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The Secretary then read 
THE REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE GEOLOGICAL 
AND POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY OF THE WEST RIDING 
OF YORKSHIRE, PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL 
MEETING, ON THE 5th OCTOBER, 1840. 
The progress of the Society during the past year, and its 
present condition and prospects, may be considered satisfactory 
and encouraorinor. The number of Members has increased from 
200 to 280, and consequently the Annual Income from £105 to 
£147. 
The Accounts of the Treasurer up to 31st December last, have 
been examined by the Auditor, and show a Balance in favour of 
the Society of £159. 3s. O^d., in addition to the sum of £88. 10s. 
which had been subscribed for the purchase of cases for the 
Museum. A similar statement, however, made up to the present 
time, when all demands against the Society have been discharged^ 
would only leave a balance of £150. This sum will not 
appear large when the many important objects contemplated 
by the Society are considered, some of which are unavoidably 
postponed until the funds are permanently increased by a large 
accession of Members. 
In the last Report, the establishment of the Bradford 
Philosophical Society, and the revival of the Geological Section 
of the Leeds Society, were alluded to, and a hope expressed that 
these circumstances would not be injurious to the cultivation of 
local Geology It is most satisfactory to the Council to believe 
that in that hope they will not be disappointed. In confirmation 
of this opinion they may appeal to the reception which the Society 
met with at those places, and at Shefiield, in all which towns the 
visits of the Society have tended to awaken an interest in the 
objects for which it w^as instituted. 
