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ANNUAL REPORT

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MDCCCXXIX.

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ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE COUNCIL

OF THE

orfcsfjtt* I^ttosopDtcal goctetj)

FOR

MDCCCXX1X.

PRESENTED TO THE ANNUAL MEETING

FEBRUARY 2nd, 1830,

WHEN THE NEW MUSEUM WAS OPENED.

YORK :

PRINTED BY W. ALEXANDER AND SON, C4STLEGATE.

1830.

CONTENTS.

Page

List of the Trustees, Patrons, Officers, &c . v

Resolutions of the Annual Meeting . . . ix

REPORT of the Council . . . . , . 1

Treasurer’s Annual Account . 16

Abstract of Accounts of the Building Committee.... 18

Scientific Communications . . . 20

Donations to the Museum . . . . . 23

Donations to the Library . . . . . . 34

Members elected since March, 1829 . . . 39

Abstract of Privileges of Members, &c . 41

Subscriptions to the Building Fund, 1825 — 29....... 44

Renewed Subscription, 1830. ........................ 49

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TRUSTEES

OF

Zi)e

APPOINTED BY THE ROYAL GRANT.

HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK

EARL OF CARLISLE

VISCOUNT MILTON, F.R.S. F.S.A.

LORD GRANTHAM

HON. AND REV. HENRY E. J. HOWARD
FRANCIS CHOLMELEY, ESQ.

ROBERT DENISON, ESQ.

WILLIAM MARSHALL, ESQ. F.G.S.
EUSTACHIUS STRICKLAND, ESQ.
RICHARD J. THOMPSON, ESQ.

REV. W. V. VERNON, F.R.S.

WILLIAM WRIGHT, ESQ.

patrons of t he forfes^trr philosophical JNrietin

HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK

EARL OF CARLISLE

EARL OF TYRCONNEL, F.G.S.

VISCOUNT MORPETH

VISCOUNT MILTON, F.R.S. F.S.A.

LORD STOURTON
LORD WHARNCLIFFE
LORD MACDONALD.

PRESIDENT :

The Rev, William Venables Vernon, F.R.S. F.G.S.

VICE-PRESIDENTS :

Elected 1829 . Rev. D< R. Currer

William Danby, Esq.

Hon. and Rev. H. E. J. Howard
Hon. W. S. Lascelles
Henry Preston, Esq.

William Salmond, Esq. F.G.S.

Elected 1830. ..... .Hon. Edward Petre

Joshua Crompton, Esq.

Rev. Christopher Sykes
P. Beilby Thompson, Esq. M.P.

Thomas Wilson, Esq.

William Worsley, Esq,

OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY.

COUNCIL:

Elected 1828 . Thomas Barstow

Stephen Beckwith, M.D.
Francis Cholmeley, F.H.S.
Rev. John Kenrick.

Elected 1829 . Robert Davies

George Meynell
Thomas Simpson, M.D.
Eustachius Strickland.

Elected 1830.. . James Atkinson

Barnard Hague
Rev. William Lund
J. P. Pritchett.

TREASURER:

Jonathan Gray.

SECRETARIES:

George Goldie, M.D.
William Gray, jun.
John Phillips, F.G.S.

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CORRESPONDING SECRETARY :
Rev. Henry Atciieson, F.C.P.S,

OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY.

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CURATORS :

Ret. John Graham.. . .
W. Marshall, F.G.S..

James Atkinson .

Rev. J. B. Graham. . . .
Thomas Backhouse. . . .
Rev. W. Hincks, F.L.S.
Rev. C. Wellbeloved. .
Eustachius Strickland

Geology.

Mineralogy.
Comparative Anatomy.
Ornithology.
Entomology.

Botany.

Antiquities and Coins.
Library.

KEEPER OF THE MUSEUM :
John Phillips, F.G.S.

SUB - CURATOR:

Henry Baines.

AT THE ANNUAL MEETING

OF THE

orfcsfjitr PfnlosopDtcal ^octets,

HELD IN

THE NEW MUSEUM, FEBRUARY 2nd, 1830 :

The Annual Report of the Council having been read

Resolved, on the Motion of Sir J. V. B. Johnstone, Bart.
seconded by the Ven. Archdeacon Markham, —

That the Report be adopted and printed.

Resolved, on the Motion of Henry Preston, Esq., seconded
by E. S. Strangwayes, Esq. —

That this Meeting views with entire approbation the satisfactory
manner in which the Yorkshire Museum has been completed.

Resolved, on the motion of Sir G-eorge Cayley, Bart.,
seconded by William Worsley, Esq. —

That this Meeting recommend that an Appeal be made to the
County of York, for a Renewed Subscription towards liquidating
the Debt incurred by the completion of the Building, the formation
of the Botanic Garden, and the other extensive Improvements
connected with this Institution.

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Resolved, that the following Rules be adopted :

1. Members shall be allowed to give to occasional Visitors orders
of admission to the Gardens and Museum, signed with the Member’s
name, and bearing the name of the person to be admitted.

2. The adult members of the family of a Member of the Society,
residing under his roof, shall be admitted without an order.

3. The above privileges of Members shall be extended to Con¬
tributors of Fifty Pounds to the Building Fund.

4. Ladies may be admitted by the Council to become Annual
Subscribers to the Museum and Gardens : a payment of One Pound
shall entitle the Subscriber to have access thereto for the current
year, and also personally to introduce her female friends as occasional
Visitors.

The thanks of the Meeting were voted to the President ; to the
Secretary and Members of the Building Committee ; to William
Wilkins, Esq. R.A. for his liberal contribution of the classical
design of the Museum ; to J. P. Pritchett, Esq. for his valuable
professional assistance ; and to the Vice-Presidents and Members of
the Council, retiring from office by rotation.

REPORT

OF

Wl)t Council

TO THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY,

ON THE 2nd OF FEBRUARY, 1830,

In addressing the Annual Meeting for the first time within
the walls of this Museum, the Council may perhaps be
allowed to indulge some feelings of pride %nd satisfaction
on seeing the hopes of the Society thus far accomplished,
and a new era of its existence commenced. It was only
justified, indeed, in assuming the name to which it has
pretended, by the expectation of such an event. In the
confined space from which it has now emerged, to take
possession of this ample edifice, it was to be considered
rather as meditating the plan, than as acting the part of a
scientific Institution for the County of York. It
has now that of which all who have attended to the history of
such institutions well know the importance, it has not only a
local but a visible habitation, and stands forth in open view.
Challenging the public eye, and satisfying, it is hoped,
the public taste, it calls with confidence on whatever public
spirit, whatever respect or zeal for science, is to be found

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within the most extensive, the wealthiest, and the most
patriotic district in England.

J ustice has been done to the genius of the Architect, both
in the beautiful material of which the Building is constructed 1
and in the fidelity with which the Committee have executed
the design ; and it is highly gratifying to remark, that though
on subjects of taste differences of opinion may always be
expected to occur, it seems in the present instance to be the
general sentiment of the County, that the work which it has
so liberally supported has not been unskilfully performed,
and that Science has here been presented with a suitable and
a delightful abode.

N ot the least popular part of the new establishment is the
garden which surrounds the Museum, and which gives
already so ornamental a character to its site. The ground is
now put into a state of cultivation. A plan has been formed,
and partly executed, for laying it out in such a manner as to
combine a botanical distribution of the plants with a pleasing
effect to the eye. The irregularities of form which the
present taste in landscape gardening approves, will become
subservient to the subdivision of the orders, so as to make
both the affinities and differences as evident as possible to the
observer, without producing that formality which usually
accompanies scientific arrangement. The method which the

1 The freestone of which the Museum is built is a fine variety of the
Kelloways Rock , quarried at Hackness : it was given in a very liberal manner
to the Society by Sir J. V. B. Johnstone, Bart.

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Curator 1 proposes to adopt, is that of De Candolle ; as being
more intelligible and easy than any other modification of
the Natural System , while it is also generally received by
the most eminent botanists.

The Council consider themselves as fortunate in the person2
whom they have engaged to take the charge of this depart¬
ment under the Curator, a person qualified by his skill and
industry not only to cultivate the Garden with scientific
diligence, but to render essential service to the Museum.
His activity has already obtained for the Society above five
hundred plants; and such is the liberality which is shown, both
by members and others, in these donations, that it is probable
there will not be less than fourteen hundred specimens planted
without purchase in the course of the ensuing season. Offers
of assistance have been received from the intelligent Cura¬
tor 3 of the Botanic Garden at Hull, and from Professor Yon
Martius at Munich ; and the Society may expect soon to
possess a very large collection of hardy herbaceous plants.

