REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YOEKSHIEE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
February 7th, 1882 
The records of the past year will he memorable in the 
annals of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society for the visit of 
the Members of the British Association to the City of York 
on the occasion of their Fiftieth Anniversary. It was the 
desire of the Society as expressed at their last meeting that 
the Association, which ov/ed its existence in a great measure to 
this Societ}^, and which went forth from this Mnsenm, should 
be received Avith all honour on so interesting an occasion, and 
it is satisfactory to know that the distinguished men of science 
who visited our ancient City this Autumn examined with the 
highest gratification the magnificent collections which now 
adorn our Museum. The Council spared no effort to make this 
Ausit a success, and they were the first to originate a subscrip¬ 
tion the result of which Avas a fund far more tlian sufficient to 
meet all incidental requirements. A special expenditure, 
hoAvever, on the part of the Council, was of course neces¬ 
sary to set off the Museum and its collections. This sum 
amounts to upwards of £350. But for these special pay¬ 
ments the expenditure for the year would have been far below 
the income, and a sum would have been carried to the credit of 
the Society instead of a balance of £264 9s. 7d. appearing on 
the Treasurer’s balance-sheet as an excess of expenditure over 
income. This part of the subject, however, will be^ more par¬ 
ticularly dealt with when the Treasurer’s balance-sheet is 
presented. We are sure that the Members of the Society will 
consider no money misspent which had for its object the pro¬ 
motion of the success of a meeting so honourable to Science 
and to our ancient City of York. 
