402 PRESIDENTIAL ADDEESS. 



The total storage of the Company is 3,042 million gallons, 

 and the water in store on 1st May was 2,315 million gallons, 

 equal to ahont 200 days' consumption without rain. 



The rainfall at Hallington averages over. 20 years 31*269 

 inches, and at "Whittle Dene 26-224 inches. 



The Second Field Meeting was held at Bothbury, for Brink- 

 burn and "Weldon Bridge, on Thursday, June 21st. 



The members left the Central Station at 8.20, and arrived at 

 Eothbury at 10.30, when they breakfasted at the Queen's Head 

 Inn. Conveyances were obtained here, and the party drove to 

 Brinkburn Priory, permission to view which had kindly been 

 granted by Arthur Fenwick, Esq. 



Brinkburn Priory, which is in an excellent state of preserva- 

 tion, was founded during the reign of Henry I., and was dedicated 

 to St. Peter, by "William de Bertram, Baron of Mitford. It was 

 restored in 1858, and these restorations were inspected with 

 great interest. Concerning the architecture Mr. "Wilson says, 

 •'The richest Norman work is blended inextricably with the 

 purest English, and the fabric must be regarded as one of the 

 most fascinating specimens of the transition from one to the 

 other that there is in this country." This combination of styles 

 is seen in the windows of the clerestory and the triforium. 

 In the chancel rest the remains of the late lamented owner, 

 Cadogan Hodgson Cadogan, Esq., on whose tomb beautiful 

 flowers were strewn, and the visitors stood for a moment bowed 

 in silent respect for the memory of one who had endeared him- 

 self to all lovers of Nature. "We visited the rest of the monastic 

 buildings and the " Bell Pool," where, legend tell us, the Scots 

 cast the Priory bells and other treasures, and many have been 

 the efforts made to recover them. The walk through the grounds 

 was much enjoyed, and amongst the plants that were noticed 

 were the "Wild Basil, Foxglove, Throatwort, "Woodruff, Golden 

 Saxifrage, Figwort, Sweet Cicely, Celandine, Pellitory, Toad 

 Flax, St. John's "Wort, and Barberry. 



On reaching Weldon Bridge the party dined together, and 

 afterwards held the usual meeting. 



