14 
REPORT OF THE 
persons^ and it has probably been the means of making the 
contents of our Museum and the objects of our Society more 
extensively known among the inhabitants of the County. The 
admission of the public on Whitmonday and Tuesday was 
regulated by the Resolution passed at the last Annual Meeting, 
a penny being charged for entering the Museum, while admis¬ 
sion to the Gardens and the Hospitium was free. The object 
of the Council in proposing this distinction was completely 
answered. Nearly three thousand persons visited the Museum 
during the two days, without the inconvenient crowding which 
had been experienced in former years. The Council propose 
to continue this regulation. 
The acquisition of the Whitby Icthyosaurus has led to an 
extension of the buildings of the Museum, which has already 
advanced so far as to enable the members to judge of its 
adaptation to the purposes for which it is designed. The size 
and weight of this specimen precluded its being deposited on the 
floors of the present building, and if it had been consigned to 
the basement story both light and space would have been want¬ 
ing for its advantageous display. It was determined therefore 
to make an appeal to the members of the Society, and to the 
County of York generally, for the means of providing room not 
only for this but for other additions which may he reasonably 
expected. The Council have much pleasure in announcing 
that this appeal has been very successful. Of £1000, the 
calculated expence of the building and fitting up, £876 has 
been already subscribed. The founders of this Society an¬ 
nounced their intention of establishing a Central Museum for 
the county, and gave their new institution the name of the 
Yorkshire Philosophical Society. It is gratifying to find by the 
liberal contributions of the gentlemen of the county, that it is 
still recognized by them in this comprehensive character. In 
announcing the success of their appeal, the Council have great 
pleasure in acknowledging the zealous exertions of one of their 
Vice-Presidents, W. Rudston Read, Esq., which have materially 
contributed to this result. They hope that the sum still 
required to meet the estimated expence will speedily be raised, 
and that they shall be thus enabled to carry out their entire 
