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it contains. The suggestions of the Curator of Antiquities * 

 on this subject highly deserve the attention of the Meeting. 

 " He indulges the hope that larger accessions will be made of 

 other relics, illustrative not only of the architecture of ancient 

 times, but of many other subjects of antiquarian research. A 

 suitable depository for the numerous remains of Yorkshire 

 ANTIQUITIES has loug bccu desired; and where can such 

 a depository be formed with greater propriety and advantage 

 than in the capital of the county, amidst so many existing 

 monuments of ancient grandeur, and under the auspices of 

 an Institution which, strong in its infancy, and giving signs 

 of a long continued existence, will afford, in the increasing 

 stores of its Museum, the readiest and most invaluable 

 aid to the investigations of the topographer, no less than to 

 those of the student and historian of nature. Had such an 

 institution flourished a century ago, how many curious 

 productions of ancient art might have been preserved, of 

 which there are now no traces to be seen ! How many yet 

 remaining, but daily exposed to the ravages of weather or of 

 wantonness, and to the dangers attendant upon passing 

 through the hands of successive owners, may be rescued from 

 the fate that threatens them, if the present design should be 

 realized, and the scattered fragments of antiquity collected in 

 this Museum !" 



Such a design is entirely consonant with the general plan 

 of the Society ; for it must always be remembered, that 

 although there is no part of real knowledge, whether of art 

 or nature, to which it does not wish to apply itself, yet 

 LOCAL information, and whatever materials of information 



The RCT. C. WeUbeloved. 



