REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



OF THE 



YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 



Feb. 7, 1860. 



In presenting the Members of the Yorkshire Philosophical 

 Society with their Report for the year 1859, the Council regret 

 that the expenditure of the year has been so heavy as almost 

 to exhaust the balance in the Treasurer's hands from the year 

 1858. They have, nevertheless, the satisfaction to observe that 

 the apparent diminution of the resources of the Society is not 

 due to any falling off in its prosperity, but simply to an extra- 

 ordinary expenditure. At the same time the Council con- 

 fidently believe, that, when the members are made acquainted 

 with the objects for which this expense has been incurred, they 

 will agree that a sound discretion has been exercised in the 

 outlay, and that, by increasing the attractiveness of the Museum, 

 it will ultimately tend to the advantage of the Society. The 

 principal portion of this extraordinary expenditure consists of 

 the sum of £200, paid to Mr. Wm. Bean, of Scarbro', for 

 one third part of his extensive Collection of Fossils, brought 

 together by the unceasing activity of nearly forty years. In 

 the month of July last the Council were informed that this 

 valuable collection, consisting to a great extent of Fossils from 

 the strata of the Yorkshire Coast, and including numerous 

 specimens described by Professor Phillips, was offered for sale 