It has been mentioned in former reports of the Society’s
proceedings, that the extensive excavations carried on in its
grounds, had brought to light many beautiful specimens of
the varied sculpture which characterized different styles of
the ecclesiastical architecture of this country in past ages.
These are now displayed in the Museum, and form by no
means the least interesting portion of the collections which

1 The Rev. W. Hincks, F.L.S. 2 Mr. Henry Baines. 3 Mr. Smith.

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it contains. The suggestions of the Curator of Antiquities1
on this subject highly deserve the attention of the Meeting.
“ He indulges the hope that larger accessions will be made of
other relics, illustrative not only of the architecture of ancient
times, but of many other subjects of antiquarian research. A
suitable depository for the numerous remains of Yorkshire
antiquities has long been desired; and where can such
a depository be formed with greater propriety and advantage
than in the capital of the county, amidst so many existing;
monuments of ancient grandeur, and under the auspices of
an Institution which, strong in its infancy, and giving signs
of a long continued existence, will afford, in the increasing
stores of its Museum, the readiest and most invaluable
aid to the investigations of the topographer, no less than to
those of the student and historian of nature. Had such an
institution flourished a century ago, how many curious
productions of ancient art might have been preserved, of
which there are now no traces to be seen ! How many yet
remaining, but daily exposed to the ravages of weather or of
wantonness, and to the dangers attendant upon passing
through the hands of successive owners, may be rescued from
the fate that threatens them, if the present design should be
realized, and the scattered fragments of antiquity collected in
this Museum !”

Such a design is entirely consonant with the general plan
of the Society ; for it must always be remembered, that
although there is no part of real knowledge, whether of art
or nature, to which it does not wish to apply itself, yet
local information, and whatever materials of information

! The Rev. C, >VelibeIoved=

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5

relate to Yorkshire, are its principal objects ; and of these
objects, in whatever degree the Institution may be enlarged,
it ought by no means ever to lose sight. Other collections
within these walls will have their use for the instruction of
the student; but as far as the progress of learning or
science is concerned, intelligence of the district to which
we belong, is our proper study and our most useful
pursuit.

Reverting, then, again to the subject of antiquities, the
Council have to remark, that among the communications
made to the Society during the last year, there was a paper 1
on the discovery of a Roman road, and works connected with
it, on the Wolds, which had a peculiar interest in this point
of view ; and it has been suggested that a great benefit might
be conferred on some future topographer of the county, if
similar observations were made by other members of the
Society, and communicated, with proper measurements and
plans, to be deposited in the archives of the Museum.
66 These works, the Curator has justly remarked, (C are
objects of importance to the reader of history, as well as to
the antiquary. Many such works have disappeared ; and
many are continually disappearing. The plough that
discloses the rust-eaten javelin, and the empty helmet, and
the bones of the horse and his rider, levels the ramparts,
obliterates the causey, and effaces all the labors of the
victorious legions of Rome. To trace the four great roads
by which Britain was traversed during its subjection to that
power, has long baffled the exertions of the most diligent and

1 By the Rev. Mr. Rankin,

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keen-eyed antiquaries, and few of the many ways which
connected them or branched out from them can now be
perceived. The general bearing, however, of most of them
is not unknown ; and if members of the Society or others
li\ ing near the supposed line of them, or near any of the
stations which the Romans are thought to have held, would
employ their leisure in a careful examination of their neigh¬
bourhood, some useful knowledge might yet be recovered,
which can be recovered by no other means.”

It is not irrelevant to this subject to state, that a con¬
siderable number of Roman denarii having been lately found
in the vicinity of Huddersfield, near the supposed site of
the ancient Cambodunum, sixteen of the most perfect were
purchased for the Society, and together with them, eight
very rare and interesting British coins found at the same
place, belonging to the class called the coins of Cunobelin,
but for preservation and curiosity exceeding any, it is pro¬
bable, that have been before discovered.

The same character of local research, in a different depart¬
ment of knowledge, enhances the value of a work published
during the last year by one of the Officers of the Society, a
work which has every where received the approbation of
geologists, but which must here be regarded with peculiar
satisfaction. Mr. Phillips’s excellent “ Illustrations” of the
Geology of the eastern part of this county, may be con¬
sidered as the first fruits of the Yorkshire Museum, and have
been the means of communicating to distant countries the
information to be drawn from its collections.

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It was upon the same principle, that the Council itself
took an active part in investigating a discovery recently
made in the neighbourhood of North Cliff, by which some
material additions have been gained to the natural history
of the Antediluvian World. This is the most remarkable
geological phenomenon which has been observed since the
first institution of the Society ; but as the results of the
investigation have been published, 1 the Council have
only to add, that the thanks of the Society are due to one
of its members 2 for the facilities which he has afforded
to the examination, and for the regard which he has shown
to the interests of the Museum.

Whilst particular attention has thus been paid to subjects
of local research, it will appear from the account of the
communications to the Monthly Meetings, that more
general enquiries have not been neglected. Under this head
it may be noticed that information, peculiarly interesting to
the Society at the present moment, has been obtained,
respecting the state and arrangement of Museums in Holland,
Germany, and France. It will be seen also from the list
of donations, that the Society’s collections have been
enriched by contributions from every quarter. A valuable
present has been received 3 of skins of quadrupeds, birds,
and fishes, collected in various parts of Europe ; and a

1 See Philosophical Magazine, for Sept. 1829, and Jan. 1830.

2 Wm. Worsley, Esq.

3 From Wm. Marshall, Esq. F.G.S.

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considerable addition has been made 1 to the splendid dona¬
tions of American zoology acknowledged in the last Report.
Among the accessions to the geological part of the Museum,
may be remarked the remains of the pterodactyle from the
quarries of Stonesfield, 2 and a beautiful suite of shells from
the tertiary beds in the vicinity of Paris.3 Nor have the
Yorkshire contributions been deficient either in number
or interest. The large donation4 of fossils from the moun¬
tain limestone of Craven is the more valuable, because
it helps to supply one of the most defective parts of
the Society’s collection ; and Mr. Smith’s present of a
geological map of the country round Scarborough,
has the merit of displaying in a striking degree the
minuteness and accuracy of investigation which accompany
the enlarged and comprehensive views of this admirable
geologist. The Council have again to acknowledge the
liberality of the Curator of the Library,3 in meeting a vote
of money for the purchase of books, with a contribution
from his own purse ; and they have the gratification of pre¬
senting a long list of donations in that important department,
not a few of which are rare and valuable, and of pointing
out to the attention of the Meeting the increased number of
presents from eminent authors and distinguished public
institutions. Among these presents, the most interesting is
the work on the ruins of St. Mary’s Abbey, to the illustration
of which the labors of this Society have so largely contri¬
buted. Two hundred copies have been received from the
Society of Antiquaries, a part of which have been already
distributed among the members of the Society and the

1 By S. Stapylton, Esq.

2 Presented by Dr. Daubeny, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Oxford.

8 Presented by Mrs. Murchison, * By Mr. Kirby. 5 Eust. Strickland, Esq.

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Subscribers to the Building Fund, and a part still remain
to be disposed of.

In passing from this report of the Society’s scientific
proceedings and acquisitions, to its pecuniary accounts, it
is to be observed, in the first place, that the expectations not
only of convenience but of advantage from the new lecture
room have been thus far realized, even though it was opened
in an unfinished state. After the usual salary of the lecturer
and the incidental expenses were paid, there remained to
the Society a profit of Fifteen Pounds : and, doubtless, if
accuracy of knowledge, if ardor for the sciences which he
teaches, and a happy talent for explaining them— if these
qualifications can ensure success to a lecturer, the lectures
of the Keeper of the Museum may always be expected to be
successful. It is not proposed, however, in future to look to
any profit to the Society from this source. Mr. Phillips will
deliver some lectures during the summer, on the economy
of the animal kingdom ; but the Council are desirous ot
assigning to himself the whole of whatever emolument may be
derived from the course. The Curator of Botany has also
offered to favor the Society with a course of lectures on that
science, the produce of which will be appropriated to the
Garden Fund.1

1 The lamented death of Mr. E. S. George has deprived the Society of the
lectures announced in the last Report as designed for the benefit of the Laboratory.
Mr. George was an honorary member of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society,
and honorary Curator of the Institution at Leeds. In him these societies have
prematurely lost an associate, not more distinguished for scientific acquirements
than for zeal in diffusing science, and for the modest, liberal, and benignant
spirit of a true philosopher.

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report of

The Treasurer’s Report will show that, so far as the
annual accounts are concerned, the finances of the
Society are in a prosperous state ; and that the balance in its
favor for the past year amounts to somewhat more than a
hundred pounds. But the most material point in its affairs
to which the Council have to call the attention of the
Meeting*, is the extraordinary expenditure which has
been incurred, on account of the New Museum and the
improvements connected with it : and for a satisfactory
explanation of that expenditure, they must refer to the
Report of the Building Committee.

