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REPORT OF THE 
to the Society. The Lord Bishop of Eipon, in his Lecture on 
“ Dante,” given on the invitation of His Grrace the Archbishop 
of York, the President of the Society, drew a very large 
audience to the York Concert Boom where the Lecture was 
delivered, and the receipts form a considerable item in reducing 
the cost paid for other Lectures. The Council are also indebted 
to the Lev. Professor Gr. F. Browne, B.D-, for a Lecture on 
“ Subterranean Ice”; to Henry Seehohm, Esq., F.L.S., F.P.S., 
for a Lecture on “ The Migration of Birds ” ; to H. H. 
Howorth, Esq., M.P., F.S.A , foj a Lecture on “ The Mammoth 
and its Lessons ” ; and to Dr. Tempest Anderson, who kindly 
gave two Lectures “ The Volcanic Pegion siuTOunding the 
Lipari Islands in the Mediteranean,” and “ Photographic Notes 
on a Tour in Norway.” Dr. Anderson’s Lectures were 
illustrated on the screen by Photographs taken by him upon the 
spot, and exhibited by the aid of the Lantern. The Council have 
also to express their special thanks to Dr. Tempest Anderson, 
not only for the Lectures, hut for his kindness in presenting the 
Society with the Lantern which has been of great use in aiding 
illustrations to other Lectures. The Council will now state 
briefly the Income and Expenditure of the Society, and the 
Report will then pass on to describe the state of the various 
Scientific Departments of the Museum. 
The total Income of the Society is £1225 14s. Id.; the 
outgoings £1257 7s. 2d., but as the balance in the hands of the 
Treasurer on the 31st December, 1888, was £31 I7s. 5d., and 
the excess of Expenditure over Income for 1889 was £31 13s. Id., 
a balance of Is. 4d. remains in the hands of the Treasurer on 
the 31st December, 1889. 
Gteology. —The Collections in this department have received 
considerable additions during the past year. Several gaps have 
been filled up through the kindness of Mr. J. E. Walker, and 
the Honorary Curator has made some important donations, the 
most noteworthy being a fine collection of Saurian remains from 
the Lias of Whitby. 
The value of the collection is being considerably enhanced 
by the systematic figuring of many of our best specimens, 
undertaken by the Honorary Curator. Last year Mr. Heed 
