REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
Lebruary, 1911. 
£ N presenting the Annual Report for the year 1910, the 
Council feel that it should first place on record the loss 
sustained by our Society, in common with the Nation and 
Empire, in the death of our Patron, King Edward VII. His 
late Majesty first granted his Patronage in 1866, as Prince of 
Wales, and renewed it on his Accession in 1901. It is a 
matter for congratulation that His Majesty King George V. 
and his Royal Consort, in response to our application, have 
graciously consented to become Patrons of our Society. 
One of the principal objects of the founders of the Society 
was to safeguard and preserve the Historic Buildings of our 
city. During the past year your Council have twice inter¬ 
vened for this purpose, and we are glad to say, each time 
successfully—first in the case of St, Helen’s Church, which it 
was proposed to first close and then remove, and secondly in 
that of Christ Church, King’s Square, which was to be handed 
over to the York Corporation for destruction. Your Council 
wrote to the xWchbishop of York, pointing out the beauty and 
interest of St. Helen’s Church, and were assured, in reply, 
that it should be preserved, and appointed a deputation to 
wait upon the City Council and draw their attention to the 
