YOEKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 
EEPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
TO THE 
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY, ON THE Srd OF FEBRUAHY, 1846. 
The Members of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society will expect 
to hear, on the present occasion, a Report of the completion of 
considerable works undertaken for the benefit of the Institution; 
they wiU ask at what cost the improvements so long desired in the 
Museum Grounds have been at last accomplished; they will enquire 
what has been gained by providing additional scientific assistance in 
the Museum, and whether any further plans are in progress which 
may raise yet higher the Character of the Institution, and place it in 
its right and permanent position. 
It is the duty of the Council to meet these expectations. They 
do so with great satisfaction; believing that the large expenditure, 
for which they have to account, has been well laid out and will be well 
repaid; that the Society’s finances, far from being crippled by this 
great outlay, are adequate to bear the charge of a further effort for 
enlarging the Grounds and augmenting the Antiquarian Treasures ; 
and that while the Museum, which is the centre and mainspring of 
our efibrts, has received its due share of attention, the officers of the 
establishment have been placed in a state of greater comfort and 
efficiency. 
The Museum Gardens now occupy the most considerable 
portion of the space included between the City Rampart, and the 
defensive walls of St. Mary’s Abbey; a space full of incentives to 
piety and learning,—rich in the monuments of art and time,—no 
longer exposed to ravage and neglect, but permanently secured for 
useful studies and rational gratifications. To adorn this ground, to 
arrange in it walks and plantations suitable to the noble and thought- 
inspiring edifices which it supports, was the task which the Council 
entrusted to Sir John Nasmyth, and they have the satisfaction to 
report that it has been well and carefully executed. The grounds as 