After stating that all the accounts have been made up to
the commencement of the year 1830, the Committee proceed
to report upon them in the following manner :

The Accounts now presented are arranged under six
heads. The first of these includes the total expense of the
main Building ; and the amount is 6868/. The sum
originally proposed to be laid out upon it was 5650/. ; but
the expenditure was increased by the following improve¬
ments : the basement floor was extended under the whole
building ; the zoological museum was enlarged to such
dimensions as would allow a gallery to be hereafter erected ;
the side museums were faced with stone ; and, not to mention
other additions for convenience or ornament, it was deter¬
mined to warm the whole fabric by hot air stoves, and to

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light it with gas. The Committee do not apprehend that any
one conversant with building, who considers the character
and extent of this edifice, will think the sum which has
been spent upon it unreasonably great.

(C Under the second head is placed the expense of the
entrance lodge and gates, the boundary walls and out¬
buildings, which amounts to 11501. On this head the
Committee have only to remark, that the magnitude of the
charge is owing to the extent of ground which was to be
enclosed, and which required boundary walls of more than
300 yards in length, besides other fencing.

“ The third head comprises the repairs of the ruined
Abbey, the excavations carried on to trace the old founda¬
tions of the Monastery, the formation of the roads, walks,
and grounds, and the laying out of the Garden. The total
of this expenditure is 83 11. Such operations could neither
be exactly calculated, nor confined within a fixed limit ; but
they were vigilantly superintended, both by the Clerk of the
works and by several members of the Committee.

“ The furniture of the Museum, and the new cabinets
prepared for the reception of specimens, form the fourth
head of the account ; and on these has been expended the
sum of 527/. : such an addition to the former accommoda¬
tions having become absolutely necessary, to display even
the present riches of the Society to any advantage.

“ Lastly, under the fifth and sixth heads are classed
the claims of former occupiers of the premises now belonging
to the Society, which amount to 191/., and the bills for

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printing1 and advertising, which, with the legal and other
miscellaneous expenses, amount to 219/.

“ The sum of tIle expenditure on all these heads is 9787/.,
a sum ceitainly greater than had been anticipated, but not
gi eater, the Committee feel assured, than was necessary to
do justice to the plan of a County Museum, and to fulfil
the wishes of the Subscribers. They request that their
Minutes may be laid before the Society at its Annual Meeting,
in order that a judgement may be formed of the manner in
which the work has been conducted ; and they beg to be
indulged in making a few observations upon this subject.

It has been alieady remarked, that of some part of the
task which devolved upon them, it was impossible to cal¬
culate the cost. Of this nature was the investigation of the
remains of antiquity discovered in the Society’s premises,
and the conversion of the large tract of rubbish which
covered them into garden ground. But in all cases where it
was practicable, it will be found that the charges for every
part of the work were ascertained beforehand and contracted
for, and that as much pains were taken in checking the
expenditure as if it had been of private concern.

“ lt cannot be necessary to enlarge upon the obligation
which the Society owes to Mr. Wilkins, for the liberality
with which he has conferred upon it the benefit of his well
known talent and enlightened taste. The professional assist¬
ance received from Mr. Pickersgill has been already acknow¬
ledged in a manner which could not but be gratifying’ to his
feelings ; and it only remains for the Committee to state, in
justice to one of their own members, that the disinterested

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and able services of Mr. Pritchett have been of the utmost
consequence, both to the execution and economy of the
work. He has devoted much of his valuable time to the
meetings of the Committee, and has given his gratuitous
advice and superintendence on every occasion on which his
judgement and experience could be useful.”

From this Report, then, it appears that the expenses
incurred by the Society amount to nearly 9800/. The fund
which is available to answer that demand is about 8300/.,
thus leaving a debt of 1500/. ; a debt which will undoubtedly
prove a heavy incumbrance, if means cannot be devised for
paying it off. In the present state of our annual income, we
may indeed defray the interest of such a debt, and still go on.
—But let the meeting consider in what manner we shall go
on, as respects the character and utility of the Institution.
We may go on— giving a salary of sixty pounds a year to the
Keeper of the Museum : and would any member of the
Society wish to retain his services on such inadequate terms 2
We may go on— but with an unfurnished Laboratory, and a
Library to which the naturalist or the antiquary would refer
in vain. We may go on— but we must leave to others to
explore, even in our own county, the mysteries of nature,
and to collect the monuments of art.

The Society, in short, is not insolvent, but it is deeply
embarrassed ; and the effect of that embarrassment upon it at
present is this, that it is compelled to be parsimonious in

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points where liberality would not only be honorable to its
character, but important to its success. The Society is
not insolvent, but it labors under a weight of debt which
is sufficient to depress its energy, and to stifle its exertions.

Yet it does not follow that the Committee have risked too
much. They doubtless thought they saw, in the existing
subscriptions, a spirit of more importance than the actual
amount ; they thought they saw, in the liberality of the
Subscribers, a cordial approbation of the plan, and an
order to execute it well.

At this time last year, the current of the subscription was
suddenly stopped by a disaster which, in an unprecedented
degree, absorbed the attention, and called forth the vast
munificence of the County. Then, when the means had been
supplied of restoring the Minster to its former splendour,
the wants of the Hospital came to be known; and those wants
were by an universal impulse immediately relieved, to an
extent which the .warmest friends of the charity could
scarcely have hoped. This it is of which a Yorkshireman
is justly proud, that whenever any public object is to be
achieved, there is always in the great community to which
he belongs both the will and the power to achieve it. Upon
that will and power the Council are not aware that there is at
present any rival claim. They beg leave, therefore, to submit
to the Meeting the importance of immediately adopting some
measure to revive the subscription, and by making the
necessities of the Institution known, to obtain for it the
assistance which it requires. The aid which has never yet

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been denied to a great and useful object, they hope will
not be withheld from this. They trust that all who have
observed the progress of the Society, will think it deserving
of a liberal support ; and they feel assured that those who
have fostered it in its infancy, will not desert it at this
crisis of its more mature existence.

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THE TREASURER’S ANNUAL

Dr. £. s. d.

Received arrears of former years . 33 0 0

Received subscriptions for 1829 from 165 members at 2 1. 330 0 0

Received ditto from 3 non-resident members at 1 1 . 3 0 0

Received admission money from 15 new members at 5l.. 75 0 0

Received of Cooper Preston, Esq. subscription and arrears

71. donation 31. . . 10 0 0

Received of Eust. Strickland, Esq. a donation for purchase

of elementary books in Natural History . 7 0 0

Received of the Rev. W. V. Vernon a donation towards

the excavation at North Cliff . 12 0 0

Receipts of Mr. Phillips’s Lectures. . . 58 4 0

£528 4 0

£• s. d.

Balance in the hands of the Treasurer . 28 14 11

Arrears due from Members . 73 0 0

Balance in favor of the Society £101 14 11

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ACCOUNT FOR 1829.

Cr. £. s. d .

Balance due to the Treasurer at the close of 1828 » . . . . 91 7 9

Purchase and preparation of specimens . 69 12 3

Excavation at North Cliff . 22 0 0

Books and binding . 49 4 2

Printing.... . 31 7 9

Stationery . . 2 1 8

Expenses of Lectures :

Lecturers Salary . . .

Incidental expenses . . . .

Rent, Taxes, and Insurance :

Rent of Society’s late apartments .

Ditto of part of the Museum Grounds .

Land-tax and poor-rates . . .

Insurance . . .

Salaries and Wages :

Keeper of the Museum . . .

Servant .

Subcurator (last quarter of 1829) . . .

Incidents :

Freight, carriage, and postage .

Coals .

Sundry small bills and miscellaneous expenses

Balance in the hands of the Treasurer. . .

31 10 0
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52 6 2

93 13 0

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ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS

EXPENDITURE. *

1. Main Building : £. $. d.

Mason . 2567 17 10|

Carpenter . 1390 12 11|

Bricklayer . 677 19 6|

Plumber . 784 6 8

Plasterer. . . 615 14 8

Slater . . . 156 10 3

Ironmonger ...... . 60 1 1

Painter... . 51 3 3§

HotairStoves . 233 17 111

Gas-pipes . 92 2 10

Architect . 173 5 0

Sundries . 65 2 4|

- - — - 6868 14 5|

2. Lodge, boundary walls, &c.

Entrance-lodge and gates . 514 12 5

Boundary walls, (305 yards,) other fences, %
and out-buildings . 5 635 6 ^4

- - 1149 12 7 1

o. Abbey, excavations, roads, and garden :

Repairs of the Abbey . . 171 n 3

Measurement and Plan of the Ruins .... 40 0 0
Excavating, levelling, and making roads 580 4 1§

Trees, shrubs, and grass-seeds . . 39 13 10

— — - 831 9 2f

4. Cases and Furniture. . . 527 5 61

5. Claims of former occupiers of the ground . 190 18 4

6. Printing, advertising, stationery, legal and miscel¬

laneous expenses

218 17 9

T otal

£9786 17 11±

* The accounts of expenditure and subscriptions are made up to 1st of January, 1830.

