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REPORT OF THE 
a remarkable memorial of patient hard work and extraordinary 
mental power. 
The Council recommends the Rev. W. Johnson, Mr. Arthur 
Rowntree, Mr. H. Venn Scott, and Mr. H. C. Shann as members 
of Council in the place of the Rev. Canon Machell, deceased, 
and Mr. Bowden Cattley, Mr. Geo. Mosley, and Mr. H. J. 
Wilkinson, who retire by rotation. 
Archaeology. —Numerous small additions have been made 
to this Department during the year by purchase and donation. 
The only acquisition needing special mention here is the 
series of relics obtained during the building of the York 
Equitable Society’s Stores in Railway Street, and presented 
by the Committee of that Society. Sculptured stones of 
the 12th or 13th centuries were found at the unusual depth 
of 14 feet, mixed with relics of Roman age—a circumstance 
probably due to the soft and marshy nature of the soil. A 
row of column bases parallel to Railway Street points to 
the existence of a Roman temple on the site. During the 
course of the excavations a hoard of about 200 silver Roman 
coins was found, but very few of these found their w ay to the 
Museum. There is, unfortunately, always a crowd of private 
collectors or dealers ready to intercept such treasures. 
Comparative Anatomy. —The only addition of importance 
made to this Department during the past year is a speci¬ 
men of Naterer’s Bat (Vespertilio Natereri) presented by 
Mr. James Backhouse. Several specimens of this rare Bat 
were taken a short time ago in Merioneth, and were for¬ 
warded to Mr. Backhouse, who wrote a short account of 
them in the Zoologist of December, 1898. This account was 
accompanied by a plate, and the specimen presented to us 
is the one thereon figured. The special interest attached to 
this discovery is that no previous record exists of the 
finding of the young of this species in Great Britain. The 
specimen above mentioned is therefore the first immature 
British example of V. Natereri that has been figured. 
