REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 



AT THE 



CLOSE OF THE THIRTEENTH SESSION. 



In bringing up the Annual Report of the Leeds 

 Philosophical and Literary Society, which has 

 now arrived at the close of its Thirteenth Session, the 

 Council, whose duties terminate with the present meet- 

 ing, have to congratulate the society at large on the 

 continuing prosperity of the Institution, and on some 

 indications of public interest in scientific subjects which 

 afford reasonable hopes of future improvement. 



The state of the finances, as exhibited on the Trea- 

 surer's accounts, shows indeed an apparent excess of 

 £32 19s. Od. in the expenditure over the receipts, but 

 since that is occasioned by our having been enabled to 

 pay off £100 of the debt on the ordinary account, there 

 has been a real e:^cess on the income over the disburse- 

 ments of upwards of forty pounds. The result is the 

 more gratifying when we remember that the retiring 

 Council have ventured to indulge in a more liberal ex- 

 penditure than some of their immediate predecessors 

 thought it safe to adopt ; and the fact that the receipts 

 for the lectures have amounted to a large proportion of 

 the sums expended on them is one of the most encourag- 

 ing features of the session. 



