COUNCIL FOR 1844. 
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Oity of York is so eminently distinguished. That if the 
Corporation of the City can make such arrangements, as tliat 
tliis valuable relic may be enclosed within tlie grounds of tlie 
Yorkshire Philosophical Society, and cleared of the modern 
structures by which it is now almost entirely concealed, it will 
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be safe from further injury, and add another object of picturesque 
beauty and of antiquarian and historical interest to those 
which now render the Gardens of the Society so attractive 
to the eye of taste, so gratifying and instructive to the lover 
of ancient art, and so great an ornament to the City of York. 
That in executing this public improvement, and in conse¬ 
quence diverting the entrance into the stables now occupied 
by one of its tenants, the Corporation \Amuld further enable 
the Society to restore the fragment of the Roman Wall, de¬ 
tached by that entrance, to its connection with the portion pre¬ 
served in the Society’s grounds, and thus materially improve 
the effect of one of the most remarkable remains of remote 
antiquity existing in England.” 
Should this application happily be complied with, and the 
interesting relics described in the memorial be thus added 
with those already in the care of the Society, this will 
constitute one of the most striking improvements that has 
yet been effected, and will leave the Council no cauise to re¬ 
gret the large expenditure employed upon the Museum 
Gardens, whereby, within so limited a space, so unusual a 
variety of interesting objects are displa^yed to so great ad¬ 
vantage. 
As might have been expected, the alterations in the iSIu- 
seum and grounds have entailed upon the Society a heavy ex¬ 
pense. The Council, however, have the satisfaction of sta¬ 
ting that a large portion of this outlay has been incurred in re¬ 
pairing and painting the Museum, which is now placed in such a 
state of repair as it will require but little annual expense to 
maintain. A further cost will, indeed, have to be incurred in 
providing the means of warming the rooms; the present 
