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REPORT OF THE 



The appointment of Professor Phillips to the Deputy-Reader- 

 ship of Geology, in the University of Oxford, (which requires 

 his presence in Oxford for six months in each future year,) has 

 obliged him to resign the office of joint secretary of the Society, 

 which the Council do not propose to fill up, Mr. Travis having 

 kindly undertaken to perform, for the present, the duties of 

 Secretary alone. 



The Council have great pleasure in stating that they have 

 obtained Professor Phillips' sanction to the proposal of his name 

 as one of your Vice-Presidents, and they feel assured, that in 

 this capacity he will still afford the same valuable assistance on 

 all occasions as heretofore, and that his absence from York, for 

 a part of each year, will in nowise diminish his interest in every 

 thing that affects the credit and welfare of the Yorkshire 

 Philosophical Society. 



The ordinary income of the Society has exceeded its ordinary 

 expenditure by £102 12s. 7d. The extraordinary net receipts 

 (from the Exhibition) were £153 6s. lOd. j and the extraordinary 



