180 Notes and Comments. 



Isle of Man.' Mr. Godfrey Bingley's contribution consists 

 of 207 prints, including some from Cornwall. We notice 

 the Carnarvonshire views were photographed by . . . ' L ' — we 

 daren't even make a guess who it is ! There are now 5,656 

 photographs belonging to this committee, the northern counties 

 being represented by Cumberland 45, Derbyshire, 69, Durham 

 210, Lancashire 86, Westmorland 93, Isle of Man 109, Yorkshire 

 1,087 ! 



THE SCARBOROUGH BRONZE AXES. 



The hoard of bronze axes described in these pages for May 

 has given rise to some discussion in the press. Mr. A. V. 

 Machin, J. P., writing to the Yorkshire Post, says (after some 

 really kind and complimentary remarks about the Hull Museum, 

 which we omit) : — ' I should much like to know how it is that 

 these interesting relics were not secured for the Scarborough 

 Museum. Personally I would like to see the " finds " of each 

 locality housed in the principal place of the neighbourhood, 

 even in a place of the size of Filey, where so many interesting 

 things have been found in the past 25 years. Some years 

 ago I ventured to ask the Filey Urban Council if they could 

 not set apart a room or do something to keep local " finds " 

 together, but the Council could not see its way to do anything. 

 I know there was then a prominent inhabitant who was willing 

 to give of his treasures. Since those days the Rev. W. H. 

 Oxley has opened a small private museum which may be seen 

 on payment of a small fee, which goes towards a local charity. 

 I fear a good many very interesting " finds " have left the 

 neighbourhood for ever, instead of being kept in local museums 

 to remain objects of interest to visitors and, what is more 

 important, to be of educational value for this and future rising 

 generations. I feel sure if duplicates were found in any locality 

 and were secured for the local museum, Mr. Sheppard would 

 probably be glad to negotiate for exchanging objects of an- 

 tiquarian value, and so the local museums, say, at Scarborough, 

 Filey, and Bridlington, etc., would benefit as well as the 

 excellent Municipal Museum at Hull.' 



YORKSHIRE ANTIQUITIES. 



To this, as might be expected, Mr. Sheppard replied : ' I 

 should like to say at once I heartily agree with Mr. Machin that 

 the best place for a find of antiquities is the nearest museum, but 

 it is necessary that the nearest museum should be a permanent 

 institution. I believe I am correct in saying that the Scar- 

 borough Museum, that at Whitby, and even those at York and 

 Leeds are in the hands of private Societies, and while there is 

 every reason to hope and believe that some day they may 

 be permanently in the possession of the respective towns or 

 cities, there is just a possible chance that they may not. Even 



Naturalist, 



