REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
February 13TH, 1899. 
The year 1898, though uneventful, has been in every way a 
prosperous one for this Society. The number of members has 
steadily increased, the 31 losses by death and resignation having 
been more than counterbalanced by 43 accessions. The usual 
internal work of the Museum, meetings, and lectures have been 
carried on with undiminished vigour; and the interest taken by the 
members in these various phases of the Society’s activity shews 
no abatement. It is pleasing also to note that the income for 
the year is in excess of the expenditure. Our receipts are £22 
more than last year’s, while our expenses are £q less. The 
increase in our income is in large part due to the fact that the 
Society has now begun to receive interest on the sum bequeathed 
to it by the late William Rawdon. 
The following Lectures have been delivered in the Museum 
during the year : — 
Thursday, January 27th.—“The Migration of Birds" (with 
Lantern Illustrations). By C. E. Elmhirst. 
Thursday, February 10th.—Norway ; its Scenery and 
People" (illustrated by Lantern Pictures). By W. H. 
Macnamara. 
Thursday, February 24th.—“ Plants viewed as Mechanical 
Structures ” (with Lantern Illustrations). By Professor 
F. O. Bower, Sc.D., F.R.S., (Regius Professor of 
Botany in the University of Glasgow). 
Thursday, March 10th.—“ Across the Carpathians" (illustrated 
by Lantern Pictures). By Samuel Wells, F.R.G.S. 
