REPORT 
OF 
Wl)t Council 
TO THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY, 
ON THE 2nd OF FEBRUARY, 1830, 
In addressing the Annual Meeting for the first time within 
the walls of this Museum, the Council may perhaps be 
allowed to indulge some feelings of pride %nd satisfaction 
on seeing the hopes of the Society thus far accomplished, 
and a new era of its existence commenced. It was only 
justified, indeed, in assuming the name to which it has 
pretended, by the expectation of such an event. In the 
confined space from which it has now emerged, to take 
possession of this ample edifice, it was to be considered 
rather as meditating the plan, than as acting the part of a 
scientific Institution for the County of York. It 
has now that of which all who have attended to the history of 
such institutions well know the importance, it has not only a 
local but a visible habitation, and stands forth in open view. 
Challenging the public eye, and satisfying, it is hoped, 
the public taste, it calls with confidence on whatever public 
spirit, whatever respect or zeal for science, is to be found 
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