XVI. 
REPORT OF THE 
The two lantern nights given by this section in the spring 
were exceedingly successful, drawing large audiences together, 
who seemed to appreciate the photographs thrown on the 
screen to such an extent as to offer every encouragement to the 
section to persevere in these more public demonstrations of the 
resourcefulness of photography in rendering the inexhaustible 
beauties of nature and art. The finances of the society remain 
in a healthy condition. 
During the past year, 60 new Members, 10 Lady Subscribers 
and 2 Associates have been added to the Society; 13 Members, 
6 Lady Subscribers and 1 Associate have resigned, and 5 
Members have been lost to the Society by death. 
Among the latter, the name of the late Mr. S. W. North of 
this City, surgeon, stands pre-eminent as a valued friend and 
fellow-worker in the ranks of the Society. 
For upwards of thirty years, Mr. North was a Member of 
our Council, and during the last few years of his life was one 
of our Vice-Presidents. 
He was ever ready to aid the Society by his advice and 
labours in the arrangement of the collections, especially in those 
of Gfeology and Conchology, and on several occasions, in the 
prime of his life, he delivered in our Theatre, Lectures on 
subjects connected with the Departments of Gfeology and 
Biology; his powers as a lecturer were of no mean order, and 
he invariably drew large and attentive audiences. 
He will long be remembered in the City of York as the first 
Public Health Officer appointed by the Corporation, and on all 
matters connected with the sanitation of the City, his opinion 
was always held in high repute. 
Two Honorary Members of the Society have died during the 
year :—-Professor D. Szabo, Professor of Mineralogy in the 
University of Buda-Pest ; and Mr. William Pengelly, of 
Torquay. 
The Council recommend for election :—Henry Cowling, Esq., 
as a Vice-President, in the place of the late S. W. North, 
Esq., and Anthony Buckle, Esq., B.A., Lev. A. S. Commeline, 
M.A., J. S. Rowntree, Esq., and Gfeorge Dennis, Esq., as New 
Members of the Council in the place of Messrs. Barnby, 
Bowden Cattley, Ware and Cowling, who retire by rotation. 
