this object, a sum of above £30. was paid in the 

 beginning of the year; and a further payment is ex- 

 pected to be made, when the subscriptions for the 

 ensuing year shall have been collected. 



The visitors admitted to the Museum this year 

 have not been less numerous than in the former 

 year, the number being about 500 : but a greater 

 proportion have obtained free admission, the cash 

 received from strangers being only £4. 10s. 6d. It 

 is satisfactory to find, that the Museum presents in- 

 creasing attractions, and is visited from time to time 

 by persons of the first rank in science and literature. 



The additions made to our collections this year 

 consist chiefly of Fossils. The President, Henry 

 Belcher, Esq., has presented a fine fossil Fish, and 

 above 200 other fossils, from the Lias ; about 100 

 fossil shells from the Cragg, Chalk, Speeton Clay, 

 and Oolite strata ; and a goodly assortment of 

 shells from the Inferior Oolite. Above a hundred 

 choice specimens from the Inferior Oolite, with 

 more than 300 other shells, have been received 

 from Mr. Martin Simpson ; in exchange for about 

 200 duplicates from our collection, intended for the 

 Museum of the West Riding Geological and Poly- 

 technic Society. The connection of Mr. Simpson 

 with that Institution, may enable him to render 

 valuable services to our Society, which he has 

 already so liberally aided. 



Other handsome Donations, contributed during 

 the year, are specified in the Annual List. Among 



