COUNCIL FOR 1863. 
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the Railings separating the Gardens from the Esplanade; and 
these two items have caused the amount charged for general 
expenses and repairs, namely £161 6s. 2d., to he considerably 
above the average of former years. The expenditure of 
£39 2s. 6d. in the purchase and preparation of specimens, 
which is also much larger than usual, has been chiefly incurred 
in fitting up the case of British Mammalia referred to in 
Mr. Read’s report. The Total Expenditure of the year is 
£1,193 17s. Id., or deducting £58 5s. for comparison with last 
year, to £1,135 12s. 8d., against £1,119 18s. lid. in 1862. 
The excess of Income over Expenditure during the year is 
£107 14s. 3d., and the balance against the Society is thus 
reduced to £226 3s. 5d. 
The Lectures delivered in the Theatre of the Museum 
during the year 1863 were thirteen in number. For three of 
these the Society was indebted to the Rev. John Kenrick; 
the Rev. George Rowe, Dr. Procter, Mr. S. W. North, and 
Mr. Dallas, each delivered two Lectures ; and the remainder 
were single Lectures by the Rev. Canon Robinson and 
Capt. O’Brien. Abstracts of the Papers read at the Monthly 
Meetings will be appended to this Report. 
The number of New Members elected since the last Annual 
Meeting has been twenty; and besides these, three former 
Members, who had resigned for a time, have been re-admitted, 
making the total addition to the number of Members twenty- 
three. The loss of Members by death and resignation during 
the same period has been seventeen, but of one of these the 
widow desires to continue her husband’s subscription. Of 
Lady Subscribers six have been admitted and three lost during 
1863 ; and of Associates four have been elected and three have 
resigned during the same period. The Society has thus gained 
seven Members, three Lady Subscribers, and one Associate, 
since the last Annual Meeting. 
One of the earliest of the Honorary Members of the Society, 
Mr. W. H. Dykes, F. L. S., of Wakefield, has died quite 
recently. Mr. Dykes, who resided in Hull at the time of the 
establishment of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, paid 
much attention to Geology, and was of considerable service to 
