COUNCIL FOR 1839. 
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transferred to the upper floor they may be more conveniently 
placed for exhibition and study, and much better seen, while 
their place being gradually supplied by Birds, Reptiles, and 
Fishes, according to the original plan of the Zoological room, 
all the classes of vertebrated animals may be amply illustrated 
in a continuous methodical series, which is at present imprac¬ 
ticable. 
The Members will hear with satisfaction that the difficult 
and laborious task of arranging the collection of British 
Insects so as not only to display to advantage what we now 
possess but to render it comparatively easy to dispose of new 
acquisitions, has been faithfully performed by Mr. Meynell 
in a most perfect and admirable manner. The Cabinets in 
which the British and Foreign Insects are preserved will 
remain in the Council room, with the Coins and Antiquarian 
Relics, which require to be placed in drawers or glass cases. 
Equal labour and care have been bestowed on the Bo¬ 
tanical Collections by Mr. Hincks, who, previously to his 
removal from York, completed the classification of a consider¬ 
able part of the British Herbaria, and has left a perfect model 
to guide those who may be competent to carry on the work 
which he has been compelled to leave unfinished. 
The additions to the Antiquarian Collections are of a very 
interesting nature, and from an interesting locality. The 
excavations on the line of the York and North Midland 
llailv/ay have lately been prosecuted within the City walls, 
and the Railway Company promptly and liberally placed all 
the treasures of ancient art which might be there discovered 
at the disposal of the Society. To give effect to these friendly 
intentions, the Council found it necessary to place money in 
the hands of the Sub-Curator for the purpose of rewarding 
the workmen. It has been found, indeed, that neither the 
