REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
February, 1916. 
I N common with all similar Institutions, the Great War 
has had a marked effect upon the affairs of your Society 
during the past year. Our gate money, which in 1913 was 
£249, fell in 1914 to £178, and ' m I 9 I 5 to £ Z 1 7 - 
Your Council decided to throw open the Museum and 
Gardens to all soldiers in uniform free of charge, and this 
privilege has been much appreciated, not only by the troops 
in training, but also by large numbers of wounded soldiers 
from the various hospitals in the city. In July the Lord 
Mayor and Sheriff of York (Messrs. J. B. Morrell and Oscar 
Rowntree) entertained the wives and children of York soldiers 
and sailors in the Museum Gardens, and a Cinematograph 
Show was given in the Tempest Anderson Hall. The large 
tent belonging to your Society was lent to the York County 
H ospital for the use of wounded soldiers. 
Owing to the damage occasioned in and around London by 
Zeppelin raids your Council thought it only prudent to have 
one of the Sheldonian Tapestry Maps, previously lent to the 
Victoria and Albert Museum, returned, and this has been re- 
backed with strong canvas and hung in its old position in the 
Central Hall where its improved condition, owing to its having 
been cleaned in London, is very evident. The other two Maps 
are still on loan with the Victoria and Albert Museum where 
your Council are informed they have been much admired. 
The Museum buildings have been insured against damage by 
Air Craft, hut your Council trust that no such damage may 
occur. 
