tion for the accumulating' collections of the 

 Society. 



The number of new Members admitted in the 

 past year is small ; but the Council are happy 

 to state, that one of them is Colonel Cholmley, 

 who has become a Governor. They have also 

 the satisfaction of observing, that some new 

 Members are to be announced to the present 

 Meeting-, and that other respectable names may 

 soon be expected to be added to the list. We 

 may venture to anticipate, that several other 

 gentlenieii belonging* to this place, particularly 

 young gentlemen, and heads ot" families who 

 have children growing* up to enjoy the benefits 

 of such an Institution, will avail themselves of 

 the advantages which it oiFers to the studious 

 youth, on such easy terms; and that, by an in* 

 creased patronage on the part of the public, the 

 Institution will be gradually cherished. Socie- 

 ties, like individuals, grow by degrees. The 

 growth of this infant Institution, during these 

 two years, has been far more rapid, than its 

 most sanguine projectors and patrons could have 

 anticipated ; and we may safely calculate, that, 

 in a few years more, it will have arrived at such 

 a degree of maturity as will render it, not only 

 a most honourable and useful establishment for 

 Whitby and the Vicinity, but an important 

 auxiliary to the general interests of learning and 

 phdosophy. 



