REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
February, 1910. 
'P'HE great event in the past year in the history of the 
Yorkshire Philosophical Society has undoubtedly been 
the Great Historic Pageant, which was held in the Museum 
Gardens in the latter part of July. The Grand Stand was 
commenced in March and finished in May, and had a seating 
capacity of nearly 6000, and it is a source of much gratification 
to your Council that, neither in the erection of the Stand, nor 
in its removal, any accident occurred to the joiners, the 
members of our Society, or the general public. So far from 
complaining of the restriction of their rights in the Gardens, 
by reason of the considerable space occupied by the Grand 
Stand and Arena, our Members flocked in hundreds every 
evening to listen to the rehearsals, and appeared thoroughly 
to enjoy the new source of amusement found for them by the 
indulgence of the Pageant authorities. Not only was the 
gate money materially increased, but a sum of £320 was 
received, as the stipulated one-third of the profits, by your 
Society and, in addition, the claim for damages to the turf, 
walks, Ac., estimated by your Council at £100, was paid, and 
has been partially expended in resodding and sowing down 
with grass seed the area occupied by the stand. The site of 
the arena suffered very little damage, and by next summer 
your Council confidently believe that no ill effects will remain, 
