REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR I9IO. 
IX 
The plans for the new Lecture Theatre, so generously 
proposed to be erected by our President, Dr. Tempest Anderson, 
are now complete, and plan, elevation and section are appended 
to this Report, and will appear in the local Press. It is hoped 
that the coming year will see this important addition completed, 
and the Council feel that they cannot too warmly thank Dr. 
Anderson for his munificent gift. 
The Spring and Winter Lectures, a list of which will be 
found on page x, have been full of interest and well attended, 
and, in addition to the above, three special Natural History 
Lectures for children were given by Messrs. Oxley Grabham, 
Chas. E. Elmhirst, and H. Lazenby, to crowded audiences, 
and appeared to be much appreciated. The monthly Afternoon 
Meetings of the Society, at which original papers are read, 
have been well maintained. 
The Financial Statement, owing to the expenditure on the 
ruins and greenhouses, shews a deficit on Income Account of 
/T72 16s. 6d., but thanks to the receipts from the Pageant, 
this still leaves a balance in the hands of the Treasurer of 
£228 3s. id. 
During the past year your Society received a handsome 
Legacy of T250 from the late Mr. Henry Cowling. This has 
been applied in reduction of the amount still due to the 
Yorkshire Insurance Co. Ltd., with the very satisfactory result 
that the annual payment to that Society is reduced by 
Y68 5s. 6d., until the debt is cleared off in October, 1914. 
Your Council recommend Mr. Frank Green as a Vice- 
President in the place of Sir George Gibb, who has left York, 
and Messrs. G. E. Barton, W. A. Evelyn, S. Walker, and 
Wm. Wilk inson as new Members of Council in the place of 
these retiring by rotation, also Mr. L. Foster, for one year, in 
the place of Mr. E. R. Tate. 
The Society has lost 7 Members and 1 Lady Subscriber by 
death, and 28 Members, 7 Lady Subscribers, and 2 Associates 
by resignation. These losses have been more than counter¬ 
balanced by the increase in new members. 
