REPORT 
OF 
THE COUNCIL. 
The Report of the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Philo¬ 
sophical Society, during the past year, will be as brief as the 
necessity of clearly explaining the present condition and pro¬ 
spects of the Institution will allow. It is gratifying to state 
as a general result, that in the number of its members, the 
state of its finances, and the condition of its museum, the 
Society has never been more fortunately circumstanced. From 
the measures now in progress there is reason to conclude that 
this prosperous condition may be prolonged; and it will de¬ 
pend upon the decision of this meeting whether the facilities 
of access, already enjoyed by the public, shall be further 
augmented, and new attempts made to enlarge the power and 
efficiency of the institution. 
The Donations to the Museum and Library have been 
numerous and valuable; and the Council, encouraged by the 
admission of many new members, has ventured to add a consi¬ 
derable number of specimens by purchase on favourable 
terms. 
Iffie most remarkable additions to the Geological depart¬ 
ment are from the fossiliferous (often called transition) strata 
of Christiania, * and those contemporaneous or more recent 
strata in Ireland and Devonshire which have for some time 
furnished matter of discussion betv/een eminent British geolo¬ 
gists. Many contributions have also been received from 
^ Collected and presented by the Rev. W. Bilton. 
t Presented by Mr. Bilton^ Mr. "Weaver, and Rev. D. Williams^ 
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