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will shew the present state of the Society's Finances. The 

 Council invite attention to these documents, and to the 

 statement which has been made regarding the need of new 

 cases for the Geological Collection, and a new appropriation 

 of the upper rooms of the Museum — in order that the Mem- 

 bers may clearly understand the position in which the Society 

 is placed. This position, though not such as to create 

 anxiety, certainly demands a severe and detailed economy, 

 the retrenchment of all expenditure except what is really 

 unavoidable, and the postponement of even useful and much 

 desired improvements till a more favourable occasion. 



It would be possible, at a very moderate expense, to 

 augment the interest of the grounds and to improve the 

 pictorial effect of the beautiful West Front of St. Mary's 

 Abbey, by slightly altering the position of the boundary 

 wall toward Marygate ; but the Council have been careful 

 to leave their successors entirely free from every pledge re- 

 garding future operations which involve expense. They do 

 not venture to recommend the enlargement of the Pleasure 

 Ground so as to include the Hospitium, and having no ade- 

 quate funds at their disposal for even the reparation of this 

 edifice, they leave entirely to the Meeting to determine 

 whether any further effort shall be made to save the whole 

 or any part thereof from inevitable decay, and thus render 

 a building of historical and antiquarian interest, of some real 

 and definite use to the Society and the Public. 



The Zoological and Geological Collections of the Yorkshire Museum 

 were illustrated by Professor Phillips in a Course of Six Lectures in 

 the Winter of 1839 and 1840, which were largely attended. It is con- 

 fidently expected that the Antiquarian treasures of the Institution will 

 shortly become, in a similar manner, the basis of a Series of Discoursed 

 by the Curator, The Rev. C. AVellbeloved. 



