REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
February 5th, 1889. 
The year 1888 has been one of change in the administration 
of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, but the Council 
congratulate the members that the various alterations in the 
rules which have been effected during the past year have 
resulted in a Balance Sheet not unfavourable to the Society. The 
principal alteration, as the members will be aware, was the 
remission of the entrance fee, £3. This concession has resulted 
in a large number of new members being added, to the Society, 
to which further reference will be made in the progress of the 
Report, whilst the Society has gained an increased income in 
the amount of receipts for subscriptions, admission fees, and 
keys of gate, as compared with the amount received the 
previous year. The amount so received for 1888 is £863 7s. Od., 
being an increase of about £100 over the receipts of the 
previous year. There has been, however, a considerable 
decrease in the receipts of the gate-money—a sum of £217 
7s. 5d. has been received during the present year, as against 
£243 8s. 3d. received during the year 1887, making a deficit 
of £28 in respect of this item alone. 
The total Income of the Society for the year is £1208 Is., 
but the expenditure has been exceptionally heavy, and caused 
by circumstances over which the Council had no control. The 
ruins of St. Mary’s Abbey—especially that portion constituting 
the Archway of the Tower—had become dilapidated and 
dangerous, and the cost of these repairs has amounted to 
upwards of £45. 
The result of the Balance Sheet is that a sum of £31 
17s. 5d. remains in the Treasurer’s hands to the credit of the 
Society. The Balance Sheet will be produced to the meeting 
and further remarks made thereon bv the Treasurer. 
