REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YOEKSHIEE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
Feb. 6th, 1872, 
The Council, in presenting to the Members of the Yorkshire 
Philosophical Society their 49th Annual Eeport, have much 
pleasure to announce that the past has been a prosperous year 
in respect of the objects and finances of the Society. 
Thufy-seven new Members have been added to the Society 
during the year, being the greatest number ever elected in one 
year, whilst the Income arising from the Grate receipts shows 
an increased attendance of Visitors. 
The total income for the year is £1,496 2s. 9d., being 
an amount considerably above the average. The total ex¬ 
penditure for the year is £1,326 5s. Id., leaving a balance of 
£169 17s. 8d. to be applied to the reduction of the Society’s debt. 
Of this surplus upwards of £50 is due to the discontinuance 
of labour and material for the protection and propagation of 
tropical plants which have been disposed of for the reasons 
stated in the Eeport of last year; and a finther sum of £50 is 
a legacy kindly bequeathed to the Society by an old subscriber, 
the late Mrs. J. Pearson, of Groodramgate. 
The sum of £237 6s. 6d., charged under the head of 
‘‘ expenses and repairs,” is considerably larger than in past 
years, but of this sum £68 4s. Od. has been paid in respect of 
needful repairs done to St. Leonard’s Hospital in 1868, whilst 
a further sum of £63 14s. Od. is a payment on account of 
outgoings agreed by the Council to be expended on St. Mary’s 
