8 ^ REPORT OF 



lease under the Crown, and to one of the Offices of Grovern- 

 ment ; and favourable answers having been received, pro- 

 posals were issued to the public for a subscription, which 

 met with such success, that sums amounting to Four Thou- 

 sand Six Hundred and Fifty Pounds have been already 

 subscribed. The Corporation of York, who are among the 

 largest contributors, have also promised the Society a new 

 access to the ground, from a central part of the city. 



When so considerable a favour is asked, as is included in 

 the Memorial which has been presented, ou the part of the 

 Society, to the Treasury, some interval must be expected to 

 elapse between the first favourable intimations, and the ulti- 

 mate result. A transaction of this kind undergoes the 

 consideration of two different Boards. It requires various 

 Reports, and is liable to be retarded by the pressure of more 

 important business : but the Council have reason to believe 

 that the preliminary enquiries have now been completed, 

 and are in daily expeclation of receiving from the Treasury 

 a final, and they trust a satisfactory, answer. 



It has been ascertained that the Act of Parliament, which 

 regulates the management of the Crown-Lands, has left a 

 power with the Executive to grant whatever favour it may 

 think fit, to Scientific, as well as to Charitable Institutions ; 

 and, up to the present moment, the Public Functionaries 

 have manifested every disposition to exercise the discretion 

 thus reposed in them, in the Society's favour. 



The Council only wait till the pleasure of the Crown shall 

 have been officially notified, to renew their appeal to the 



