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which, each Member, in his respective locality, may discover 
in what way he may best promote the objects of the Society. 
While on this subject, the Council cannot but express their 
regret that the Museum has not received those contributions 
from the Society at large, which might be made with so 
much ease by each Member, and which collectively would 
be of so much value to the Society. In the meantime, the 
Council would earnestly invite the Members to an inspec- 
tion of their collection, which has been carefully arranged 
by Mr. Embleton, and will be found, even in its present 
imperfect state, well worth a visit. 
The valuable papers of Mr. Thorp on Agricultural 
Geology have opened out a new field for the labours of 
the Society, the importance of which it is not easy to over- 
rate, since thereby the Yorkshire Agriculturist will not 
only be made acquainted with the geological character of 
the soil he cultivates, but also with those principles of 
cultivation which the recent discoveries of science have 
suggested. So highly indeed have they been appreciated 
by the Members of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, 
that they invited the Society to hold a Special Meeting 
at Hull concurrently with their Annual Meeting, for the 
express purpose of adding to their ordinary proceedings 
the discussion of the scientific principles of cultivation 
adapted to certain geological conditions. If the result of 
this Meeting shall be to give to the assemblies of the 
Agricultural classes a more scientific character, and to 
lead the great body of the cultivators of the soil to per- 
ceive the advantage which they may derive from the appli- 
cation of scientific principles to the art of Agriculture, 
the Society will have reason to congratulate itself on having 
lent its willing aid to forward so desirable a result. 
The operations of the Society have not, however, been 
confined to the discussions which take place at its meetings. 
