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REPORT OF THE 
the rebuilding of some properties near to Bootham Bar. A 
good deal of interest was expressed by the public in the 
preservation of these remains, and on the suggestion of several 
of our members your Council issued an appeal for subscriptions, 
the responses to which enabled them to purchase a small area 
between the Abbey Wall and Bootham so as to permanently 
expose to view one half of the round tower near to Bootham 
Bar, and a short length of the adjoining wall. 
At a later stage the co-operation of the City Authorities was 
secured and the Corporation agreed to contribute £200 towards 
the fund and to take over from the Philosophical Society the 
responsibility for the preservation and maintenance of the 
whole of the Abbey Wall. This allowed of the additional 
purchase of the house and shop adjacent to the beautiful angle 
tower at the corner of Marygate and Bootham. 
It is greatty to be hoped that the commencement at these 
two points will result in future extensions of the open space 
along the line of this fine old wall as opportunities occur. 
The subscriptions, exclusive of the £200 from the Corporation, 
have amounted to £672 9s 6d., of which sum only £6 13s. 6d., 
remains unpaid. When this latter amount is received the 
account will shew a small balance of £16 4s. Id. in hand, to 
provide for some small expenses which are still outstanding 
The Council recommend “ that the Hon. Secretary be 
“ authorized to execute the Heed of Conveyance of the Abbey 
“ Walls to the York Corporation, subject to the conditions and 
“ on the terms approved by the Council of the Society and 
“ accepted on behalf of the Corporation.” 
Antiquities. —In the Department of Antiquities the past year 
has been a most successful one. In every sub-division of it, 
numerous additions have been made. The Homan Collection 
has been considerably added to. For the case of Mediaeval 
Pottery many specimens have been acquired, which have 
necessitated the re-arrangement of the whole collection which 
is now far superior in extent and importance to that preserved 
in any Museum in the country. We have also secured by 
purchase two fine cup and ring marked stones discovered in 
the neighbourhood of Hobin Hood’s Bay, and in the course of 
