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exactness of nomenclature — points essential to the credit of the 

 Society, — on which Mr. Gould recently expressed to the Curator 

 of the department a highly favorahle opinion. 



The Cabinet of British Insects has recently received a 

 valuable augmentation from T. Meynell, Esq., Jun., who has 

 presented to the Society his Collection of Libellulse. This is 

 the only contribution which has been received during the past 

 year to this interesting department of Natural History. 



To the series of Comparative Anatomy one addition only has 

 been made, consisting of a beautiful skeleton of a mole, for 

 which the Society is indebted to ,the Curator of that department. 



The Library has received many additions of great value, 

 amongst which may be mentioned particularly, a very extensive 

 donation of books from Edward Hailstone, Esq., of Bradford, 

 comprising 49 works relating to British and Foreign Botany. 

 From Professor Phillips, a Copy of his own Report on the 

 Ventilation of Mines, and an important series of the Transac- 

 tions of Foreign Societies, and other works. From the Earl of 

 EUesmere, a Copy of his Guide to Northern Archaeology. From 

 Lord Londesborough, Halliwell's Yorkshire Anthology, and 

 Tracts on Antiquarian subjects. From His Grace the Duke of 

 Northumberland (by whose direction the work was undertaken 

 and executed), Mc. Laughlan's Survey of Watling Street. 

 From Mr. Roach Smith, the Proceedings of the Society of 

 Antiquaries, and his Report of the Excavations at Lymne, and 

 from Mr. Mayer, of Liverpool, a Copy of Sprott's Chronicle, 

 with fac-simile. 



The Council have also to announce the addition to the 

 Library of the Transactions of several learned Societies. 



Of the very few donations to the department of Antiquities 

 during this year, the most interesting is a fragment of a carved 

 grit-stone, found in the year 1811 with several other similar 

 Roman remains, in a bed of warp nearly 2 feet below the 

 foundations of the old bridge over the Ouse. When perfect it 

 exhibited the figure of an eagle with a large ring about its 

 neck, surrounded by a wreath of laurel. It was obtained by the 

 late Benj. Brooksbank, Esq., and removed to his house at 

 Healaugh, near Tadcaster, and by the kindness of his son, 



