8 
REPORT OE THE 
any remarkable additions, and the communications made to the 
Monthly Meetings have consequently been furnished by general 
rather than local archaeology. In the course of the last spring 
a considerable number of Silver Coins were reported to have 
been found at Malton, and to have been claimed by the Crown 
as treasure trove. As it was understood to be the practice of 
the Lords of the Treasury to consult the Keeper of the Coins 
of the British Museum respecting such discoveries, a request 
was made to Mr. Yaux, the head of the numismatic department, 
that the claim of the York Museum to receive at least duplicates 
of the coins found in this county might be considered. Four 
coins of the reigns of Edward I., II., and III., have accordingly 
been forwarded to us, through the medium of Mr. Monkman, 
of Malton. • Their value is not great, but it is hoped that a 
precedent has thus been established which will be followed in 
any future case of treasure trove in the County of York. 
The Sepulchral Monument to Corellia Optata, found at the 
Mount, and described in the Report for 1861, has, by the 
kindness of Mr. Rush, been added to the Collection of Roman 
Inscriptions in the Hospitium. 
The Corporation of this City have again showed their 
enlightened interest in the preservation of its antiquities, by 
resolving to complete the restoration of the Walls near Walm- 
gate Bar begun a few years since, but left unfinished in 
consequence of the exhaustion of the fund raised by subscription 
for this purpose. It is hoped that means will also be provided 
against their again falling into that state of decay which at no 
remote period threatened their destruction. 
The arrangement by which the greater portion of the Close 
% 
of the ancient Abbey of St. Mary’s has been obtained on lease 
from the Crown will be detailed in another part of the Report. 
The Curator of Antiquities may be allowed especially to con¬ 
gratulate the Members on its conclusion, as it fulfils an earnest 
■wish of his venerable predecessor, and places all that remains 
of the Abbey Church within the ornamental grounds of the 
Society. 
It was intimated to the Council by the Treasurer of the 
British Archseological Association that it would hold its Annual 