19

OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE.

AVAILABLE FUND.

£. s. cl.

Amount of Subscriptions . 7775 10 0

Interest allowed by the Bankers . 184 0 0

Estimated proceeds of the “Account of St. Mary’s Abbey” 250 0 0

Surplus of Annual Income . . . . . 0 ... . 100 0 0

£8309 10 0

Expenditure . 9786 7 11~

Available Fund . 8309 10 0

Deficit . £1477 7 11J

35 2

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS

RECEIVED AT

THE SOCIETY’S MEETINGS.

Feb, 3rd, 1829.— Register of meteorological observations at York,
during every hour of the day and night of the 15th January, 1829 :
by several members of the Y.P.S.

Corresponding observations made at Moat Hall, near York : by
J. Wasse, M.D.

Account of the quantity of Rain at Wigton, in Cumberland, during
the last seven years : by J. Pemberton, Esq.

Account of new experiments on the combustion of Coal-gas : by the
Rev. Wm. Taylor.

March 3rd.— Geological and mineralogical notices, and remarks
on Museums in Germany : by Wm. Marshall, Esq. F.G.S.

On the original situation of the Statues lately discovered among
the ruins of St. Mary’s Abbey : by R. D. Chantrell, Esq. Architect.
Further experiments on Coal-gas : by the Rev. Wm. Taylor.

April 7th.— On the distinctions and habits of British Summer
Birds of passage : by Arthur Strickland, Esq.

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS.

21

Oil the most advantageous mode of burning Coal-gas : by the Rev.
Wm. Taylor.

July 7th.— On a new form of Pump : by the Rev. Wm. Taylor.
Remarks on the colouring matter of purple fluor spar, and of black
marble ; and on the presence of crystalline fragments of calcareous
spar in the black pottery of the Romans : by the Rev. W. Y.
Vernon, F.R.S.

Oct. 6th. — On Roman Roads across the Wolds of Yorkshire : by
the Rev. T. Rankin.

Observations on a supposed encampment near Gocdmanham : by
the Rev. W. V. Vernon, F.R.S.

On the arrangements of Museums in Belgium, Germany, and
France : by John Phillips, F.G.S.

Account of Observations made on a deposit of bones and shells
near North Cliff by Messrs. Dikes, Phillips, Salmond, and himself:
by the Rev. W. V. Vernon, F.R.S. 1 2

Nov. 3rd.—On the deposit of Stream Tin in Cornwall : by W. J9
Hen wood, Esq. F.G.S.

Dec. 1st.— On the Geology of Havre de Grace : by John Phillips,
F.G.S.3

1 See Philosophical Magazine for September,, 1829,

2 Philosophical Magazine for March, 1830.

22

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS.

Account of a new excavation carried on by desire of the Council at
North Cliff: by the Rev. W. V. Vernon, F.R.S.1

Notice of a deposit of timber recently discovered near Stockton-
upon-Tees : by the same.

Jan. 5th, 1830. — Further geological and mineralogical notices in
Germany : by Wm. Marshall, Esq. F.G.S.

On Fossil Plants : by Henry Witharn, Esq. F.G.S.

1 Philosophical Magazine for January, 1830.

DONATIONS

TO

THE SOCIETY'S MUSEUM.

GEOLOGY.

1829.

February.

Sill fossil remains of crino’idea and mol-
lusca, from the mountain limestone,
near Clithero.

March.

Rev. C. V. Vernon . Spongia cribrosa and fossil plants from

Northumberland.

Rev. Archdeacon Yernon. . 2 specimens of fossil fish from the mag¬

nesian limestone of Durham.

(7 fossil plants from near Huddersfield,

S. Hailstone. Esq . J and a mass of gryphaea depressa from

^ Huntcliff.

i Polished mass of lias, containing bones

Mr. C. Robinson . < 0f ichthyosaurus. Scoria from a

V. coal-pit at Whitehaven.

Rev. W. V. Yernon . Fossil fern.

W. C. Trevelyan, Esq.. .. 7 specimens of rocks from the Faroe

Isles, Calton Hill, &c.

m

DONATIONS TO

April.

Rev. S. Creyke . . Slab of ammonitic marble from Somer¬

setshire.

Mr. S. Woodward . . 36 fossils from the crag and chalk of

Norwich.

Mr. John Coulson. . . . Fossil wood from Van Dieman’s Land.

July,

(38 specimens of organic remains (shells.
Dr. Daubenv, Prof. Chem. J fishes, and reptiles) from the slate

Oxon. $ quarries of Stonesfield.

Mr. R. Ripley. . . Scales of crocodile, and various ammo¬

nites, from the lias of Whitby.

C36 fossils from the transition rocks of

Wm. Wright, Esq . . J Herefordshire and mountain limestone

^ of Yorkshire.

Rev. E. Stillingfleet ...... 9 echini and other fossils from the oolite

of Hotham.

Mr. Hawkes . . 3 spatangi from the calc grit near Castle

Howard.

Hon.& Rev. H. Howard. . Spirifera lineata from Tindal-fell.

Mr. D. Tuke . . Compressed ammonites from the

Kimmeridge clay of Settrington.

Rev. T. C. R. Read . Gryphaea bullata from Filey.

(23 fossils from the lias, &c. near Whitby,
Rev. W. V. Vernon. . .... < and from the basaltic dyke at Egton

r Bridge.

Mr. R. Pickering . . . Mass of ostreae from Malton.

October.

Mrs. Murchinson ........ 195 fossil shells from the Calcaire

grossier of the Paris Basin.

THE MUSEUM.

25

Rev. W. V. Vernon . Elephant’s tooth from Middleton.

Rev. E. Stillingfleet . Clypeus semisulcatus, from Hotham.

Stalagmite from Derbyshire.

Rev. W. V. Vernon, ^

Wm. Salmond, Esq. > 12 species of land and fresh water shells

Mr. Phillips. j from the marl pit at North Cliff.

Francis Cholmeley, Esq.. .
Rev. M. G. Wynyard. . . .
Wm. Marshall, Esq. .. . ..
November.

Pentacrinus caput medusae from
Bosworth, Leicestershire.

Joint of cyathocrinus rugosus, from the
diluvium of York.

Bones of quadrupeds, and shells, from
a fresh water deposit at Weimar.

Rev. B. Newton . . 71 specimens of shells from the crag of

Essex, &c.

Rev. Mr. Frank. ........ Calamites, from the sandstone of

Huddersfield.

Mr. H. Baines . Ferns, lepidodendra, &c. from the

Bradford collieries.

Mr. Phillips. . . .
Mr. H. Chapman

December.

Nautilus elegans from the green sand of
Havre.

A new species of ammonites, and large
tooth, from Bridlington.

Rev. S. Creyke . 6 specimens of Devonshire marble.

F. Cholmeley, Esq.. . Series of rock specimens from Spa.

Mr. C. Empson . . . Fossil shells from Newcastle coal field.

Mr. Phillips . . . Series of fossils from the green sand

and Kimmeridge clay of Havre.

Mr. Copsie. . . Trilobite from Dudley. Echini and

shells from the green sand of Wilts.

E

26

DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM.

H. Witham, Esq,
Mr. Allis .

Rev. S. Croft . .
1830.

January.

Section of a fossil plant from Wideopen
near Newcastle.

Nautilus elegans ? from the greensand,
Wilts.

Fusus contrarius and other crag shells
from Suffolk.

pPecten quinquecostatus, and other fossil
shells from the Quadersandstein of
Germany.

W. Marshall, Esq . ^ Ananchytes ovata and other fossils from

the chalk of Rugen, &c.

14 teeth and hones of fossil bear from
Gailenreuth.

Rev. C. V. Vernon . .

Rev. Archd. Wrangham..

Fossil plants, specimens of basalt, chalk,
and green sand ; from the neighbour¬
hood of Belfast.

Cycadites and filicites from the
Scarborough coast.

Purchased.

r 20 casts of the saurian remains in the
collection of the Bristol Institution.

87 fossil zoophytes, shells, Crustacea,
and remains of fishes and reptiles from
the coralline oolite of Malton.

47 fossils from the strata of the York¬
shire coast, (part of the collection of
the late Mr. Bird of Whitby.)

Fern and stellate plant from the slate
of Glarus in Switzerland.

