addresses delivered on that occasion, with the large 

 additions since made to its library, have furnished ample 

 proof of its success. 



Some important additions have been made to our 

 own Society during the year, and Robert Stephenson, 

 Esq.,M.P. has become a life governor, by a subscription 

 of £10 10s. 



The Council regi*et to find that they are about to lose 

 the valuable services of Mr. George Watson, who is 

 removing to Leeds, after having been for several years 

 one of the Curators, and in various ways active in 

 promoting the interest of the Society. On the other 

 hand, they feel happy to welcome the return of Dr. 

 Merry weather to Whitby, who having formerly been 

 one of the Curators, will have no objection to resume 

 the important station. 



The Visitors admitted to the Museum have been 

 about as numerous as in former years. Between three 

 and four hundred are entered in the book, but the real 

 number is doubtless five hundi'ed, of whom a great 

 portion must have been admitted gratuitously, as the 

 admission money amounts only to £3 10s. 



Several donations for the Museum have been received 

 as usual. Of these the most valuable is a fossil Ichthy- 

 osaurus, presented by Messrs. R. & J. Ripley. It is a 

 large and fine specimen, 14ft. long, worth more than 

 twenty guineas; and as we have hitherto only had a small 

 one entire, it is a valuable addition to our fossil treasures* 



