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REPORT OF THE 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Last VI 

 First VI 



1-500 

 •500 

 •126 

 1^875 

 4000 

 1-250 

 3^375 

 6-000 

 4-375 

 5-125 

 2-500 



3-379 

 •415 

 •953 

 •277 

 1-091 

 4-124 

 3-223 

 2-703 

 4-853 

 2-564 

 4-991 

 2-876 



10-804 

 6-264 

 0-664 

 0-320 

 3-114 

 6-338 

 4-350 

 4-926 

 3-030 

 6-768 

 9-082 



9-8 

 7-907 

 -210 

 1-112 

 4-052 

 4-984 

 3-448 

 7-618 

 2-121 



34-250 



31-449 



26-58 

 11-06 



17-93 

 7-54 



19-03 

 8-15 



21-210 



19-51 

 9-24 



21-00 

 12-50 



21-51 

 13-41 



26-52 

 19-45 



31-43 



17-08 



37-884 

 27-504 



Professor Phillips, at p. 152, &c., of his recent vs^ork on the 

 Kivers, Mountains, &c., of Yorkshire, has given much valuable 

 information regarding this part of the Natural History of our 

 County. We would gladly see an increased interest in these 

 investigations marked by an increase of intelligent observers. 

 The Yorkshire Philosophical Society forms a medium for col- 

 lecting and arranging such information. An inspection of the 

 foregoing table will rather point out the deficiencies in our 

 knowledge of the distribution of rain than satisfy us that 

 nothing more remains to be done. From the coast north of 

 Scarbro', from the district of Cleveland, from the northern part 

 of the great plain of York, we have no information. 



The Statements of Accounts, which follow, will fully explain 

 the condition of the Society's financial arrangements ; and the 

 Council have pleasure in referring to the increased receipts, as 

 compared with 1851 — at the Gates, at the Swimming Baths, 

 and in some other items, and to the fact that, notwithstanding 

 the admission of new members in 1853 has been considerably 



