TENTH REPORT, 



The Council of the Whitby Liferary and 

 Philosophical Society congratulate the Members 

 and Friends of the Institution, on the arrival of 

 its Tenth Anniversary, and the continuance of 

 that prosperity which from year to year has 

 marked its course, If its success during these 

 ten years has not come up to the wishes of its 

 founders, it has far exceeded their most sanguine 

 expectations. Its progress, if not rapid, has 

 continued steady. Every year, the treasures of 

 nature and art, deposited in the Museum, obtain 

 fresh accessions ; and every year, something is 

 done for the advancement of science. 



It will be seen, by the List of Donations, 

 that many instances of liberality towards the 

 Institution, have occurred since last Anniversary, 



Wakefield Simpson, Esq., of Paramatta, 

 has presented a valuable collection of Australian 

 Birds, consisting of thirty-one specimens ; sev- 

 eral of which are rare, and of beautiful plumage. 

 This gentleman has been unanimously chost^a 

 ^n Honorary Member of thp Society, 



