of visitors has greatly increased, amounting in 

 all lo 542; while the money received for ad- 

 missions has been nearly doubled, having 

 learluMJ the amount of Ten Pounds. This 

 increase may be regarded as one of the 

 happy results of the opening of the Whitby 

 and Pickering Railway, which affording facil" 

 ities for visiting Whitby, will naturally pro- 

 duce a greater influx of strangers. In this 

 part of the Society's revenue, a progressive 

 augmentation may, therefore, be expected; 

 especially if Members and Subscribers exer- 

 cise a proper discretion in their introductions. 

 In this, as in former years, many donations 

 have been presented to theMuseum, while some 

 additions have been made also by exchange 

 and by purchase. The most valuable acqui- 

 sition of the year, is an assortment of Fossil 

 Fishes, more than twenty in number, received 

 very recently from the Hev. William Stobbs, of 

 Stromness, now elected an Honorary Mem- 

 ber. They are almost all from the Orkneys, 

 and several of them from localities, from 

 which no other Museum has hitherto obtain- 

 ed such fossil treasures. The same Gentleman 

 has sent some ammonites, and other fossils, 

 from the Brora limestone; and some recent 

 Shells from the Mediterranean. — It is proper 

 to add, that the fossil Fishes, lent to M, 

 Agassiz, have all been returned in safety. The 

 Engravings, which he promised, have not yet 

 come to hand; but, as his magnificent work 

 on Fossil Fishes is far advanced, they may be 

 expected soon. 



