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1856, at Methall, near Warter, on the Wolds. They are 

 upwards of 1,500 in number, of the age of Gallienus and the 

 so-called Thirty Tyrants, and, with the exception of a few of 

 silver, or plated with silver, are all of the third brass. Before 

 they were presented to the Society they had been examined 

 and carefully classified by Mr. Roach Smith. Fifty-three 

 coins, from the same hoard, have been presented by Wm. 

 Rudston Read, Esq. The Curator has made a selection of the 

 most perfect of all the different types, which he has arranged 

 and catalogued, and placed in separate slides within the 

 cabinet. He has also, with the assistance of Mr. Davies, made 

 a chronological catalogue and abstract of some ancient grants 

 of land to the Priory of Guisborough and other documents 

 of a later age, which form part of a bequest of the late Eustace 

 Strickland. The Society possesses a collection of modern 

 medals, in bronze and silver, which have long remained dis- 

 persed in its cabinets. These, the Curator has lately arranged 

 and catalogued, describing, as far as he could, the events which 

 they are severally designed to commemorate. 



With these evidences of Mr. Wellbeloved's devotion to the 

 interests of the Society, and his continued power of promoting 

 them, the Council were very reluctant to accept the resignation 

 of his Curatorship, which he recently tendered to them, and 

 they have no doubt that the members will hear, with much 

 pleasure, that he has consented to resume it, relying on the 

 assistance of the Secretaries to supply the want of his personal 

 superintendence and inspection. 



A hoard of Saxon silver coins, consisting chiefly of those 

 denominated " Saints," the production of the ancient York 

 mint, was discovered in Walmgate, in April last, and two 

 of them have been deposited in the cabinet of the Society. 

 The Curator has also placed in it twelve of a hoard of silver 

 pennies of the short-crossed money of Henry II. or III. 

 Various articles of Roman pottery have been added to our 

 collection, amongst which the most remarkable is an infant's 

 feeding-bottle, found near the Mount. It was deemed so 

 curious by Professor Simpson, of Edinburgh, that at his 

 request it was lent to him, for the purpose of illustrating a 



