REPORT 



OF THE COMMITTEE FOR 1823, 



TO 



THE ANNUAL MEETING^ 



The Committee, in making their first Report on the state 

 of the Society's affairs, have great satisfaction in announcing 

 to the Annual Meeting, that the Institution has received a 

 support equal to their most sanguine expectations. 



In little more than a twelvemonth, there have been placed 

 6u the books of the Society, the names of one hundred and 

 TWENTY Subscribers, residing in different parts of Yorkshire, 

 who have considered it an honourable and useful object, to 

 promote the pursuits of Science in the County to which they 

 belong. 



