REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
February 7th, 1893. 
The Report of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society for the 
past year is upon the whole favourable. The gross Income of 
the Society for the year 1892 is £1225 Os. Od., being slightly 
in excess of the Income of the past year, whilst the outgoings 
are nearly £50 below the expenditure, leaving a balance 
in the hands of the Treasurer of £39 6s. 2d. after taking 
into account the sum of £16 11s. 5d. due to the Treasurer 
at the close of last year’s account. The Balance Sheet as 
certified by the Auditor, Mr Bryan Cookson of the Yorkshire 
Fire and Life Insurance Office, will be presented by the 
Treasurer after this Report is read, and attention will be 
drawn to some special items in connection with the receipts 
and expenditure. 
Antiquarian Department. —During the past year the 
Antiquarian Department has made steady and satisfactory 
progress. The new edition of the Catalogue has been issued, 
which is much larger and more instructive than its predecessor. 
Some valuable additions have been made to the museum. 
Among these are two Roman inscriptions discovered on the 
Mount, and kindly presented by Mr. H. Riley Smith, the 
owner of the property on which they were found. Some 
curiosities have also come to the Museum from the new 
drainage works which are in progress in the city. The most 
conspicuous among these is a Roman coffin with its most 
interesting contents, discovered under the high road in 
Walmgate. A full account of this will be given in another 
place. 
