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cation in 18G0 of a work on ' The Geology of "Weymouth and the 

 Isle of Portland,' to which Supplements were issued by him in 

 1864 and 1880, and of which a second edition appeared in 1884. 



John Frederick La Trobe Bateman, who died on the 10th of 

 June, 1889, was highly distinguished as a civil engineer, and 

 especially known by the large works, the construction of which he 

 had designed or superintended, for the supply of water to towns. 

 He was born in Ockbrook, Derbyshire, May 30th, 1810, appren- 

 ticed to a surveyor and mining engineer at Oldham when 15 

 years of age, and commenced business as an engineer in Man- 

 chester in 1833. He first became known by his report on the 

 improvement of the River Bann, in County Down, and by the 

 works constructed by him in the valley of that stream ; and having 

 been led by his observations on the relations between the rainfall 

 and the amount of water drained from different districts to some 

 important conclusions as to the best sources for the water-supply of 

 towns, he was engaged for many years upon the reservoirs for the 

 supply of Manchester, first around Lougdendale, and later at Thirl- 

 mere. It was at his recommendation also that the Corporation of 

 Glasgow were induced to^ obtain a supply of water from Loch 

 Katrine, and to him is attributed a plan for providing a supply for 

 London from North Wales. Mr. Bateman's observations on rain- 

 fall and outflow have been useful for geological inquiries. 



In 1869 Mr. Bateman was present as the representative of the 

 Royal Society, of which he was elected a Pellow in 1860, at the 

 opening of the Suez Canal, by invitation of the Viceroy of Egypt. 

 He was President of the Institution of Civil Engineers for two 

 years from 1878. 



Henry William Bristow, who died on June 14th of last year, 

 was born May 17, 1817. He became a Eellow of this Society in 

 1843, and of the Royal Society in 1862. He was the only son of 

 Major-Gcneral H. Bristow, an ofiicer who devoted himself to Spain; 

 where he died. The son, the subject of the present notice, after 

 receiving an education at King's College, joined the Geological 

 Survey of Great Britain, as Assistant Geologist, under Sir H. De la 

 Beche, in 1842. Of this survey he remained an active member for 

 no less than forty-six years, rising gradually in rank until in 1872 

 he was made Director for England and Wales. 



In the course of his long service, Mr. Bristow was chiefly engaged 



