REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
or THE 
YOEKSHIEE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
February 5th, 1884. 
The Council in presenting their Sixty-first Annual Eeport 
are able again to congratulate the Members on the financial 
prospects of the Society and of the state of the valuable 
collections under its care. 
The total income for the past year amounts to £1383 19s. 6d., 
whilst the out^^oino^s are £1362 11s. Id., leaving a balance of 
£21 8s. 5d. on the credit side of the Treasurer’s balance sheet. 
The items of income and expenditure will be more particularly 
referred to when the Treasurer’s balance sheet is read, so that 
it will not be necessary further to refer to the Society’s finances 
in this part of the report. 
The Council propose to consolidate the debt due to the Bank 
with the debt due to the Yorkshire Insurance Company, the 
Principal and Interest of such debt so consolidated to be repaid 
by annual instalments extending over 30 years. 
The Eeport will now set forth in detail the present state of 
the various scientific departments in the Museum. 
The Honorary Curator of Geology reports that the Depart¬ 
ment has received several important additions during the year. 
Amongst them are gifts from the following:—Win. Eeed, 
Esq., F.G.S.; Lord Haldon and the British Association; 
J. F. Walker, Esq, M.A.; Sir Henry Boynton, Bail.; 
E. Penton, Esq., F.G.S ; W. Eoden, Esq.; Mr. Gregson; 
Eev. Canon Eaine, D.C.L,; S. Chadwick, Esq.; Directors of 
York Gas Company ; Miss Eaine ; Miss Eden. 
