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SECOND REPORT. 



IN reporting the proceedings of the Whitby 

 Literary and Philosophical Society dnring- the 

 second year of its existence, the Council have 

 the satisfaction of stating-, that the affairs of the 

 Institution continue to prosper. In the course 

 of the year, the Museum has received large ac- 

 cessions to its multifarious contents; partly by 

 purchase, but principally by donations. Scarcely 

 a week has passed without some new acquisition. 

 This increase has taken place in every depart- 

 ment. 



The collection of recent Shells has been more 

 than doubled; liberal donations of shells having 

 been made by several Members and Friends ; 

 particularly by Jonathan Sanders, Esq. ; Mr. 

 John Williamson of Scarborough, who has been 

 elected an Honorary Member of the Society; 

 and Mr. Richard Ripley, who has also contri- 

 buted liberally to other departments. 



To the collection of Minerals, large and 

 valuable additions have also been made ; partly 

 by the generosity of friends, but chiefly by the 

 sale or exchange of duplicates, or by barteiin-g 

 Whitby fossils for the mineral productions of 



