REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 
February nth, 1907. 
The year 1906 has been marked in the annals of the Society 
by much activity, and by some important changes. Early in 
the year, Sir Charles Strickland, who has been our President 
since 1889, resigned his office. The reason given by Sir 
Charles for this step shewed the regard which he always felt 
for the welfare of the Society. He pointed out that the 
meeting of the British Association would make demands upon 
the President of this Society which at his time of life he could 
not possibly meet. The Society, regretfully accepting his 
resignation, elected as his successor Ur. Tempest Anderson, 
M.D., D.Sc., whose scientific reputation and great popularity 
rendered him particularly well fitted for the post. It was at 
the same time decided that the Presidency of the Society 
should no longer be a life-long appointment. 
The great event of the year was unquestionably the visit of 
the British Association (August 1st to 8th). Your Council 
considers it advisable to devote a large part of this Report to 
an account of this meeting, as it will probably constitute the 
only permanent local record of this noteworthy event. We 
will only say here that the Meeting was a striking success, 
and that this Society played no small part in securing this 
success. The grounds were illuminated on the occasion of 
