REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OV THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
Feb. 2nd, 1869. 
In their Eeport for the year 1868, the Council propose briefly 
to lay before the Members the present condition and prospects 
of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. Although the Trea¬ 
surer’s statement to be appended to the Eeport discloses a small 
amount of expenditure in excess of income, the Council have 
every reason to congratulate the Members on the continued 
prosperity of the Society. 
The Curators of Antiquities have few additions to their 
Department to record during the past year. 
The tessellated pavement, transferred from Toft Grreen in 
1853 to the lower room of the Hospitium, having been laid 
down below the level of the floor, had suffered greatly from two 
inundations of the river. It was determined, therefore, to take 
it up, and relay it at such a height as to prevent future injury 
from the same cause. This has been successfully accomplished, 
and in its new position, the design and execution of this 
valuable monument of Eoman Art may be better appreciated, 
than at any time since it came into the possession of the Society. 
Several silver coins of the class called Counterfeit Sterlings have 
been added to our Cabinet, of which a detailed notice will be 
found in the Eeports of the Monthly Meetings. The Anti¬ 
quarian Department of the library has been enriched by the 
present of the second volume of the “Sculptiu’ed Stones of 
Scotland,” by the Spalding Club, and ‘‘ Isca Silurum,” by the 
author, I. E. Lee, Esq., of Caerleon. Eobert Davies, Esq., has 
also Idndly presented to the Library a copy of his “ Memoir of 
