REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YOEKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
Eebruary 6th, 1883. 
In presenting tlie Report for tlie year 1882, tlie Council 
congratulate the Members of the Yorkshire Philosophical 
Society on the prosperity of the Society during the past year, 
both in its financial and scientific affairs. The Report will 
briefly disclose the present condition of the various depart¬ 
ments of the Museum, and the balance sheet of tlie Treasurer 
will show that financially the year has been one of equal 
prosperity. During the last seven years the Council, from 
various causes which have been explained from time to time 
in their annual Reports, chiefly arising from the expenses incident 
to the augmentations which have been made to the various 
collections in the Society’s rooms, have had to report a gradually 
increasing deficit at the close of each year. The debt due to 
the Treasurer, apart from the permanent debt, amounted at the 
close of last year to £1,642 15s. 4d., and last year there was an 
excess of expenditure over income of upwards of £250. 
Although the income of the Society during the present year is 
small compared with those on previous occasions, the Treasurer 
has much pleasure in reporting that the excess of income over 
expenditure on the past year’s balance sheet amounts to 
£59, Os. 7d. This pleasing feature in the Society’s finances 
fully justifies the statements made by the Council on previous 
occasions that the debt will be gradually extinguished. This 
part of the subj ect will be further dealt with on the presentation 
of the Treasurer’s balance sheet. Reference will now be made 
to the present condition of the various departments in the 
Museum. 
