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The termination of the official year having arrived, 

 the Council of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical 

 Society begs to submit, as usual, a brief statement of 

 the transactions of the Society during that period. 



The Council regrets that the Bath Company's 

 property, though all preliminaries are arranged, has 

 not yet been formally conveyed to the Trustees of 

 this Society ; the delay does not hov^^ever rest with 

 the officers of this Institution, and your Council 

 entertains the hope that in a short time this business 

 may be finally concluded. 



The Council is gratified to be able to announce 

 that an increased number of strangers have visited 

 the Museum during the past year, thereby augment- 

 ing in a corresponding degree the amount received 

 for admission : — the Sum paid for entrance during the 

 year being £ 10 2s. 6d. 



With regard to the financial position of the 



