An Abstract of these accounts, shewing the Society's 

 position, will be found appended. 



Your Council have to lament the death of Mr. 

 Joseph Bewick, who had gained for himself a 

 considerable amount of reputation for his scientific 

 and practical knowledge of Geology. 



The experiment of reducing the admission money 

 to the Museum, has not been found so successful as 

 its advocates prognosticated, only £7 having been 

 received during the year, as compared with <£10 

 or j612 of past years. This want of success may 

 however be attributed to the badness of the season, 

 or the superior attraction of the great Exhibition. 



The reading of Papers during the winter was well 

 sustained, and was a source of considerable gratifica- 

 tion to many members who availed themselves of the 

 privilege of hearing them, and was a special means 

 of sustaining the interest felt in the Society's opera- 

 tions. 



The following Lectures were given : — 



The Rev. J. B. Brodrick, M.A. — '' On the Rise and 

 Progress of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical 

 Society." — November 12th. 



The Rev. W. Keane, M.A. — '' On Salmon Fishing 

 in the Esk." — December 9th. 



Charles Bagnall, Esq. — " My visit to Egypt." — 

 January 6th, 1862. 



Mr. Martin Simpson, — ^'On the Rev. Dr. Young." 

 — February 



