8 REPORT OF THE 



sum of £50., lent to it by that gentleman, so that the total debt of 

 the Society has been reduced to the extent of £278. Os. 9d., or 

 from £5171. lis. 8d., the amount on the 31st of December, 1841 » 

 to £4893. 10s. llrf., the present debt. 



Notwithstanding the large reduction in the liabilities of the 

 Society, which the Council have been enabled to effect, amounting, 

 during the last two years, to above £500, they have, owing to 

 several fortuitous circumstances, had it in their power to expend 

 a considerable sum in general repairs, as well as in the construction 

 of New Cases for the Mineralogical Collection, which Collection 

 will forthwith be removed into the Geological room. 



A sum of £41. Is. 9d. has been paid to the Treasurer, by the 

 Managers of the County Ball, held in 1 839, the proceeds of which 

 were to be applied to the repairs of the Hospitium. The Council 

 deeming it incumbent upon them to appropriate this sum to the object 

 for which it was intended, entered into contracts for the repairing 

 and laying new joists to support the floor of the upper room, and 

 likewise for glazing the upper windows of the building. When the 

 work, however, came to be entered upon, several other repairs to 

 the walls, &c., were found necessary, which compelled them rather to 

 exceed the amount which was paid to them for the purpose. 



As a proof of the increasing interest the pubhc take in the Museum 

 and Grounds, may be mentioned the fact, that nearly two thousand 

 Strangers have during the past year paid for admissions to the 

 Gardens, the proceeds from which, after deducting the attendant 

 expenses, amount to the sum of £86. Is. Gd. In 1841 the amount 

 received was £63. 14^. 6d. and in the previous year 1840 only £50. 



Gratuitous admission was granted to the Public on Whit Monday 

 and Tuesday, when the Gardens and Museum were as usual crowded 

 with visitors ; and the Council have the satisfaction of stating that 

 the utmost order and regularity prevailed, and that the Collections 

 were in no wise injured, notwithstanding the crowded state of the 

 rooms. 



In accordance with the recommendation of the last Annual 

 Meeting, the Council welcomed the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, 

 by granting to its Members the free use of the Theatre, for the 

 delivery of a lecture by the Curator of the Laboratory, upon 

 Agricultural Chemistry, 



