REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
Feb. 3 , 1857 . 
The Annual Reports of a Society which to-day enters on 
the 35th year of its existence, and whose objects and operations 
have been long defined, cannot be expected to afibrd much 
novelty. Nevertheless, each year that elapses is marked by 
some special events of which the members at large will he 
desirous to receive an account; and with each new year some 
plans for the future suggest themselves, which it is the duty of 
the Council to communicate. Following the usual order the 
present Report will first record the operations of the Society 
during the past year. 
To the Geological Department of the Museum, C. W. Strick¬ 
land, Esq. and Mr. Slater have presented various interesting 
fossils from the Oolite of Hildenley and Malton; Mr. Wm. 
Reed, a slab of undescrihed encrinites from the Dudley 
limestone ; and Mr. Charles Wilkinson, a curious specimen of 
the scar of one of the species of fossils plants called Ulodendron. 
Mr. Charlesworth is at present engaged in shifting the whole 
of the Geological collection, so as to admit of the ledges upon 
which the specimens are placed being cleaned and re-painted— 
an undertaking which when accomplished will effect a most 
important improvement in the general appearance of this 
portion of the Museum. At the same time, printed labels will 
be substituted for those written in ink, which has become 
