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REPORT OF 
lease under the Crown, and to one of the Offices of Govern¬ 
ment ; and favourable answers having been received, pro¬ 
posals were issued to the public for a subscription, which 
met with such success, that sums amounting to Four Thou¬ 
sand Six Hundred and Fifty Pounds have been already 
subscribed. The Corporation of York, who are among the 
largest, contributors, have also promised the Society a new 
access to the ground, from a central part of the city. 
When so considerable a favour is asked, as is included in 
the Memorial which has been presented, on the part of the 
Society, to the Treasury, some interval must be expected to 
elapse between the first favourable intimations, and the ulti¬ 
mate result. A transaction of this kind undergoes the 
consideration of two different Boards. It requires various 
Reports, and is liable to be retarded by the pressure of more 
important business : but the Council have reason to believe 
that the preliminary enquiries have now been completed, 
and are in daily expectation of receiving from the Treasury 
a final, and they trust a satisfactory, answer. 
It has been ascertained that the Act of Parliament, which 
regulates the management of the Crown-Lands, has left a 
power with the Executive to grant whatever favour it may 
think fit, to Scientific, as w ell as to Charitable Institutions ; 
and, up to the present moment, the Public Functionaries 
have manifested every disposition to exercise the discretion 
thus reposed in them, in the Society’s favour. 
The Council only wait till the pleasure of the Crown shall 
have been officially notified, to renew their appeal to the 
