RESOLUTIONS 



PASSED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, FEB. 1, 1842. 



1. That the Report of the Council be adopted and printed for the 

 use of the Members. 



2. That the cordial Thanks of the Society are due, and are hereby 

 rendered to John Phillips, Esq. F. R. S., and Henry Robinson, Esq. for 

 their long, zealous, and most effective services in the laborious discharge 

 of the important office of Secretaries to the Institution. 



3. That the Thanks of the Society be given to the Vice-Presidents 

 and Members of the Council retiring from office ; and to the Treasurer, 

 and also to the Curators of the several departments of the Museum, for 

 their invaluable services. 



4. That Lord Feversham be requested to become a Patron of the 

 Society. 



6. That this Meeting authorize the Council to present an invitation 

 to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at its ap- 

 proaching meeting at Manchester, to appoint its meeting for 1843 to 

 be held in York, at any time after the middle of August in that year, 

 provided the Council see reason to believe that subscriptions can be 

 raised, sufficient to justify the Society in guaranteeing the necessary ex- 

 pense. 



■8. That the Council be authorized to make application to the public 

 authorities in York for their concurrence in the invitation to the Bri- 

 tish Association for the Advancement of Science. 



7. That the Council be empowered, on certain days, to be selected 

 by them, during the present year, to permit free admission to the Mu- 

 seum and Gardens to all persons ; the mode of admission to be regulated 

 by the Council. 



8. That the Regulations adopted by the Annual Meetings in 1836, 

 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, and 1841, for the Admission of Strangers by 

 the purchase of Tickets, be continued for the present year. 



9. That the Resolution of the last Annual Meeting, empowering the 

 Council to authorize the holding one or more Horticultural Meetings 

 in the Society's Gardens, be continued in force during the present year. 



10. That the best Thanks of the Society be given to the Chairman 

 and Committee of Management of the Horticultural Fetes held last 

 year ; and that they be respectfully requested to continue their valu- 

 able services for the year 1842. 



