I\^E PORT 



TN reporting the proceedings of the Whitby 

 I Literary and Philosophical Society during 

 the forty-sixth year of its existence, the Council 

 have the satisfaction of stating that the affairs of 

 the Institution continue to prosper, and that in the 

 various departments of the Museum several acces- 

 sions, as usual, have been made by donation. At 

 the same time, a few books of a local character have 

 been purchased for the Museum Library, such as 

 the illustrated works of Csedmon, the poet of Streon- 

 shalh, and the copious philological publication of the 

 Rev J. C. Atkinson, recently issued, namely, " The 

 Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect." 



It is likewise gratifying to notice the visits to the 

 Museum during the past year, of men of science 

 from a distance, for the purpose of consulting its 

 stores in geology, by the examination and comparison 

 of which, they are enabled to increase the interest of 

 their prospective publications, as in previous periods. 



