REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



OF THE 



YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 



Feb. 3, 1857. 



The Annual Reports of a Society which to-day enters on 

 the 35th year of its existence, and whose objects and operations 

 have been long defined, cannot be expected to afford much 

 novelty. Nevertheless, each year that elapses is marked by 

 some special events of which the members at large will be 

 desirous to receive an account ; and with each new year some 

 plans for the future suggest themselves, which it is the duty of 

 the Council to commuLnicate. Following the usual order the 

 present Report will first record the operations of the Society 

 during the past year. 



To the Geological Department of the Museum, C. W. Strick- 

 land, Esq. and Mr. Slater have presented various interesting 

 fossils from the Oolite of Hildenley and Malton; Mr. Wm. 

 Reed, a slab of imdescribed encrinites from the Dudley 

 limestone ; and Mr. Charles Wilkinson, a curious specimen of 

 the scar of one of the species of fossils plants called Ulodendron. 

 Mr. Charlesworth is at present engaged in shifting the whole 

 of the Geological collection, so as to admit of the ledges upon 

 which the specimens are placed being cleaned and re-painted — 

 an undertaking which when accomplished will effect a most 

 important improvement in the general appearance of this 

 portion of the Museum. At the same time, printed labels will 

 be substituted for those written in ink, which has become 



