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for the sum of £600. An arrangement was proposed by which 

 the British Museum would take one half of the collection for 

 £300, — and two private collectors taking another sixth, the 

 remainder (one third) was offered to the Society for the sum 

 above mentioned. 



The Council being desirous of carrying out the plan of forming 

 a complete series of Yorkshire fossils, mentioned in their report 

 for the year 1858, and understanding that Mr. Bean's collection 

 contained numerous fine specimens, many of them of extreme 

 rarity, immediately sent the Keeper of the Museum to Scarbro', 

 to inspect the collection and ascertain whether they would be 

 justified in expending such a sum as £200 in the purchase of 

 the portion offered to the Society. His report being favour- 

 able, the Council determined to accept the offer immediately, 

 especially, as they were informed that, from various causes, 

 such as the abandonment of quarries or the increasing in- 

 accessibility of the beds, many of the Yorkshire fossils would 

 probably be with difficulty obtained unless secured at once. 

 Mr. Dallas went to Scarbro' on the 1st of August with Mr. 

 Woodward, of the British Museum, to effect the division of the 

 fossils, and as there were in most cases two or more specimens 

 of each species, the Society obtained for its share representatives 

 of nearly every form contained in Mr. Bean's collection. The 

 unique specimens were divided in proportion to the amount 

 paid by each purchaser ; and the arrangement made with regard 

 to the types of species contained in the collection was, that the 

 Yorkshire Philosophical Society should have all those figured 

 by Professor Phillips and Messrs. Young and Bird, in their 

 works on the Geology of Yorkshire, and the British Museum 

 those described by Messrs. Morris and Lycett, in the Memoirs 

 of the Palaeontographical Society. The total number of speci- 

 mens obtained is estimated by the Keeper of the Museum at 

 about 5,000,-=- this is a low estimate. The total cost of these 

 (including travelling expenses, packing, and carriage) amounts 

 to £217. 8s. 4d. 



The other extraordinary expenses incurred during the past 

 year were for purposes of necessity. The beautiful ruins of 

 Saint Mary's Abbey, the greatest ornaments of our grounds. 



