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Pleistocene bones and shells occupying the neighbouring flat 
case. In the upright case around these are arranged the York¬ 
shire Jurassic fossils from the Scarborough Limestone to the 
Dogger Sands inclusive, and in the gallery above the same 
order is continued, the Liassic fossils (arranged in their several 
zones) being followed by the Ehsetic, Trias, Permian, Coal 
Measures and Mountain Limestone Groups. In the latter 
formation the magnificent fossils from the collection of Mr. E 
Wood, of Pichmond, especially the Crinoids {WoodocrimiSy etc.), 
form an important and conspicuous feature. Of the older 
Yorkshire rocks the Museum contains as yet only a very few 
specimens, but it is hoped that this deficiency will be remedied 
before long. 
The arrangement of the General Collection of fossils has 
also been carried on from the Oolitic Group down to the Coal 
Measures. The fine collection of Lias fossils is exhibited in 
the wall cases of the Central and N.W. Galleries, and beyond 
these are placed the Phaetic and Trias. This completed the 
whole of the exposed glass-covered area then at our service, but 
the new glass top on the table case in the Pudston Bird Poom 
provided space for the exhibition of the Permian shells and 
fishes from Durham. 
The remaining fossils must be placed in the Drawers for 
the present, and this work is now going on ; the Coal Measures 
are already arranged in drawers 1-60 of the central case in 
the Tertiary Poom. 
Various specimens have been affixed to the walls and the 
tops of the cases, such as the large casts of Saurians, Tusks of 
Elephant and Mammoth, &c., where they are well displayed. 
The Curator of Antiquities reports considerable additions 
to every section of his Department. The chief acquisition 
during the year has been the find of Poman Antiquities which 
was made in 1880 in the gardens of St. Mary’s Convent. This 
consists of three small Altars, dedicated to Mars, the Matres 
Domesticoe, and the Deus Yetus respectively, together with a 
large statue, the most conspicuous in size and workmanship 
hitherto found in Britain. The idea is that the figure com- 
