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CHAPTER VIII. 
PROCEEDINGS 18-41 — 1848. 
During the year 1841, the number of members was increased to 
326, a gain of 46. The statement of accounts showed a balance in 
favour of the society of more than £15. The amount of subscrip- 
tions owing for the current and previous year was large, and the 
difficulty of collecting subscriptions from members who reside at 
varying distances extending over the whole West Riding is stated, 
and an appeal made to members to regularly transmit their subscrip- 
tions to the treasurer. Three hundred and fifty-nine pounds had 
been expended in land, on which to build a museum, and an expense 
of nearly one hundred and fifty pounds had been incurred during the 
preceding year for cases erected in the museum. The former item 
was met by a loan from the president. The papers read at the 
society's meetings formed a valuable series relating to the geology 
and kindred subjects in the West Riding. Rev. Wm. Thorp read 
papers, comprising three Reports on the Agriculture of Yorkshire, 
geologically considered, and one on Illustrations of Yorkshire Geology. 
The latter was not published in the proceedings, Mr. Thorp's intention 
being to issue a memoir on the Yorkshire Coal-field, similar to the 
work on the Mountain Limestone, by Professor John Phillips. Mr. 
Embleton read a paper on the Museum of the Society, and a Report 
on the Geology of the North Midland Railway, which are spoken of 
more fully in another page. Dr. Wm. Alexander at a meeting at 
Halifax, held in March, 1841, read a paper on the Mineral Springs in 
the Parish of Halifax, geologically considered. He gave a description 
of the stratification of the Parish, and the relation the several springs 
afterwards described bear to the strata. The geology of the Parish had 
