10 REPORT OF THE 



Much inconvenience has at times been experienced by the Council 

 from not having the power to admit persons during their temporary 

 residence in the City, to the Garden and Museum, on the payment 

 of a reasonable sum for the privilege thus granted. The Council 

 have therefore agreed to submit a resolution to the meeting, to 

 authorize them to admit such residents as temporary subscribers. 



The Horticultural Fete was held on the 26th of August, on which 

 occasion the display of Fruit and Flowers was superior to that of any 

 former exhibition. 



The Council have deemed it expedient to add to the Gardens the 

 ground lying immediately below the Observatory ; and they hope that 

 thus a suitable situation may be found for a scientific arrangement 

 of Plants, which has long been wanted. 



In the Geological department, the Collections have been increased 

 by a few purchases, and some interesting donations ; but the attention 

 of the Council has been called by Professor PhilUps, to the advantage 

 which would arise from enlarging this part of the Museum, by the 

 addition of one complete series of all the species of Invertebral 

 Fossil remains, yet discovered in Yorkshire. For the purpose of 

 this new arrangement, the long table-case in which the Minerals 

 have recently been placed, has been surmounted by stages under 

 glass. To furnish any great proportion of the large number of 

 select specimens proper for the systematic arrangement of the In- 

 vertebral Fossils, the present Collections are inadequate, as they 

 contain but few choice duplicates; but by apphcation to several 

 friends of the Society, resident on the coast, and by purchases to a 

 moderate extent, upon a regular plan, the Council hope to make 

 good progress in this undertaking, previous to the meeting of the 

 British Association. 



The Collection of Minerals has been entirely re-arranged in the 

 new cases in the Geological Room, and enriched *by a splendid 

 donation from the late Dr. Beckwith, including not only many 

 specimens not previously possessed by the Society, but also a Col- 

 lection of Gems, of such intrinsic value, as has seldom been received 

 at one time by any similar public Institution. 



To the Collection of Vertebrated Animals, fifty-three birds from 

 Trinidad, in beautiful condition, have been added by Wm. Hatfeild, 

 Esq. ; and Mr. James Backhouse has presented several Lizards and 



