REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
February i2Tii, igoo. 
The year 1899, though uneventful, has been on the whole 
one of prosperity to the Society. The number of members 
has somewhat increased, the losses hy death and resignation 
being more than balanced by thirty-five accessions. The 
income has been £1,262, as against -£1,190 for the previous 
year, but this includes special donations amounting to £28 10s. 
towards cost of a new anemometer. 
The expenses—£1,275—exceed the income by £13, hut 
there is still a substantial balance of £150 in the hands of 
the Treasurer after paying all known liabilities. The Council 
hope to keep this balance in hand for the present as a nest-egg 
for several much needed improvements in the Museum, which 
they do not feel justified in undertaking at present. The 
causes of increased expenditure,—several of them exceptional, - 
(and but for which the balance would have been on the right 
side),—are : 
(1) Drainage of St. Mary’s Lodge and the Baths—£52. 
(2) New Locks and Keys—£20. 
(3) Bronze Tablet for the Queen Margaret’s Archway—£15. 
(4) Payment to Meteorological Observer, formerly paid by 
Meteorological Office—£12. 
(5) Anemometer, £40—less £28 10s. raised by special 
subscription—£xx 10s.* 
* The greater part of this deficit has already been subscribed, and it is 
hoped that some further donations may yet be received. 
