REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 
Feb. 2, 1864. 
It is with much pleasure that, in presenting their Annual 
Report for 1863, the Council congratulate the Members on the 
continued prosperity of the Society, and on its prospect of 
extended usefulness. The financial position of the Society, as 
will be learnt from the statement to he made hereafter, is very 
satisfactory, and a steady advance has been effected during the 
past year in those arrangements by which the scientific useful¬ 
ness of the Institution is to be secured and increased. 
The general Geological Collection, with the exception of 
the Fossils from the Eocene Tertiary beds, many of which, from 
their fragility, require to be placed in glass-topped boxes, has 
been entirely re-arranged, mounted, and labelled, in a manner 
which, it is hoped, will much increase the amount of instruction 
to he gained from its inspection. During the present year Mr. 
John F. Walker has presented a small Collection of Fossils 
from the Upper Greensand of Cambridge, a formation which 
was previously entirely unrepresented in our Museum. 
The Mineralogical Collection has received no additions of 
importance during the past year. 
The Curator of Antiquities reports that the Antiquarian 
Department of the Museum has not received in the past year 