MINERALOGY.

1829.

March.

Mr. Copsie . .

W. C. Trevelyan, Esq, . . .

Arseniate of iron from Caldbeck Fells.

31 minerals, chiefly of the zeolite family,
from the Faroe Islands.

November .

H. A. Littledale, Esq». . . .

Hauyne and olivine from Andernach.

December .

Mr. Copsie. . . .

Fluor spar from Cumberland.

2 Moss Agates.

1830.

January.

G. Champney, Esq . .

Mr. Ellison. ............

Copper and lead ores from Norway.
Quartz from Caermarthenshire.

Rt. Hon. Lady Feversham

Moss Agate.

Purchased . .

54 specimens of minerals from Germany,
i Bohemia, and Norway, including

moroxite, tungstate of lime, hyalite,
radiated blende, gehlenite, spargel-
^ stein, diopside, emerald, rhaetizite,
&c.

ZOOLOGY.

1829.

February.

Mr. Gilbertson .

C54 species of land and fresh-water
J shells, from the neighbourhood of
/ Preston, Lancashire.

Eust. Strickland, Esq .

/'White-fronted goose, (a. albifrons )

J m. and f.

/Golden-eye duck, (a. clangula) m.

Mr. Edward Rigge .

Mr. William Gray, jun.. . .
Rev. W. V. V ernon. .....

Colymbus limner.

Quail.

Brambling, (fringilla montifringilla)
m. and f.

W. R. Crompton, Esq. . . .

A young otter.

March.

B. Clarkson, Esq .

Goosander, m. & f. f mergus merg¬
anser.)

Eust. Strickland, Esq .

C Young male goosander.

< Red-necked grebe, ( podiceps rubri-
* collis.)

Mr. H. Graves .

Syngnathus, from Bombay.

April.

Eust. Strickland, Esq .

B. Clarkson, Esq .

Mr. H. Chapman ........

Pine marten, (martes abietum .)

A white mole.

Crop of the wood grouse.

July.

William Danby, Esq .....

Series of British shells from the South
coast of England. (30 species.)

DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM.

29

Mr. H. Baines . 100 insects from New South Wales.

Mr. H. Graves . 10 insects from Bombay.

Mr. T. Backhouse . Triton palustris, and triton aquaticus.

Rev. T. C. R. Read . Skull of polar bear.

Quadrupeds, Reptiles, Birds, and In¬
sects, from North America, viz :
Alligator, (crocodilus lucius.)

Rattle snake, (crotalus horridus.)
Summer duck, ( anas sponsa ) f. & 2 m.
Surf duck, ( a.perspicillata.)
Canvas-back duck,^ a.vallisneria)m.&A .
Velvet duck, (a.fusca.) m.

Ruddy duck, (a. rubida) m. and f.
Widgeon, (a. americana.)
Buffet-headed duck, (a. albiola Jm.&f,
Red-collared duck, (a. rufitorquis.)
Blue jay, ( corvus cristatus.)

Meadow lark, ( sturnus ludovicianus .)
Red-headed woodpecker, (picus ery->
Stapylton Stapylton, Esq. . ^ throcephalus . )

Chatterer, (bombytilla carolinensis )
m. and f.

Red-winged oriole, (oriolus phcenicus,)
3 specimens of red-shouldered oriole,
(icterus phcenicus .)

Gold-winged woodpecker, (picus au~
ratus Jm.&f.

Scarlet tanager,( tanagra rubra) m. & f.
Baltimore oriole, (icterus baltimorus.)
Blue robin.

2 Sea eagles, (falco ossifragus.)

Hern.

Bittern.

^Collared Kingfisher.

so

DONATIONS TO

'"Buzzard.

Great horned owl.

White-headed eagle.

Stapylton Stapylton, Esq. Red squirrel, (sc. hudsonius) m. & f.

Ground squirrel, ( sc. striatus.)

Grey squirrel, (sc. cinereus.)

^300 North American insects.

W. Gossip, Esq . Ballan wrasse, (labrus balanus)

caught off Scarborough,

October.

iHead of phoca barbata, head of ph.
L. Edmondstone, Esq .... < vitulina, and foetus of ph. barbata,

v. from Zetland.

W. Marshall, Esq,

<

r Quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, and fishes,
from Germany and the Tyrol, viz.
Wild Boar, Chamois, Lynx, 2 Beavers,
skeleton of Beaver.- — Falco palum-
barius, Ampelis garrula, Coracias
garrula, Ptarmigan, Capercailzie, m.
&f. — Rana esculenta, and r. arborea;
several specimens of each.— Silurus
communis, Perea leucioperca, Salmo
Wartmanni.

November.

C Larva of the Goat Moth, (cossus

Mr. T. Fawcett . < ligniperda ,) inclosed in the heart of

\ an Ash tree.

December.

Mr. Allis . . Helix pomatia, and other shells.

Sir T. Frankland, Bart. . . Horns of the Roebuck.

R. Wormald, Esq . Paw of polar bear.

Mr. Isaac Priestman . Vertebra of a whale.

Mr. Ellison . Pair of red-legged crows.

Mr. Joseph Backhouse. . . , Cranium of a cow.

1830.

January.

THE MUSEUM.

31

Dr. Hutchinson . . 8 specimens of the frog-fish of Surinam.

r-% 0 foreign birds, viz : Picus norvegicus

Wm. Marshall, Esq

L curvirostra.

Rt. Hon. Lady Feversham Wasp’s nest, found in Buncombe Park.

Chamasleon.

Mr. J. C. Latrobe.. . 100 insects from the Cape of Good

Hope.

OMITTED IN LAST YEAR’S REPORT.
Professor Necker, Geneva Proteus anguinus, from Carniola.

Mr. Hamerton . Rose coloured ouzel, ( pastor roseus .)

Mr. Cook . . * . Saw-fish, (pristis antiquorum.)

m. & f. P. viridis, m. &f. P. martius.
Turdus torquatus, m. & f. Corvus
caryocatactes. C. glandarius. Motacilla
suecica, m. & f. Turdus cyaneus.
Lanius excubitor, m. & f. Turdus
saxatilis. Alauda alpestris. Motacilla
regulus, m. & f. M. curruca. Loxia

Purchased

Skeleton of the Fallow Deer.

10 British birds, viz : Kite, Hobby,
Royston Crow, Snow bunting,
Scoter duck ^fem. Cinereous godwit,
Ruff, Black guillemot, Eared grebe,
Cormorant, fem .

24 specimens of British fresh water
fishes and reptiles.

COINS AND ANTIQUITIES.

1829—30.

Mr. S. Kenrick

7 English silver coins of Edward,
Elizabeth, Charles i., and the
Commonwealth.

1 New English shilling, 1652.

2 Spanish coins.

Mr. Hebden . . . .

Thomas Meade, Esq .

Mr. Etridge .

Andrew Lawson, Esq . . . .

1 counter. 2 copper coins.

Denarius of Julius Caesar.

Constantinus, ce. 2.

30 Roman coins, chiefly brass, found at
Uriconium, St. Albans, &c.

Mr. S. Woodward. ...... 12 local tokens, copper.

Francis Cholmeley, Esq.. . 38 iocai tokens, silver.

V Medal, in commemoration of the removal
George Champney, Esq... < of the rock forming the pedestal of

v the statue of Peter the Great.

Archbishop of York

Mr. S. Woodward

Miss Benett

Beautiful brass seal of George
Rygmayden , of the early part of
the 15th century.*

Impressions of three seals, viz. cloth seal
for the co. of Essex ; seal of the
Mayoralty of the Staple of Ipswich ;
seal of Ivo de Vilarisico.

S Impression of the seal of the Aulnage
Office of the co. of Wilts, in the 17th
year of Edward iv.

* An interesting notice on the subject of this very curious seal, has been
communicated to the Society by Michael Jones, Esq. F.S.A.

THE MUSEUM.

33

W. Salmond Esq. . . . 0 . . . Fragments of a Roman amphora, found

at Heslington.

W. L. F. Scott, Esq

<

Part of an ancient fibula, found under
the mound of Clifford’s Tower, (with
a drawing.)

Two earthen vessels and a copper bowl,
found in digging fcr foundations in
the Castle Yard, York.

Thomas Barstow, Esq. ... 2 ancient deeds.

PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS

AND MISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS.

1829-30.

Mr. Joseph Backhouse.. . . A glass prism.

Rev. W. Taylor . An improved electrical machine.

Thomas Donkin, Esq . Thermometer, constructed by himself.

Messrs. Barber, Cattle, Silver mounted Seal for the use of the
North y Society.

Mr. C. Robinson . Canoe, with the implements complete,

as used by the Esquimaux.

