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REPORT OF THE 
sum of £50., lent to it by that gentleman, so that the total debt of 
the Society has been reduced to the extent of £278. O 5 . 9c?., or 
from £5171. II 5 . 8c?., the amount on the 31st of December, 1841* 
to £4893. IO 5 . 11c?., the present debt. 
Notwithstanding the large reduction in the liabilities of the 
Society, which the Council have been enabled to effect, amounting, 
during the last two years, to above £500, they have, owing to 
several fortuitous circumstances, had it in their power to expend 
a considerable sum in general repairs, as well as in the construction 
of New Cases for the Mineralogical Collection, which Collection 
will forthwith be removed into the Geological room. 
A sum of £41. Is. 9c?. has been paid to the Treasurer, by the 
Managers of the County Ball, held in 1839, the proceeds of which 
were to be applied to the repairs of the Hospitium. The Council 
deeming it incumbent upon them to appropriate this sum to the object 
for which it was intended, entered into contracts for the repairing 
and laying new joists to support the floor of the upper room, and 
likewise for glazing the upper windows of the building. When the 
work, however, came to be entered upon, several other repairs to 
the walls, &c., were found necessary, which compelled them rather to 
exceed the amount which was paid to them for the purpose. 
As a proof of the increasing interest the public take in the Museum 
and Grounds, may be mentioned the fact, that nearly two thousand 
Strangers have during the past year paid for admissions to the 
Gardens, the proceeds from which, after deducting the attendant 
expenses, amount to the sum of £86. Is. 6c?. In 1841 the amount 
received was £63. 14s. 6c?. and in the previous year 1840 only £50. 
Gratuitous admission was granted to the Public on Whit Monday 
and Tuesday, when the Gardens and Museum were as usual crowded 
with visitors; and the Council have the satisfaction of stating that 
the utmost order and regularity prevailed, and that the Collections 
were in no wise injured, notwithstanding the crowded state of the 
rooms. 
In accordance with the recommendation of the last Annual 
Meeting, the Council welcomed the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, 
by granting to its Members the free use of the Theatre, for the 
delivery of a lecture by the Curator of the Laboratory, upon 
Agricultural Chemistry, 
