182 Proposal Scientific Meeting at York. 



where sufficient accommodation can be obtained, and the place 

 of meeting for the next year shall be fixed by the Society be- 

 fore the termination of its sittings. 



7. The Society shall hold no property ; but if books, &c. are 

 presented to it, they shall be lodged in the museum of the town 

 where the Society last met. 



8- A record of the proceedings of the Society shall be kept 

 by the secretary. 



9. The expences of the Society shall be defrayed by the con- 

 tributions of the members present- 



The following printed notice is now in circulation ; and it is 

 requested that the Editors of newspapers will have the goodness 

 to give publicity to the views of the Society. 



" A strong desire having been expressed that a General Meet- 

 incr of friends of Science should take place annually in some 

 central town of England, with the view of promoting unrestrain- 

 ed communication of scientific opinions and discoveries, a Com- 

 mittee of the principal Scientific Societies of London, Edinburgh, 

 &c. have fixed on the City of York as a most desirable place 

 for the first meetixg ; — to commence on Monday the 26th of 

 September, a period of the year which has been ascertained to be 

 most convenient for the parties interested, the Meeting to be 

 continued during as many days as may be deemed expedient. 



" Any friends of Science in Great Britain or in other parts of 

 Europe, who may wish to attend this Meeting, are requested to 

 send a letter (post paid) to the Secretary of the Yorkshire 

 Philosophical Society, York, in order that adequate preparation 

 and accommodation may be secured. It is proposed that the 

 visitors shall assemble in the Museum and apartments of the 

 Yorkshire Philosophical Society, to receive memoirs and com- 

 munications, and that they shall dine together daily. 



" Persons arriving in York on or before the 26th of September 

 will on application to the Porter of the Museum receive infor- 

 mation as to the hours and places of Meeting. 



" Foreigners who may honour this Meeting with their pre- 

 sence will find every accommodation prepared for them." 