A number of Esquimaux implements,
&c. viz. harpoon and lines, kettle, bow
made of musk-ox horn, harpoon staff,

Capt. H. P. Hoppner, R.N.<< grallge for sticking salm0D’ gloves’

quiver-case, panna or knife, harpoon

head, & c. models of a canoe, Esqui¬
maux woman’s dress, &c.

I A Malay crease.

DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY.

1829.

February.

B. Hague, Esq

W. H. Dikes, Esq
April.

, Gent’s History of Hull, 1733.

% Gent’s History of Ripon, Beverley, &c.
J Gent’s History of Pontefract,
i Primer of King Henry VIII. 1546.

V, Torr’s Antiquities of York, 1719.

Brongniart (Ad.) Histoire des Veg£*
taux Fossiles, 1st and 2nd Livraisons.

Mr. Phillips, (the Author) Illustrations of the Geology of the

Yorkshire Coast, 4to.

Rev. Win. Taylor . Joannis de Sacrobusto Libellus de

Sphasra.

Mr. W. Gray, jun
July.

Camdeni Britannia, 12mo.
Merlini Anglici Ephemeris.

Royal Asiatic Society ....

Oriental Translation Com¬
mittee of the R.A.S.

M. Adolphe Brongniart
(the Author)

Transactions of the Society, v. ii. part 1.

Travels of I bn Batuta, translated by
Professor Lee, under the superinten¬
dence of the Committee, 4to.

Considerations sur la Vegetation, &c.
8vo.

DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY.

35

Mr. Phillips . Prodrome d’une Histoire des V£getaux

Fossiles, par Ad. Brongniart, 8vo.

M. J. A. De Luc, )

(the Author) $ 4 Pamphlets, 8vo.

Geological Society . Abstract of the Proceedings of the

Society, 1828-9.

John Hogg, Esq. ) Natural History of the Vicinity of

(the Author) } Stockton on Tees, 8vo.

October.

ir

W. J. Broderip, Esq.
(the Author)

R. I. Murchison, Esq.
(the Author)

'"Memoirs on Mollusca in the Museum
of the Zoological Society ; — on the
jaw of a didelphis from Stonesfield
( on the animal of the genus argonauta ;
— on a new species of cypraea, and on
the habits of paguri, &c. — on a new
land shell.

Memoirs on the tertiary and secondary
rocks near Bassano, and on the
bituminous schist and fossil fish of
Seefeld.

Dr. Fitton (the Author) . . Address to the Geological Society, 20th

Feb. 1829.

Asiatic Society of Calcutta Asiatic Researches, vol. xvi. 4to.

R. I. Murchison, Esq. & ) Memoir on the Excavation of the
C. Lyell, Esq. (the Authors)) Valleys in Central France, 8vo.

The Society of Arts . List of Premiums, &c. 1829 — 30.

The Society of Antiquaries 200 copies of the Account of St. Mary’s

Abbey, from “Vetusta Monumenta ”

36

DONATIONS TO

Rev* James Dalton. ..... Joannis Hedwigii Hist. Nat. Muscorum

frondentium, 4to. (coloured plates.)
£ Knoll ys’ Historie of the Turkes, fol.
T. Maxon, Esq.a . < 1638.

Yorkshire Magazine, published 1786-7.

November .

M. Om alius d’Halloy,

(the Author)

The Editors ....

Memoires Geologiques sur les Pays bas.

Edinburgh Journal of Natural and
Geographical Science, No. 1.

York Mechanics5 Institute. . Catalogue of the Library, &c.

December.

Rev. S. Creyke

Mr. Copsie

John Murray, Esq.
(the Author)

Professor Necker,
(the Author)

• • • • Moll’s Atlas of England & Wales, 1724.

Hooke’s Micrographia, fol.

Ray’s Discourses, 8vo.

Alston’s Tirocinium Botanicum, 8vo.
Plot’s Natural History of Oxfordshire.

Manual of Chemical Experiments, 12mo.
On Aerial Electricity, 12mo.

Memoire sur la Vallee de Valorsine.
. sur le cuivre hydro-siliceux.

1830.

January.

Prof. Von Martins,
(the Author)

Geological Society* , , .

Reisen in Brazilien, 4to.

Abstract of the Proceedings of the
Society, May 15th to June 19th, 1829.

THE LIBRARY.

37

Rev. H. J. Todd

""Account and Engravings of the Temple
Church, from “Vetusta Monumenta.”
Puteus Sacer Agri Bonouiensis, illus-
tratus a P.M. Paciaudio,4to. Romae,

J 1756.

\ Fabricii Bibliotheca Antiquaria, 4to.
Hamburgi, 1760.

Knight on the Principles of Taste, 8vo.
Gorham’s History of St. Neot’s, 8vo.
Moseley's Essay on Archery, 8vo.

PRINTS AND MAPS.

1829.

February.

Godfrey Higgins, Esq _ Potamology, a description of Rivers.

March.

W. C. Trevelyan, Esq _ 2 Prints of Ancient Sculpture in

Bridlington Priory Church,

C Lithographic Print of an early Gothic

R. D. Chantrell, Esq . < Arch, discovered in the excavations

V of St, Mary’s Abbey.

October.

Rev. Dr. Buckland

1830.

r Lithographic Prints of the skeleton of
\ the megatherium of Madrid ; — -of the
< dapedium politum, pentacrinite, and
f ichthyosaurus intermedius, Lyme

- Regis.

January.

John Bland, Esq* .......

IVlP. AlllS. £ . 0 « «®*e, £ 8 £ £ 9

Map of Germany.
Print of a trilobite.

38

BOOKS, &c. PURCHASED,

Jameson’s Mineralogy of the Scottish Isles.

Schlottheim’s Petrefactenkiinde.

Lamouroux Exposition Methodique des Genres des Zoophytes.

— — - Essai sur les Thalassiophytes.

Lesson Manuel d’Ornithologie.

Rang Manuel des Mollusques.

Fleming’s History of British Animals, 8vo.

Stephens’s Catalogue of British Insects, 8vo.

- — -- — — - Nomenclature, 12mo.

Philosophical Transactions, from 1801 to 1807, 4to.

Von Buch’s Geological Map of Germany.

SUBSCRIBING MEMBERS

ELECTED SINCE MARCH, 1829.

Alexander, Edward N. Halifax.

Anderson, Robert H. York .

Bealby, Varley, York.

Bland, Capt. Henry J. Hon. E. I. Company’s Service.
Blanshard, William, York.

Childers, Samuel W. Cantley , near Doncaster.
Crompton, Joshua, Esholt Hall , Otley.

Day , Edward, York.

Forth, Frederick W. York .

Hey, Richard, York.

Hindsley, George, York.

Husband, William, M.D. York.

Laycock, Thomas, Nun- Appleton.

Markham, Rev. David, Stilling fleet.

Mason, Thomas, York.

Newton, Henry, York.

Phillips, John, F.G.S. York.

Priestman, David, York.

Ramsden, Rev. Henry, Cherry Burton , Beverley.

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MEMBERS.

Reynolds, Robert, York.

Roundell, Richard H. Gledstone Hall , Skipton.
Spence, Henry R. Elvington.

Watkinson, John, York.

Whytehead, William, jun, York.

Woodall, John, jun. Scarborough.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

David Brewster, L.L.D. Sec. R.S.E. Edinburgh.

John Dunn, Secretary of the Philosophical Society of Scarborough .
Davies Gilbert, President of the Royal Society.

Rev. William Turner, Secretary and Lecturer of the Literary and
Philosophical Society of Newcastle.

FOREIGN HONORARY MEMBER.

Baron Audebard de Ferussac, Paris.

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Pounds ; and on every first day of January following, an Annual
Subscription of Two Pounds, if resident within the County ; or
if permanently residing out of the County, an Annual Subscription
of One Pound. A member may compound at any time for his
Annual Subscriptions, by a payment of Twenty Pounds.

G

PRIVILEGES OF

Contritmtors to tijo ButRuttg jTuntt.

At a Special General Meeting of the Yorkshire
Philosophical Society , held May 2 nd , 1825,

Resolved : — That the following Privileges be given to
Contributors to the Building Fund, who are not members of the
Society

1. A Contribution of Fifty Pounds and upwards, shall entitle
the Contributor, for life, to personal admission to the Museum, with
the power of introducing Visitors ; and to personal admission to the
Library, and to the scientific proceedings of the General
Meetings.

2. A Contribution of Twenty-five Pounds and upwards, shall
entitle to personal admission^ for life, to the Museum, with the
power of introducing Visitors ; and to personal admission to the
Library.

3. A Contribution of Fifteen Pounds and upwards, shall entitle
to personal admission, for life, to the Museum, with the power of
introducing Visitors.

