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comparatively a recent period, taken an active part in 

 its proceedings: while the oldest Members will recollect 

 the perseverance and diligence Dr. Hunter manifested 

 at the formation of the Society, of which he was one of 

 the first Secretaries, and by his activity in canvassing, 

 was very instrumental in raising the funds necessary for 

 the building of this Hall. By a change of residence to 

 a distant part of the country, the Society is unfortu- 

 nately deprived of the valuable services of the third 

 gentleman, Mr. William Osborn, and the office of Cu- 

 rator in Antiquities, which Mr. Osborn has so long filled, 

 and for which he is so well qualified, is thus rendered 

 vacant. 



The British Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, will hold their Annual Meeting at York during 

 the Autumn, and, in pursuance of a wish expressed by 

 the Local Council at York to obtain the co-operation of 

 the different Literary and Scientific Societies in , the 

 county, your Council have prevailed upon their Curator 

 in Geology, J. G. Marshall, Esq. to act as their Dele- 

 gate upon the Local Council; another valuable Member 

 of this Society, Mr. West, long an active Member of 

 the British Association, having been already appointed 

 by the Association itself, one of its Local Secretaries. 



The Museum continues to receive accessions of 

 Specimens, the importance and value of which, during 

 the past, has exceeded that of most previous Sessions j 

 for although the Council have thought it their duty to 



