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presented a qnarto plate, on which was figured a unique skull 
of Hyhodiis Delahechii in the possession of the Society, and 
another plate will he kindly presented by Mr. Reed to illustrate 
the present issue. 
4 considerable amount of re-labelling has been done during 
the year, particularly among the Inferior Oolite and Palmozoic 
Fossils. 
Antiquarian Department.- —The most interesting gift 
that has been made to the Antiquarian Department of the 
Museum during the past year, has been a set of three drawings 
of St. Mary’s Abbey made by the late Mr. Samuel Sharp, and 
presented by his daughter. 
These drawings won for Mr. Sharp the Medal of the Society 
of Arts. To us they are of remarkable interest. They bring 
before us the Grreat Abbey as it existed, in the opinion of the 
draughtsman, prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and 
although some of the restorations are, no doubt, conjectural, 
they are still very clever suggestions not inconsiderately made, 
and deserving of the most careful attention. No one who looks 
upon them can help regretting’* that so glorious a specimen of 
the Decorated style of Architecture should have been almost 
entirely destroyed. 
The Antiquarian Collections, generally, have made steady 
progress during the past year, and are becoming so large and 
choice that they are attracting considerable attention both in 
this country and abroad. Our great aim must be to make them 
thoroughly representative of this City and neighbourhood. It 
is very much to be regretted that no adequate attention was 
paid to this very important subject at a much earlier period. 
Mineralogy.— The Society has received specimens of 
Minerals during the past year from the Rev. C. R. Scholfield, 
Major Barstow, and the Rev. II. Lowther Clarke. 
It was stated in the Report of the Council for 1888, that the 
Collection of Shells hitherto kept in the Mineralogical Room, 
woidd be shortly removed to another place. This has at length 
been done, and the Case which formerly contained the Shells 
has been fitted up for the reception of the Rock collection, which 
is now in process of arrangement, 