4. A Lady contributing Ten Pounds shall be entitled to per¬
sonal admission, for life, to the Museum, with the power of introducing
Ladies as Visitors.

5. A Contributor of Fifteen Pounds and upwards, may, at any
future time, (on being duly ballotted for,) be admitted a Member of
the Society, without payment of Admission Money.

43

PRIVILEGES, &C.

At the Annual Meeting of the Society , held February 2, 1830 :

Resolved — 1. That Contributors of Fifty Pounds shall be
allowed to give to occasional Visitors written orders of admission to
the Museum and Gardens, signed with the Contributor’s name and
bearing the name of the person to be admitted.

2. That the adult members of the family of a Contributor of
Fifty Pounds, residing under his roof, shall be admitted without an
order.

PRIVILEGES OF

Jlatrtfs imitg: Annual JNtfwm&n'S.

At the Annual Meeting of the Society , held Feb. 2 nd , 1830 :

Resolved :-~That Ladies may be admitted by the Council to
become Annual Subscribers to the Museum and Garden : and
that a payment of One Pound shall entitle the Subscriber to have
access thereto for the current year, and also personally to introduce
her female friends as occasional Visitors.

YORKSHIRE MUSEUM

J^ufismjrtums

TO THE BUILDING FUND,

FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE UNDERTAKING TO JANUARY 1ST, 1830,

£.

s.

£.

s.

His Grace the Archbishop of York

100

0

Agar, Benjamin, Brockjield

25

0

- - Second Subscription (1829) 100

0

Alexander, Wm. and Son, York

10

10

His Grace the Duke of Norfolk

50

0

■ - Second Subscription (1829)

5

0

Earl Fitzwilliam

300

0

Allen, Oswald, York

10

10

Earl of Egremont

100

0

Anderson, Rev. Sir C. Bart. Lea

20

0

Earl of Tyrconnel

21

0

Atcheson, Rev. Henry, London

10

10

Viscount Morpeth

20

0

- Second Subscription (1829)

5

5

Viscount Milton

50

0

Atkinson, James, York

10

10

Viscount Downe

50

0

- Second Subscription (1829)

5

5

Lord Stourton

50

0

Atkinson, John B. York

15

0

Lord Grantham

100

0

Lord Middleton

100

0

Backhouse, James, York

10

0

Lord Dundas

52

10

Backhouse, Thomas, York

10

10

Lord 'YVharncliffe

50

0

Baines, H. J. Bell Hall

15

0

Lord Feversham

100

0

Barber, Cattle, and North, York

15

0

Lord Botham

50

0

Barclay, Alexander, York

1

0

Lord Macdonald

50

0

Barnes, Rev. Theophilus, Castleford

5

0

The Dean of York

50

0

Barstow, Thomas, Nabarn

15

0

The Corporation of York

200

0

- Second Subscription (1829)

5

5

John Hutton, Esq. Marske, High

Bathurst, Rev. W. H. Barwick

10

10

Sheriff of Yorkshire, 1825

100

0

Beckwith, Stephen, M.D. York

10

10

Hon. M. Langley, High Sheriff of

Beckwith, Francis, London

20

0

Yorkshire, 1826

100

0

Belcombe, H. S., M.D, York

10

1 0

Messrs. Swann, Clough, and Co,

300

0

Bell, John, York

10

10

SUBSCRIPTIONS TO

45

£.

s.

£.

s.

Bethell, Richard, Rise

50

0

Croft, Harry, Slillington

25

0

Blanchard, John, York

5

5

Croft, Rev. R. Rowley

25

0

Bland, T. Davison, Kippax

25

0

Crompton, Joshua, Esliolt

50

0

Bland, J. Liverpool

10

0

Crompton, Samuel, M.P. Wood End 30

0

Bilton, William

10

10

Crompton, W. Rookes, Sion Hill

20

0

- Second Subscription

5

5

Crosse, John, Hull

5

5

Bower, Robert, jun. Sutton Cottage

25

0

Currer, Rev. D, R. Clifton House

25

0

Bower, Rev. J. W Welham

15

0

Currer, Miss, Eshton Hall

25

0

Bower, G. H. Welham

15

0

Briggs, William, Clifton

15

0

Dallin, Rev. James, York

5

5

Brooksbank, Miss, Lilling Hall

10

0

Dalton, Rev. James, Croft

10

0

Brown, George, Castlegate , York

5

5

Dalton, John, Sleningford

50

0

Brown, John F. York

10

10

Dalton, Richard, York

10

0

Bulmer, John, York

15

0

Danby, W. Sivinton Park

50

0

Bulmer, Rev. William, York

5

5

- Second Subscription

20

0

Burnell, Martin, Copmanthorpe

10

10

- Third Subscription

25

0

Davies, Robert, York

5

5

Cattle, Mr. Sheriff, York

15

0

Dealtry, Benj. Lofthouse Hall

10

10

Cattley, Miss, York

10

0

Denison, R. Kilnwick Percy (dec.)

30

0

Cayley, Sir G. Bart. Brampton

50

0

Denison, Robert, jun.

20

0

Cayley, E. S. Wydale

10

0

Dikes, W. H. Hull

5

5

Chaloner, Robert, Guisbro ’

50

0

Dixon, Rev. W. H. Bishopthorpe

25

0

Champney, George, York

10

10

- Second Subscription (1829)

5

5

Chivers, Thomas ( deceased )

21

0

Dods worth, Sir E. Bart. NewlandHall25

0

Cholmeley, Francis, Brandsby

50

0

Drake, Rev. Dr. Langton

10

10

- Second Subscription (1829)

10

0

Drake, Richard (deceased)

10

10

Cholmley, George, Howsham

50

0

Drury, G. V, Rose Cottage

10

10

Chorley, E., M.D. Doncaster

10

10

Dudley, Miss, York

10

0

Clarkson, B. Kirkham Abbey

25

0

Duffin, William, York

20

0

Coates, Mrs. Heslington

20

0

Duncombe, Hon. William, M.P.

30

0

Collins, Rev. T. Knaresborough

10

0

Dundas, Hon. Sir R. L., K.C.B.

50

0

Constable, Sir C. Bt .Burton Constable 50

0

Dunn, Mrs. York

10

0

Cooke, Sir W. B. Bart. Wheatley

25

0

Cooke, P. Davies, Owston

25

0

Edmunds, F. O. Warmsworth

25

0

Copley, E. T. Halnaby

20

0

Ellison, John, York

15

0

- • Second Subscription

10

0

Ellison, Richard, jun. Beverley

21

0

Copsie, F. J. York

15

0

- Second Subscription

26

5

Cracroft, R. Hackthorn , Lincolnsh.

15

0

Etridge, Thomas, ForA:

5

5

Creyke, Ralph, Rawcliffe (dec.)

25

0

— — Second Subscription

10

0

46

THE BUILDING FUND.

£•

s.

£•

s.

Eyre, Rev. Archdeacon

25

0

Harwood, John, ForA:

5

5

Hawksworth, Mrs. York

10

0

Fairfax, C. G. Gilling Castle

25

0

Hearon, W. H. (Lord Mayor 1827)

20

0

Fawkes, F. H. Farnley

50

0

Henwood, Henry ( deceased )

10

10

Flounders, Benjamin, Yarm

15

0

Higgins, Godfrey, Skellow Grange

25

0

Flounders, Miss, Yarm

10

0

Hildyard, J. B. Slokesley

25

0

Fothergill, Elizabeth

10

0

Hornby, R. W. B. York

25

0

Fox, G. T. Durham

5

0

Hornor, Benjamin, Fulford Grange

10

10

Fox, Rev. T. L.

10

0

Howard, Hon. and Rev. H. Sutton

20

0

Frankland, Sir T. Bart. Thirkleby

10

0

- Second Subscription

10

0

Fripp, W. B. Bristol

2

0

Hudson, George, York

25

0

Frost, Charles, Hull

5

0

Hustler, John, Undercliffe

50

0

Hustler, John, jun. Bradford

21

0

Garforth, William (deceased)

50

0

Hutton, John, Sobergate

25

0

Gascoigne, R. O. Partington

50

0

Gastaldi, Charles

10

0

Ibbetson, Sir Charles, Bart. Denton

25

0

Goldie, George, M.D. York

10

10

- Second Subscription (1829)

5

5

Jefferson, J. D. Thorganby

25

0

Gott, B. Armley House

50

0

Johnstone, Sir J. Y. B. Bart.

