COUNCIL FOR 1855 . 
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work, by himself and Professor M^Coy, on the fossils of the 
palaeozoic period. The Council have received this present with 
peculiar pleasure, as an indication of his friendly feeling towards 
a Society, which has always made it a primary object, to 
illustrate the Geology of his native county. 
Since the preparation of this Report, the Society has been 
honoured by receiving from H. R. H. Prince Albert, a copy of 
The Natural History of Heeside and Braemar, by the late 
Dr. Win. Macgillivray; the manuscript of which was purchased 
by the Queen from the family of the author, and has been 
printed by her Majesty’s command. 
The publication of a second part of the Papers read before 
the Society has afforded an opportunity of effecting an exchange 
with other bodies which publish reports of their proceedings. 
One of these is the Church Architectural Society of the 
Counties of York, Lincoln, and the Archdeaconry of North¬ 
ampton, whose objects, as far they embrace the illustration and 
preservation of antiquities, correspond with our own. As the 
papers communicated to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society 
will not furnish for some time to come, the materials of 
another volume, it is the intention of the Council to intro¬ 
duce into the Annual Report, instead of the mere titles hitherto 
given, short abstracts of these papers, which will furnish to 
non-resident members information respecting the proceedings 
at our monthly meetings. 
The Council have observed, with regret, the limited use made 
of the Library by the members of the Society, who, as a body, 
are probably little acquainted with the number and value of 
the works which it contains. They have therefore determined 
to print the alphabetical part of the Catalogue, which they 
hope may appear in the course of the next few months, and 
which will afford to those members who have no opportunity of 
personally inspecting the library, the means of exercising a 
privilege which now is almost nominal. 
The following Meteorological Register has been received 
from Mr. Ford, by whom the series of observations is carried 
on. 
