REPORT 



THE COUNCIL. 



The Report of the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Philo- 

 sophical Society, during the past year, will be as brief as the 

 necessity of clearly explaming the present condition and pro- 

 spects of the Institution will allow. It is gratifying to state 

 as a general result, 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. From 

 the measures now in progress there is reason to conclude that 

 this prosperous condition may be prolonged ; and it will de- 

 pend upon the decision of this meeting whether the facilities 

 of access, already enjoyed by the public, shall 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 valuable ; and the Council, encouraged by the 

 admission of many new members, has ventured to add a consi- 

 derable number of specimens by purchase on favourable 

 terms. 



T'he most remarkable additions to the Geological depart- 

 ment are from the fossiliferous (often called transition) strata 

 of Christiania, * and those contemporaneous or more recent 

 strata in Ireland and Devonshire which have for some time 

 furnished matter of discussion between eminent British geolo- 

 gists, -p Many contributions have also been received from 



* Collected and presented by the Rev. W. Bilton. 



t Presented by Mr. Bilton, Mr, Weaver, and Rev. D. Williams. 



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