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volume of the Institute may be expected to contain much valuable 

 information respecting Yorkshire Antiquities ; and in particular 

 a Map of " Roman Yorkshire," in which Mr. Newton hopes, 

 with the assistance of gentlemen resident in various districts of 

 the county, to be able to lay down a fuller and more correct 

 delineation of the Roman Roads and Stations than has yet been 

 given to the public. The exhibition of Antiquities constituted 

 a very interesting and gratifying feature of the Meeting ; and 

 some very curious casts of Yorkshire Antiquities, which formed 

 a portion of it, have since been presented to the Society, amongst 

 the rest the cast of an ancient Rood from Sherbum Church, 

 and of Norman Sculptures from Adel ; the gifts of Mr. Fowler 

 Jones, a member of this Society, and the Rev. G. Lewthwaite, 

 Rector of Adel. 



Altogether it may be permitted to hope, that one permanent 

 result of the visit of the Institute to York will be a fresh impulse 

 given to the cultivation of one of the original and leading 

 objects of this Society, the investigation of the Antiquities and 

 Topography of Yorkshire. 



The Donations to the Geological Department have, during 

 the last year, been less numerous than usual. They include a 

 very interesting series of Sharks' Teeth from the Red Crag of 

 Suffolk, contributed by Mr. Whincopp, of Woodbridge ; and a 

 Cast of Plesiosaurus Hawkinsii, from the original specimen in 

 the British Museum, presented by Mr. Charlesworth. 



Owing to the amount of expenditure in other departments, 

 the Council have refrained from making any large additions by 

 purchase to the Geological Collection ; but they have considered 

 it expedient to devote a sum of £25 towards the publication of 

 Lithographic Illustrations of rare and interesting Yorkshire 

 Fossils, the originals of which are mostly contained in the 

 Museum. The first number of the " London Geological Jour- 

 nal," in which some of these plates are contained, is already 

 pubUshed, and the second is nearly ready for publication. The 

 Lithographs, executed by pupils in the York School of Design, 

 are highly creditable as works of art, and geologists of eminence 

 have borne testimony to their scientific accuracy. As the pub- 



