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REPORT OF THE 
for the sum of £600. An arrangement was proposed by which 
the British Museum would take one half of the collection for 
£300,—and two private collectors taking another sixth, the 
remainder (one third) was offered to the Society for the sum 
above mentioned. 
The Council being desirous of carrying out the plan of forming 
a complete series of Yorkshire fossils, mentioned in their report 
for the year 1858, and understanding that Mr. Bean’s collection 
contained numerous fine specimens, many of them of extreme 
rarity, immediately sent the Keeper of the Museum to Scarbro’, 
to inspect the collection and ascertain whether they would be 
justified in expending such a sum as £200 in the purchase of 
the portion offered to the Society. His report being favour¬ 
able, the Council determined to accept the offer immediately, 
especially, as they were informed that, from various causes, 
such as the abandonment of quarries or the increasing in¬ 
accessibility of the beds, many of the Yorkshire fossils would 
probably he with difficulty obtained unless secured at once. 
Mr. Dallas went to Scarbro’ on the 1st of August with Mr. 
AYoodward, of the British Museum, to effect the division of the 
fossils, and as there were in most cases two or more specimens 
of each species, the Society obtained for its share representatives 
of nearly every form contained in Mr. Bean’s collection. The 
unique specimens were divided in proportion to the amount 
paid by each purchaser; and the arrangement made with regard 
to the types of species contained in the collection was, that the 
Yorkshire Philosophical Society should have all those figured 
by Professor Phillips and Messrs. Young and Bird, in their 
works on the Geology of Yorkshire, and the British Museum 
those described by Messrs. Morris and Lycett, in the Memoirs 
of the Palaeontographical Society. The total number of speci¬ 
mens obtained is estimated by the Keeper of the Museum at 
about 5,000,-^ this is a low estimate. The total cost of these 
(including travelling expenses, packing, and carriage) amounts 
to £217. 8s. 4d. 
The other extraordinary expenses incurred during the past 
year were for purposes of necessity. The beautiful ruins of 
Saint Mary’s Abbey, the greatest ornaments of our grounds. 
