was the only 
survivor of the Original Members, the permanent President the 
Rev. Leonard Blomefield, M.A., F.G.S., F.L.S, Full of years 
and honour he passed away on September Ist, and has left the 
Club, of which he was joint founder with Mr. Broome and 
Mr. Charies Moore, a farewell letter, which appears in these 
Proceedings as a perpetual reminiscence of the care and love he 
ever had for the Field Club and its members. The second 
member who departed to his rest is the late Lieut.-Gen. James 
Burn, an active pedestrian and regular attendant at the Excursions. 
Four members have resigned during the year, and eleven new 
members have been elected, so that at this date our Club 
numbers 99. 
The Library, under the careful supervision of Mr. W. H. 
Barlow, and the increased accommodation afforded by the 
Committee of the Royal Institution, looks now worthy of our 
Club, and the continual works of great value which are presented 
by the Smithsonian Institute of Washington, U.S.A. and private 
donors, and the annual proceedings of the various learned societies 
with whom we are on terms of exchange, are rapidly making the 
Field Club library most useful for reference on all subjects of 
scientific interest. 
The Funds of the Club are in a satisfactory state, and the 
Treasurer, Dr. Mantell, announces a balance of £31 13s. 8d. in 
favour of the Club to start the new year, so that we can look 
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