REPORT 



OF 



CJe Countil 



TO THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY, 



ON THE 2nd of FEBRUARY, 1830. 



In addressing the Annual Meeting for the first time within 

 the walls of this Museum, the Council may perhaps be 

 allowed to indulge some feelings of pride J^nd satisfaction 

 on seeing the hopes of the Society thus far accomplished, 

 and a new era of its existence commenced. It was only 

 justified, indeed, in assuming the name to which it has 

 pretended, by the expectation of such an event. In the 

 confined space from which it has now emerged, to take 

 possession of this ample edifice, it was to be considered 

 rather as meditating the plan, than as acting the part of a 

 SCIENTIFIC Institution for the County of York. It 

 has now that of which all who have attended to the history of 

 such institutions well know the importance, it has not only a 

 local but a visible habitation, and stands forth in open view. 

 Challenging the public eye, and satisfying, it is hoped, 

 the public taste, it calls with confidence on whatever public 

 spirit, whatever respect or zeal for science, is to be found 



