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REPORT OP THE 
exactness of nomenclature—points essential to the credit of the 
Society,—on which Mr. Gould recently expressed to the Curator 
of the department a highly favorable opinion. 
The Cabinet of British Insects has recently received a 
valuable augmentation from T. Meynell, Esq., Jun., who has 
presented to the Society his Collection of Libellulae. This is 
the only contribution which has been received during the past 
year to this interesting department of Natural History. 
To the series of Comparative Anatomy one addition only has 
been made, consisting of a beautiful skeleton of a mole, for 
which the Society is indebted to .the Curator of that department. 
The Library has received many additions of great value, 
amongst which may he mentioned particularly, a very extensive 
donation of books from Edward Hailstone, Esq., of Bradford, 
comprising 49 works relating to British and Foreign Botany. 
From Professor Phillips, a Copy of his own Report on the 
Ventilation of Mines, and an important series of the Transac¬ 
tions of Foreign Societies, and other works. From the Earl of 
Ellesmere, a Copy of his Guide to Northern Archaeology. From 
Lord Londesborough, Halliwell’s Yorkshire Anthology, and 
Tracts on Antiquarian subjects. From His Grace the Duke of 
Northumberland (by whose direction the work was undertaken 
and executed). Me. Laughlan’s Survey of Watling Street. 
From Mr. Roach Smith, the Proceedings of the Society of 
Antiquaries, and his Report of the Excavations at Lymne, and 
from Mr. Mayer, of Liverpool, a Copy of Sprott’s Chronicle, 
with fac-simile. 
The Council have also to announce the addition to the 
Library of the Transactions of several learned Societies. 
Of the very few donations to the department of Antiquities 
during this year, the most interesting is a fragment of a carved 
grit-stone, found in the year 1811 with several other similar 
Roman remains, in a bed of warp nearly 3 feet below the 
foundations of the old bridge over the Ouse. Mhen perfect it 
exhibited the figure of an eagle with a large ring about its 
neck, surrounded by a wreath of laurel. It was obtained by the 
late Benj. Brooksbank, Esq., and removed to his house at 
Healaugh, near Tadcaster, and by the kindness of his son. 
