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REPORT OP THE 
Convent, to wMch the attention of the members of the Yorkshire 
Philosophical Society has been already directed.. It is to he 
hoped that these choice remains, which consist of three inscribed 
stones and a statue, will eventually find their way into oiu* 
Museum. Through the kindness of Messrs. Foster, the owners 
of the Egton Estate, a rudely inscribed stone which was dis¬ 
covered at the beginning of this century at Hazlehead, near 
Whitby, has been presented to us. The letters, most unfor¬ 
tunately, have been considerably injured, and no one but an 
(Edipus can decipher them. We have also acquired by 
purchase during the year above 170 Homan silver coins, which 
were discovered in 1848 at Boston Spa. The imperial coins in 
the series are remarkably fine, and as it ends with Hadrian we 
may assume that the treasure was concealed while he wore the 
purple. The Curator has also to report many additions to the 
British, Anglian, and Mediaeval Departments in the antiquarian 
collection which will greatly enhance the interest with which it 
is regarded. 
During the past year some important changes have been 
made in the Hospitium. The roof, which was in a somewhat 
dangerous condition, has been made secure, and some alterations 
have been made in the arrangement of the collections. The 
Egyptian antiquities, a very fine series of Anglian urns 
which the Society has recently acquired, and the smaller 
Mediaeval and more recent antiquities have still to be shown in 
the ethnological room in the Museum, and new cases are 
required for their exhibition. 
The Curator has to announce the loan of a considerable 
quantity of ancient pottery from Cyprus and Crete, which has 
been very kindly sent by Mr. T. B. Sandwith, C.B., H.B.M.’s 
Consul at Crete, at the suggestion of Mr. John Holmes, of 
Eoundhay, near Leeds. This collection is a very valuable one, 
and will soon be arranged in the theatre of the Museum. 
The Honorary Curator of Botany reports:—The British 
and Foreign Herbaria are in a good state of preservation, 
W. H. Pudston Head, Esq. has kindly presented to the 
Society a large number of plants. 
