YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 



PRESENTED TO THE ANNUAL MEETING FEB. 2, 1841. 



In the Report which the Council have the honour to pre- 

 sent to the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Yorkshire 

 Philosophical Society, the Members will receive a concise 

 account of the progress which has been made in the past year ; 

 of the actual state in which the Institution is placed in each 

 of its departments ; and of the method by which it may pro- 

 ceed farther in its career of usefulness. 



It is gratifying to the Council to deliver on this occasion a 

 statement that much which the members desired to see under- 

 taken has been performed, without placing the finances in an 

 unfavourable position ; to record an ample addition of Mem- 

 bers elected, a continual accession of donations to the Mu- 

 seum, and an undiminished attendance of visitors. 



From these circumstances and the valuable aid which has 

 been afforded by individual exertion, in literary efforts and 

 the management of business, there is reason to hope the In- 

 stitution has lost none of its power of influencing the progress 

 of knowledge, and administering to the intellectual tastes and 

 enjoyments of the public. 



The activity with which the resources of the community 

 are now directed to the practical applications of knowledge, 



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