REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
February, 1917. 
otwithstanding the War the past year has been an 
important one in the history of our Society. It has 
been said that a Museum should be a collection of labels with 
specimens to illustrate them, and though to most people the 
specimens are of greater interest, there is no doubt that 
without proper labels the specimens lose a great.part of their 
value. 
The Curators and staff of the Museum have devoted a vast 
amount of labour to this very necessary work during 1916, not 
only Mr. Harvey Brook in the Architectural Section but in 
nearly every other branch of the Society's Collections. The 
Botanical Garden has been re-arranged by Mr. H. J. Wilkinson 
and every specimen classified and labelled. The Yorkshire 
Geological Galleries, under the supervision of the Rev. W. 
Johnson, have been thoroughly cleaned, the specimens washed, 
re-mounted and labelled by Mr. Wm. Watson and his assistant 
(Miss Holmes), and their work has been so much appreciated 
by your Council that they have revived the old title of Sub- 
Curator of the Museum and conferred it upon Mr. Wm. Watson. 
Largely owing to the interest aroused by the article in last 
year’s report upon ‘ Yorkshire Potteries ’ by Mr. Oxley Grabham, 
the Society’s Collection has been considerably increased during 
the past year. Mr. T. Boynton in August last most generously 
presented almost the whole of his valuable Collection of Leeds 
and other Yorkshire Ware, which is now in the gallery of the 
