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invested in Exchequer-bills a» part repayment of the loan. The number of 

 visitors to the museum was 353, from whom £2 3s. was received ; and to the 

 menagerie 2,861, and the sum received £68 17*. The present number of speci- 

 mens in the gardens was 1,077, of which 287 were mammalia, 773 birds, and 

 17 reptiles. In pursuance of a recommendation by Dr. Gamble passed at the 

 last meeting, the Council had adopted a series of resolutions relative to the issue 

 and regulation of ivory tickets, to prevent that abuse to which their circulation 

 has been exposed. Mr. Chester proposed the erection of a new gate of entrance 

 at the south-east corner of the gardens, by which a much nearer approach with 

 greater facility would be given to the admission of visitors, and the inconveniences 

 resulting from the extensive intercourse at one gate, particularly on Sundays, 

 would be obviated. This motion was seconded by Mr. Vigors, and after some 

 discussion carried by a large majority ; the latter gentleman contending against 

 the false spirit of economy practised by the Council, which had led to a very 

 serious defalcation in the receipts the last two or three years. In reply to a 

 question by Mr. Vigors, it was stated that Capt. Bowles, R,N., had been elected 

 in the Council in the place of Mr. E. S. Hardisty, recently deceased. 



YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



On Tuesday last, Feb. 6, the annual meeting of the Society was held at the 

 Yorkshire Museum, in this city. There was a numerous attendance of members, 

 B. Wake, M.D., one of the Vice-Presidents, in the chair. 



The minutes of the last annual and monthly meeting were read by W. Gray, 

 jun., Esq. 



The following gentlemen were admitted members of the Society : — the Rev. 

 W, J. Wilkinson, Mr. Caleb Fletcher, Rev. Wm. Hey, Hon. J. C. Dundas, 

 M.P., Mr. E. R. Anderson, Mr. R. Watson, and Mr. Caleb Williams. 

 , Donations of books and specimens of Natural History, &c, were received from 

 G. L. Fox, Esq., M.P., Miss Phillips, Wm. Hatfeild, Esq., John Prest, Esq., 

 Thomas Meynell, jun., Esq., and the Rev. J. D. J. Preston : Mr. Fox's dona- 

 tion consisting of many interesting birds, the Eagle Owl, &c. ; Miss Phillips a 

 case of twelve humming birds ; Mr. Hatfeild a Wild Swan. 



Professor Phillips then read the report of the Council. It stated that in the 

 number of its members, the state of its finances, and the condition of its museum, 

 the Society has never been more fortunately circumstanced ; and that from the 

 measures now in progress there was reason to conclude that this prosperous con- 

 dition may be prolonged. It would depend upon the decision of the meeting 

 whether other facilities of access, already enjoyed by the public, should be further 

 augmented, and new attempts made to enlarge the power and efficiency of the 

 institution. The donations to the museum and library have been numerous and 



