REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
February 6th, 1877, 
In presenting tire Report to tlie Yorkshire Philosophical 
Society for the year 1876, the Council propose to follow the 
usual plan of first dealing with the finances of the Society 
during the past year, and then of directing attention to the 
various scientific departments of the Museum. 
The Council congratulate the Society that the Income for 
the past year has been above the average. A larger number 
of members than usual have been elected, and the income 
arising therefrom, together with the receipts at the gate (which 
are above the average), makes the total income of the Society 
from all sources £1526 11s. 9d., the greatest amount on record. 
The total expenditure has been £1413 16s. lid., leaving a 
balance to the credit of the Society of £112 14s. lOd. on the 
receipts and expenditure for the year. This, added to the 
sum to the credit of the Society at the close of the last 
year’s account, namely, £317 7s. 6d., leaves a balance in the 
Treasurer’s hands to the credit of the Society of £430 2s. 4d. 
on the ordinary income account. 
The Council have to report that the balance to the credit of 
the Society would have been much larger but for various items 
of special expenditure, which are not likely to occur again for 
some years to come, and of which the chief are the following: 
A sum of £40 4s. has been expended in the repair of and in 
re-asphalting the Walks in the grounds of the Museum. A 
