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been received from Professor Green, Mr. T. E. King, and Mr. 
Standering. 
Antiquarian Department. —The additions to the Anti¬ 
quarian and Prehistoric Departments during the past year have 
been numerous and interesting. The acquisitions from York 
itself, to which the Society is bound to pay the greatest atten¬ 
tion, are more numerous than usual, and we have secured other 
objects from extraneous sources which give additional value to 
our Museum. 
We are indebted to Mr. T. W. Eobinson, of Hardwick Hall, 
Durham, for some valuable specimens of early pottery, consisting 
of two large cinerary urns discovered upon Egton Moor, to¬ 
gether with vessels from the Swiss Lake dwellings, Denmark, 
and. America, a considerable number of implements in flint 
from America accompanying the urns. 
We are indebted to a kind benefactor, who would have his 
name concealed, for a flne series of vessels in brown and cream- 
coloured ware, from Peru and Mexico. The value of this gift 
may be imagined when the members of the Society are told 
that it comprises as many as fifty vessels. 
Prom the Egyptian Exploration Society, through Mr. E. S. 
Poole, of the British Museum, we have received a large number 
of miscellaneous objects disinterred during the recent excava¬ 
tions in Egypt, especially at San. 
Mineralogy. —Considerable additions have been made to 
the collection during the past year. Mr. Eeed has presented 
over 200 specimens collected by Kranz, which are to be used 
for educational purposes.* 
It was indicated in last year’s Eeport that the metallic 
minerals were very much cramped for space. Hitherto, in 
fact, it has been impossible to find room for several specimens 
that ought to have been inserted, including those obtained 
from the British Museum. The siliceous minerals, accordingly, 
have been arranged in closer order, so that they now occupy 
about two-thirds of the space previously allotted to them. 
