COUNCIL FOR igoi. 
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The Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Ripon, Principal Bodington, 
M.A., Lit.D., Professor G. B. Howes, LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., 
and Professor Silvanus P. Thompson, U.Sc., F.R.S., were 
elected Honorary Members of the Society. 
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Archaeology.— The year under review has been an interest¬ 
ing one from an archaeological point of view. The excavations 
in the Choir of the Abbey Church have been pushed forward 
with excellent and most encouraging results. A detailed 
summary of the results will be found in the latter part of 
this report. 
A stone coffin found in Sycamore Terrace, and presented to 
the Society by Mr. Edwin Taylor, proved to be a discovery of 
exceptional interest, as the interment was evidently a Christian 
one. The extreme rarity of Christian memorials of the earlier 
half of the Roman occupation makes this find a most valuable 
one. The general style of the coffin, and of the articles buried 
in it, is that of the third century of this era. Some further 
details will he given later. 
Some extensive alterations in the Theatre Royal caused the 
exposure,—and we are sorry to add, the removal—of the 
remains of the crypt of St. Peter’s Hospital. We hope that 
the barbarity of those who permitted the destruction of this 
interesting relic of Norman work will not escape public notice 
and censure. 
The Society has also acquired (by purchase) an interesting 
series of Roman vessels found about the beginning of the 
last century on the Mount. They were associated with an 
inscribed coffin which contained the remains of Theodorianus 
of Nomentum. The coffin and skull found in it have been for 
many years in the possession of the Society ; it is therefore 
gratifying to record that we now have the rest of the objects 
then found. 
The Curators wish to remark that while the Society is 
willing, when absolutely necessary, to purchase at a reasonable 
cost, antiquities found in York and its neighbourhood, the 
possessors of these should bear in mind that the primary object 
of the Society, in providing a home for such antiquities as may 
