REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIEFY, 
February, 1915. 
I N spite of the War, the past year has been one of strenuous 
work and marked progress in the history of the Society. 
Towards the end of 1913, a special Committee, known as the 
General Purposes Committee, was appointed, which has met 
frequently, and most of the alterations and improvements recorded 
in this report have been initiated by them, and carried out under 
their supervision. Your Council desire to place on record their 
grateful thanks to the several members of the Committee for all 
the time and care expended by them, and feel sure that the 
members will appreciate their useful work. Hitherto our financial 
position has necessitated the strictest economy and for the last 
two years, even with such econoni)% our expenditure has consider- 
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ably exceeded our income. Thanks to the liberality of our late 
President, Dr. Tempest Anderson, your Council have been con¬ 
siderably relieved from financial strain, still its income is all too 
small for the work for which it was formed, and economy will be 
as necessary in the future as in the past. 
The first work taken in hand was the appointment of a com¬ 
petent housekeeper to supervise a thorough cleaning of the interior 
of the Museum. The Library has long needed a s)'stematic over¬ 
hauling. This has been accomplished. Ever}' book has been taken 
out and dusted. In the numerous rooms forming the basement of 
the Museum all manner of fittings and specimens had accumulated. 
These have been carefully sorted out, and where found to be of 
interest, allocated to their proper positions. All the rooms have 
been whitewashed and lit by electric light. The room under the 
