REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YOEKSHIEE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
Feb. 6, 1866. 
In presenting their Eeport for the year 1865, the Council 
have to record few remarkable additions to the Museum. The 
general progress of the Society’s affairs has been satisfactory, 
and what has been accomplished during the past year will 
tend to render the Museum and Grounds more attractive and 
convenient to the Members and the public at large. 
The land, obtained by the arrangement with the authorities 
of the School for the Blind mentioned in the last Eeport, has 
now been added to the Gardens, the Walls and other fences 
have been finished, and in the course of a year or two this portion 
of the Society’s grounds will not be inferior in appearance to 
the parts which have been longer in our occupation. In an 
archaeological point of view this part of the Society’s grounds is 
of especial interest, being the site of the Abbey Choir, and con¬ 
taining a considerable portion of its remains. The Committee 
appointed to suggest and superintend improvements in the 
grounds have continued their labours during the present winter 
with the most beneficial effect,—a great number of old deciduous 
trees and shrubs, which presented anything but an elegant 
appearance, have been cleared away or reduced to more moderate 
dimensions, and their places, where necessary, have been 
supplied chiefly with evergreens. The Society is much 
indebted to W. H. Eudston Eead, Esq., one of our Vice- 
Presidents, for the trouble he has taken in superintending these 
improvements. 
