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tlie past year. Several donations have been made, among which 
mnst be mentioned a large number of Stycas found many years 
ago in York, which, added to those already in the possession of 
the Society, makes the collection of these rare coins preserved 
at York, the largest perhaps that exists. For this gift the 
Society is indebted to its old and long-valued friend and office¬ 
bearer, Mr. Davies. Mr. Edward Swaine has presented several 
interesting specimens of ancient pottery, among which must be 
mentioned the rim of a mortar in Samian ware with figures in 
high relief. The chief additions to the Museum during the past 
year, as also during its predecessors, have been derived from the 
long continued excavations for the new extra-mural Station 
which have been made by the North-Eastern Railway Com¬ 
pany. The workmen, in the course of the last twelve months, 
have been employed in close proximity to the walls of the City, 
and a great change has been made in the aj)pearance of the 
ground between the river and the present entrance into the City 
through the walls. The house lately occupied by Mr. Close has 
been levelled, together with the hill on which it stood, and the 
adjacent moat has been filled up. The depth of this moat was 
carefully measured before it was obliterated, and from a close 
examination of the mound on which the City wall is erected, it 
is evident that it has been raised at three or four different 
periods; whilst making the new archway through the walls 
opposite to the old Railway Station fragments of walls were 
discovered, connected, no doubt, with the Baths which were close 
at hand, and among the foundations of a mediaeval wall antece¬ 
dent to that which at present exists, several interesting sculp¬ 
tured stones were discovered. Among them was an altar, 
bearing only a sacrificial axe and a garland; and near it was 
the greater part of a very curious figure, on which traces of paint 
were plainly to be discerned. Below the feet of the figure is 
the greater part of an inscription, on which the name of Arima- 
nius can be clearly read, but whether that is the god who bore 
that title or not is another question. Another interesting dis¬ 
covery in connection with these excavations is that of a Roman 
road running from the City towards the north west. It may 
have led from Eburacum to the Cemetery. It was detected some 
