REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



OF XHB 



YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 



Feb. 1, 1859. 



The Report for the year 1858, which the Council of the 

 Yorkshire Philosophical Society now lay before the Members, 

 has not to announce increased numbers, or large additions to 

 its Collections, such as have distinguished some former years, 

 but they present it in the confident belief, that any apparent 

 diminution in its activity has been owing to temporary causes, 

 and that its actual position affords the promise of permanent 

 prosperity and extended usefulness. 



In consequence of the resignation of the Keeper of the 

 Museum at the beginning of the year, the duty devolved upon 

 the Council of appointing a successor. Testimonials in favour 

 of several candidates of scientific attainments were laid before 

 them, and after a careful examination of these, they elected Mr. 

 Wm. S. Dallas, F. L. S., a gentleman known by his writings on 

 the subject of Zoology, and strongly recommended by some of 

 the officers of the British Museum, where he had been employ- 

 ed in arranging and describing the entomological collection. 

 Mr. Dallas is engaged to give his constant attendance at 

 the Museum, from ten o'clock till four, with the exception 

 of a vacation of six weeks, and he will in future years deliver 

 Lectures illustrative of the collections placed under his care. 



