JSIGHTEENTH REPORT 



Eighteen years have now passed away, since 

 the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society 

 commenced its operations, and in reviewing 

 the transactions of that period, the Council may 

 well congratulate the Society and its friends on 

 the progress that has been made. The number 

 of Members and Subscribers is still increasing, 

 the annual Lists of Donations to the Museum 

 shew the estimation in which it is held by its 

 numerous benefactors, and that for the year just 

 expired does not fall short of the former, either 

 in the number or the value of the gifts presented. 

 The Lectures, of which also a list is subjoined, 

 have been fewer than in last year ; but the attend- 

 ance has, for the most part, been considerably 

 greater, and the interest felt in scientific Lectures 

 and papers appears to be on the increase. 



Among the acquisitions of the past year, some 

 of the most valuable have been obtained by Dr. 

 Young from John Edward Lee, Esq., of Hull, 

 partly by gift, and partly by exchange; consisting 

 of some very large vertebrse, and other interesting 

 relics, of that singular fossil lizard, the Iguanodon : 

 with other valuable fossils, from the Isle of Wight, 

 and the south of England. 



