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REPORT OF THE 
a sum of £40 8s. Od. paid for antiquities, which will he found 
to he fully justified when the report referring to the 
Antiquarian Department is read. The Council cannot let 
the opportunity pass without expressing their obligations to 
the Rev. Canon Raine for the care and attention he has 
given to this department, and the valuable additions which - 
have been made to it by his foresight and zeal. 
The Report will now deal with the various departments 
of Science under the charge of the Council. 
Antiquarian Department. —The progress of the Anti¬ 
quarian Department during the past year has been eminently 
satisfactory. The new Drainage Works have indeed disclosed 
no Roman inscriptions which were anxiously looked for, but 
they have revealed memorials of the Roman occupation which 
are of the greatest interest. The North Road lias been 
discovered in Duncombe Place and Petergate, the foundations 
of the gateway at Bootham Bar have been uncovered, and the 
road has been traced down Bootham in the direction of 
Clifton. But we know now for the first time that the road 
diverged to the left before it reached St. Peter’s School to avoid 
Clifton, which must then have been under water, and crossed 
the ravine near Mr. Teasdale’s house, in Park Drove Avenue, 
on a high level Bridge, which carried it over to Clifton Croft 
on the other side. It passed under Mr. Melrose’s house, 
Clifton Croft, and was discovered in the Road behind, leading 
to Clifton Scope, bearing towards the North Riding Asylum, 
and with a width of at least 24 feet. The excavations in North 
Street and Tanner’s Moat have also been most interesting. 
Remains of various Roman buildings were found with masses 
of the strongest stonework which must have formed the head 
on that side of the water of the great Roman Bridge which 
crossed the River opposite to the Mansion House. All through 
North Street and Rougier Street, at a depth of between 20 
and 30 feet, many fragments of Samian Ware and of other 
Roman Pottery, with ornaments, &c., were discovered, which 
have now found a home in our Museum. These curiosities of 
themselves would have made the past year a conspicuous one to 
the Society, but other additions have been made which sensibly 
