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of the presentations, and that a special interest should he taken 
in that invaluable collection, which at a very considerable cost 
had been presented by the Rev. J. Kenrick. He was not at 
liberty to name the cost, hut it had been freely and nobly given. 
In Mr. Kenrick’s letter to the Council he (Mr. Ford) might 
state that he spoke of his remembrance of his beloved friend Mr. 
Wellbeloved—who was so w'ell known to all connected with the 
society since its commencement—-who had expressed his anxiety 
that from time to time they should he alive to the opportunities 
for collecting such things as were illustrative of Roman or 
ancient York. Nothing was more fitting than that the Society 
should in its rooms he a depository for everything of the kind 
that could be collected. They had difficulties with regard to 
the collections which were now being dug up. It was almost 
impossible to prevent the men who were working from appro¬ 
priating such things as they conveniently could ; nevertheless 
they had got a pretty fair collection of one kind or another. 
He, however, wished to call attention to the collection before 
them as extremely valuable. He was not qualified to dilate 
upon the specimens, but he knew that a great deal of that pre¬ 
sented would be invaluable to their Museum. Therefore lie 
had great pleasure in moving that a special vote of thanks be 
passed to Mr. Kenrick for the collection. 
Mr. W. C. Anderson, in seconding the proposition, also 
spoke of the great value of the collection. No doubt Mr. 
Kenrick had given a very considerable sum for it, with a view 
to securing for the Yorkshire Museum the best collection of the 
kind in the neighbourhood of York. They were extremely 
obliged to him for it—and for the very large sum which he 
knew it had cost him. 
The Rev. G. V. Smith supported the proposition. The late 
Mr. Cook resided in Holgate Road, where he died in June last 
at the age of 87. For 70 years he had been engaged in that 
work of collecting—he commenced in his youth and continued 
the practice during the whole of those years. Every object on 
the table was catalogued, and the copy of the catalogue which 
Mr. Cook had made, was given with the articles and would he 
in the possession of the Museum. There was also another cir- 
