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volume of the Institute may be expected to contain much valuable 
information respecting Yorkshire Antiquities ; and in particular 
a Map of Roman Yorkshire/’ in which Mr. Newton hopes, 
with the assistance of gentlemen resident in various districts of 
the county, to be able to lay down a fuller and more correct 
delineation of the Roman Roads and Stations than has yet been 
given to the public. The exhibition of Antiquities constituted 
a very interesting and gratifying feature of the Meeting; and 
some very curious casts of Yorkshire Antiquities, which formed 
a portion of it, have since been presented to the Society, amongst 
the rest the cast of an ancient Rood from Sherhurn Church, 
and of Norman Sculptures from-Adel ; the gifts of Mr. Fowler 
Jones, a member of this Society, and the Rev. G. Lewthwaite, 
Rector of Adel. 
Altogether it may be permitted to hope, that one permanent 
result of the visit of the Institute to York will he a fresh impulse 
given to the cultivation of one of the original and leading 
objects of this Society, the investigation of the Antiquities and 
Topography of Yorkshire. 
The Donations to the Geological Department have, during 
the last year, been less numerous than usual. They include a 
very interesting series of Sharks’ Teeth from the Red Crag of 
Suffolk, contributed by Mr. Whincopp, of Woodhridge ; and a 
Cast of Plesiosaurus Hawkinsii, from the original specimen in 
the British Museum, presented by Mr. Charlesw'orth. 
Owing to the amount of expenditure in other departments, 
the Council have refrained from making any large additions by 
purchase to the Geological Collection ; hut they have considered 
it expedient to devote a sum of £25 towards the publication of 
Lithographic Illustrations of rare and interesting Yorkshire 
Fossils, the originals of which are mostly contained in the 
Museum. The first number of the London Geological Jour¬ 
nal,” in which some of these plates are contained, is already 
pubhshed, and the second is nearly ready for publication. The 
Lithographs, executed by pupils in the York School of Design, 
are highly creditable as works of art, and geologists of eminence 
have borne testimony to their scientific accuracy. As the pub- 
