KEPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
Feb. 1852. 
In presenting a report of the proceedings of the Yorkshire 
Philosophical Society for the year 1851, the Council are happy 
to assure the Annual Meeting of a continuance of that 
prosperity which has been the subject of congratulation in 
former years, and which is the result of a steady pursuit of the 
special objects of science and utility to which this Institution is 
devoted. At the close of 1850 numerous improvements in the 
Gardens, that for many years had occupied the attention of the 
Council, and had occasioned a great annual demand upon the 
resources of the Society, were completed, with the exception of 
the laying out in a suitable manner the space between St. 
Leonard’s Hospital and the Multangular Tower. 
This has been effected during the past year at a trifling 
expense, and in a manner likely to make that part of the 
Society’s Grounds of equal interest with the others. The 
Council have thus had the opportunity, which they have not 
neglected, of directing more than usual attention to the state of 
the Collections already made and still increasing in every 
department of the Museum, in order that by the most careful 
and (where practicable) improved arrangement, appropriate 
exhibition, and accurate labelling of the specimens already 
accumulated, increased facilities may be afforded of instruction 
to the Student and Scientific Observer, 
