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that his successors in that office will evince, in like manner, 

 their willingness to increase the stores of an Institution, 

 which is open for the gratification and intellectual improve- 

 ment of the inhabitants of the Borough over whom they 

 are called to preside. 



The preeminently interesting and valuable Donation 

 made to the Society during the Session, is that of a beau- 

 tiful Marble Bust of the late John Marshall, Esq. (by 

 Macdonald of Rome), presented by his Sons — William, 

 James Garth, Henry Cowper, and Arthur Marshall, 

 Esquires — as a memorial of his long-continued interest in 

 the welfare of a Society of which he was one of the prin- 

 cipal founders, firmest supporters, and the first President; 

 which office he held for five successive years. The Council 

 feel gratified that the wish expressed in the last Report of 

 the Society, to possess Busts of its most prominent Foun- 

 ders, has been thus far realized; and hope that this may 

 form the nucleus for others, not only of its Founders, but 

 also of Eminent Individuals to whom Yorkshire has given 

 birth, or who, from their public services or scientific ac- 

 quirements, may claim the gratitude of the county. 



Through the liberality of some of our Members, 

 whose names are appended, a splendid Pair of one of our 

 rarest British Birds, the Black Throated Diver, together 

 with its Egg and Young, and a Male of the Northern 

 Diver, have been secured, to fill up an important hiatus in 

 the Ornithological series. 



The Society are again indebted to Miss Benett, of 