50

0

Graham, Rev. John, York

10

10

Graham, Rev. J. B. York

10

10

Kendall, Rev. F. Riccall

5

0

Graham, Hewley, York

15

0

Kenrick, Rev. J. York

10

10

Gray, William, York

30

0

- Second Subscription (1829)

5

5

Gray, William, jun. York

5

5

Key, Miss Ann, Fulford

20

0

Gray, Jonathan, York

25

0

Key, Miss Eleanor

15

0

~ — Second Subscription (1829)

15

0

Key, Miss Elizabeth

15

0

Gray, Rev. E. Kirbymoorside

15

0

Kilvington, Rev. E. Ripon

20

0

Greame, John, Sewerby

25

0

- Second Subscription

5

0

Greame, Yarburgh

20

0

Kirby, William, York

5

5

Grimston, C. Grimston Garth

25

0

Knight, H. G. Firbeck Hall

25

0

Hailstone, Samuel, Croft House

15

15

Langdale, Hon. Charles, Houghton

25

0

Hailstone, Rev. J. Trumpington

15

0

Lawley, Francis, M.P.

21

0

Hall, William ( deceased )

15

0

Lawrence, Mrs. Studley Park

50

0

Hamerton, J. Hellifield Peel

5

0

Lawson, Andrew, Aldborougli

20

0

Hargrove and Co. York

5

5

Lawson, Sir H. Bart. Brough Hall

21

0

Harland, W. C. Sutton Hall

25

0

Lawton, George, York

5

5

Hartley, G. Middleton Lodge

25

0

Leatham, J. A. Heath

15

0

SUBSCRIPTIONS TO 47

£.

s.

£.

5.

Leatham, W. H. Heath

15

0

Preston, Henry, Moreby

50

0

Lloyd, Mrs. Ann, York

5

0

Pritchett, J. P. York

5

5

Lloyd, Colonel (deceased)

25

0

Lloyd, George, Acomh

20

0

Raikes, Robert, Welton House

25

0

Lloyd, George

20

0

Rawdon, Miss, York

15

0

Lowther, Sir John, Bart., M.P.

50

0

Rayment, Rev. Benedict, York

15

0

Read, Rev. T. C. R. Sand-Hutton

25

0

Markham, Rev. Archdeacon

50

0

• - Second Subscription (1829)

10

0

Marshall, John, M.P. Headingley

50

0

Rhodes, Miss, Park Place , Leeds

20

0

Marshall, W. Newton Kyme

50

0

Robinson, Charles, York

5

5

Second Subscription (1829) 20

0

Robinson, Henry, York

15

15

Maude, Francis, Hatfield Hall

10

0

Russell, James, York

10

10

- Second Subscription

5

0

Russell, David, York

25

0

Maxwell, W. C. Everingham

50

0

Meynell, George, York

10

10

Salmond, William

10

10

- Second Subscription (1829)

5

5

Simpson, Thomas, M.D. York

21

0

Mills, Joshua, York

10

10

Sinclair, R. Recorder of York (dec.) 20

0

Monson, Hon. and Rev. T. Bedale

15

0

Slingsby, Sir T. Bart. Scriven

50

0

Morris, Mrs. York

10

0

Smith, Mr. Alderman, York

25

0

Morritt, Mrs.

10

0

Smith, Miss M. W.

15

0

Murray, Lindley ( deceased )

25

0

Spencer, Isaac, jun. York

10

10

Nicholson, R. York

25

0

Standish, Henry, Doncaster

15

0

Norcliffe, Mrs. Langton

10

0

Stanhope, Spencer, Cannon Hall

25

0

Norcliffe, Norcliffe

25

0

Stapleton, Mites, Carlton

25

0

Stapleton, Thomas, Grove , Richmond 15

0

Oldfield, W. (Lord Mayor 1825)

50

0

Stapylton, Martin, Myton

50

0

Osbaldeston, Humphrey, Hunmanby 50

0

Stapylton, Stapylton, Wass

50

0

- - Second Subscription (1829)

25

0

Stourton, Hon. Philip, Haslewood

25

0

Osbaldeston, Miss

50

0

Strickland, Eustachius, York

10

10

- Second Subscription (1829)

25

0

- Second Subscription (1829)

5

5

Overton, Rev. John, York

15

0

Strickland, George, Newton

21

0

Strickland, Walter, Cokethorpe, Oxon. 5

0

Pemberton, John, Durham

25

0

Strangwayes, E. S. Alne

10

10

Petre, Hon, E. R. Stapleton Park

52

10

Sykes, Rev. Christopher, Rooss

10

10

Pickard, Rev. W. L. York

10

10

- Second Subscription (1829)

10

0

Taylor, Edward, Easthorpe

10

10

Place, T. H. Skelton

15

0

Taylor, John, York

5

5

Prest, Edward, Heslington

15

0

Taylor, Michael, York

10

10

Prest, Henry ( deceased )

15

0

Terry, John, Hull

5

0

48

THE BUILDING FUND.

£.

s.

£.

s.

Thompson, G. L., M.P. Sheriff- hut ton 25

0

Watson, P. W. Cottingham

5

5

Thompson, R. J. Kirby Hall

50

0

Wellbeloved, Rev. C. York

10

10

Thompson, Rev. R. S. Bilbrougli

10

10

- Second Subscription (1829)

5

5

Thompson, William, York

5

5

Wharton, John T. Aberford

10

10

Thorpe, Anthony, York

25

0

WhitteU, J. F. Helmsley Lodge

15

15

Todd, J. and G. York

10

10

Whytehead, H. Y., M.D.

15

0

Tuke, Daniel, York

21

0

Wilberforce, William

21

0

- Second Subscription (1829)

4

0

Wilkinson, George, Thorp-Arch

15

0

Tuke, John, York

5

5

Willoughby, H., M.P. Settrington

15

0

Take, Samuel, York

25

0

Wilson, James, M.P. Sneaton Castle

50

0

Turner, Rev. W. jun.

10

10

Wilson, John, Sheffield

3

0

Tweedy, J. D. Halifax

21

0

Wilson, Joseph B. York

15

0

Wilson, M. Eshton Hall

25

0

Vansittart, Henry, Kirkleatham

50

0

Wilson, R. F., M.P. Melton

50

0

Yavasour, Sir H. M. Bart. Melbourne

0

Wilson, Thomas W. York

15

0

Yavasour, Hon. Sir E. M. Bart.

Winn, Charles, Nostell Priory

50

0

Haslewood

25

0

Wolstenholme, John, York

5

5

Vernon, Rev. C. V, Rotlibury

10

10

Wood, Sir F. L. Bart. Hemsworth

50

0

Second Subscription (1829)

10

0

Wormald, Richard, York

15

0

Vernon, Egerton V.

10

10

Worsley, William, Hovingham

20

0

Vernon, Granville V. Grove , Notts.

10

10

Wrangham, Rev, Archdeacon

10

10

Vernon, Colonel H. V.

25

0

Wright, William, York

5

K

D

Vernon, Rev. Archdeacon

20

0

— — Second Subscription (1829)

5

5

Vernon, Rev. W. V. Wheldrake

50

0

- - Second Subscription (1829)

25

0

Yarburgh, Henry, Heslington ( dec.) 50

0

Yarburgh, N. E. Heslington

25

0

Wake, Baldwin, M.D. York

10

10

- Second Subscription (1829)

25

0

Wasse, J., M.D. Moat Hall

10

10

Yorke, John, Bewerley

25

0

Amount to 1st January, 1830

7775/. 105.

RENEWED SUBSCRIPTION, 1830.

The following Subscriptions have been received since the Annual Meeting :

£. t.

Rev. William V. Vernon, third subscription . . . 25 0

N. E. Yarburgh, third subscription . . . 25 0

P. Beilby Thompson, M.P. (in addition to £50 formerly presented to the 5

C 25 0

Society, and applied towards the purchase of a collection of coins) )

William Gray, York, second subscription . . „ 20 0

Jonathan Gray, York, third subscription . . . 15 0

Capt. H. J. Bland . . . . . . 25 0

J. F. Brown, York, second subscription . . . 5 0

Rev. S. Creyke, York . . . . . 5 0

J. and G. Todd, York, second subscription . . . 5 5

Miss Bayldon, York . . . . . 10 0

Martin Burnell, Copmanthorpe, second subscription . . 5 0

Henry Harris, Bradford . . . . . 10 10

John Bleckly, York . . . . . 2 2

Yarburgh Greame, Sewerby, second subscription . . 5 0

Rev. E. Kilvington, Rip on , third subscription , , . 5 0

Harwood and Dale, York . . . . . 5 5

John Dalton, Sleningford, second subscription . . . 25 0

Henry Willoughby, M.P. Settrington, second subscription . . 5 5

Thomas L. Fairfax, Newton Kyme . . . « 10 10

Rev. Dr. Drake, Langton, second subscription . . « 5 5

ERRATUM.

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For Rev. W. V. Vernon, read Rev. Robert Cooke.

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