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work, by himself and Professor M'Coy, on the fossils of the 

 palaeozoic period. The Council have received this present with 

 peculiar pleasure, as an indication of his friendly feeling towards 

 a Society, which has always made it a primary object, to 

 illustrate the Geology of his native county. 



Since the preparation of this Report, the Society has been 

 honoured by receiving from H. R. H. Prince Albert, a copy of 

 The Natural History of Deeside and Braemar, by the late 

 Dr. Wm. Macgillivray ; the manuscript of which was purchased 

 by the Queen from the family of the author, and has been 

 printed by her Majesty's command. 



The publication of a second part of the Papers read before 

 the Society has afforded an opportunity of effecting an exchange 

 with other bodies which publish reports of their proceedings. 

 One of these is the Church Architectural Society of the 

 Counties of York, Lincoln, and the Archdeaconry of North- 

 ampton, whose objects, as far they embrace the illustration and 

 preservation of antiquities, correspond with our own. As the 

 papers communicated to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society 

 will not furnish for some time to come, the materials of 

 another volume, it is the intention of the Council to intro- 

 duce into the Annual Report, instead of the mere titles hitherto 

 given, short abstracts of these papers, which will furnish to 

 non-resident members information respecting the proceedings 

 at our monthly meetings. 



The Council have observed, with regret, the limited use made 

 of the Library by the members of the Society, who, as a body, 

 are probably little acquainted with the number and value of 

 the works which it contains. They have therefore determined 

 to print the alphabetical part of the Catalogue, which they 

 hope may appear in the course of the next few months, and 

 which will afford to those members who have no opportunity of 

 personally inspecting the library, the means of exercising a 

 privilege which now is almost nominal. 



The following Meteorological Register has been received 

 from Mr. Ford, by whom the series of observations is carried 

 on. 



