REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
Feb. 1 , 1859 . 
The Report for the year 1858, which the Council of the 
Yorkshire Philosophical Society now lay before the Members, 
has not to announce increased numbers, or large additions to 
its Collections, such as have distinguished some former years, 
but they present it in the confident belief, that any apparent 
diminution in its activity has been owing to temporary causes, 
and that its actual position affords the promise of permanent 
prosperity and extended usefulness. 
In consequence of the resignation of the Keeper of the 
Museum at the beginning of the year, the duty devolved upon 
the Council of appointing a successor. Testimonials in favour 
of several candidates of scientific attainments were laid before 
them, and after a careful examination of these, they elected Mr. 
Wm. S. Dallas, F. L. S., a gentleman known by his writings on 
the subject of Zoology, and strongly recommended by some of 
the officers of the British Museum, where he had been employ¬ 
ed in arranging and describing the entomological collection. 
Mr. Dallas is engaged to give his constant attendance at 
the Museum, from ten o’clock till four, with the exception 
of a vacation of six weeks, and he will in future years deliver 
Lectures illustrative of the collections placed under his care. 
