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ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE COUNCIL

OF THE

YORKSHIRE

PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

MDCCCXLIX.

PRESENTED TO THE ANNUAL MEETING

FEBRUARY 5, 1850.

H. SOTHERAN y CONE YSTREET.

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TRUSTEES

OF

THE YORKSHIRE MUSEUM,

APPOINTED BY THE ROYAL GRANT.

CHARLES AVILLIAM, EARL FITZWILLIAM.
THOMAS PHILIP, EARL HE GREY.

HON. and VERY REV. HENRY HOWARD, D. D.
SIR AVILLIAM LAAVSON, BART., F. S. A.
FRANCIS CHOLAIELEY, ESQ., F. S. A.

ROBERT DENISON, ESQ.

REY. AVILLIAM VERNON HARCOURT, F. R. S.
RICHARD JOHN THOMPSON, ESQ.

PATRONESSES

OF THE

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

H, R. H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT.

PATRONS.

THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK.

DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, F. R. S.
EARL OF CARLISLE, F. R. S.

EARL FITZ WILLIAM, F. R. S.

EARL OF TYRCONNEL, F. R. S.

LORD FEVERSHAM.

LORD WENLOCK.

OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, 1850.

PRESIDENT :

Earl Fitzwilliam.

VICE-PRESIDENTS :

William Gray, F. G. S.

Rev. William Vernon Harcourt, F. R. S.
Hon. and Rev. S. W. Lawley.

Andrew Lawson.

W. M. E. Milner, M. P.

John Phillips, F. R. S.

William Rudston Read, F. Z. S.

Rev. Charles Wellbeloved.

TREASURER :

Thomas Meynell, Jun., F. L. S.

COUNCIL :

Elected 1847 . George Dodsworth.

Elected 1848 . George Goldie, M. D.

Edward Hailstone, F. S. A.

Rev. Robert Bryan Cooke, F. G. S.

Elected 1849 . Oswald Allen Moore.

Rev. Thomas Myers.

Thomas Price.

Henry Robinson.

Elected 1850 . Robert H. Anderson.

Rev. John Kenrick.

W. L. Newman, F. R. Ast. S.

J. P. Pritchett.

SECRETARIES :

Thomas Meynell, Jun., F. L. S.
Thomas Henry Travis.

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OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY.

KEEPER OE THE MUSEUM:

Edward Charlesworth, F. G. S.

HONORARY CURATORS :

Antiquities ....

Botany .

Comparative Anatomy . . . Thomas Allis.

Laboratory . T. H. Barker.

Library .....

Meteorology . . .

Observatory . . .

, . . Dr. Goldie.

. . . John Ford.

. . . W. L. Newman, F. R.Ast.S

SUB-CURATOR OE THE MUSEUM & GARDENS

Henry Baines.

REPORT OF THE COUNCIL

TO THE

Annual Meeting.

In reviewing the occurrences of the past year, that are calcu¬
lated to affect this Society, the Council are glad to be able to
notice many of a very gratifying nature ; gratifying, because,
while they shew a steady progress in carrying out the objects of
the Institution, they exhibit likewise a zeal and munificence on
the part of some of our members, that not only indicate how
deeply and justly those objects are appreciated now , but also
afford us the best assurance of the permanence of our prosperity.

In the last Report, the Council alluded to certain contem¬
plated alterations near the entrance of the Museum Gardens,
consequent upon the acquisition by the Society of the house
adjoining the Museum Gates, and their having become the
tenants of the garden formerly occupied by Miss Yorke.
These alterations were completed during the spring of the past
year, but from the difficulty that attended the taking down and
removal of the gateway and other buildings, and the great
variation in the levels of the different portions of ground, an
amount of labour, exceeding what had been anticipated, was
necessarily expended. The total cost of these alterations,
including sods, shrubs, gravel, labour and mason’s work, wTas
£183. 4s. lid., but from this must hereafter he deducted the
value of the stones, (which formed the Propylseum and Lodge,)
which still remain in the Society’s hands, no eligible oppor¬
tunity of disposing of them having occurred.

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REPORT OF THE

This expense, though heavy, the Council feel assured will
not be thought too great for the completion of, what they
conceive to have been justly estimated as, a most desirable and
effective improvement.

The only other item of extraordinary expense the Council
have to notice, is one of £128 17s. 2d. for cases required in
fitting up the room in the Museum dedicated to “ The Rudstone
Collection of British Birds ,” towards which the Society are
indebted to William Rudston Read, Esq., for a very liberal
contribution of 50 guineas, thus enhancing the value of his
former munificent donation of the collection itself.

Three associations of a scientific character, which have been
formed in York during the past year, call for especial notice on
the part of the Council, aiming, as they do, at co-operation
with this Society, though wholly supported by independent
funds. One of these, the “ Yorkshire Naturalists’ Club,” origin¬
ated in the wish to bring into more general communication
with one another the working naturalists of the whole County
of York. This Club holds periodical meetings for the exhibi¬
tion of specimens, and for the discussion of subjects relating to
the Natural-History of the county, and the funds at the disposal
of the Committee are in part applied to the purchase of
desiderata for the different Museums of Yorkshire, that of York
taking precedence as the County Museum.

A second association has been established in York, under the
denomination of the “ Yorkshire Antiquarian Club,” which
binds itself by its first rule to have no private collection, but to
deposit the specimens, given to or discovered by it, in the
Museum of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society ; it being the
principal object of the Club to make researches by opening
barrows and other earth-works, and examining any of the
remains of antiquity so abundantly spread over various parts of
the County.

The third, under the denomination of the i( British Natural-
History Society,” though not confining its investigations to
this County, still, from its having originated with The Keeper of
this Society’s Museum, and from the benefits which it is likely
to confer not only on the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, but on

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Natural-History generally, claims, in a high degree, the support
of this Society. One object of the above Society is to employ
competent collectors in such districts as are known to he rich
in natural productions, either recent or fossil, and to distribute
the Collections, thus accumulated, amongst individuals or
public institutions, who have promoted the undertaking; it
being a part of the plan, that one specimen, at least, of each
species, shall he the property of this Society, and be deposited
in our Museum, thereby securing the preservation of one com¬
plete series of all the objects which may be discovered. The
Natural-History Society has commenced its labours by collecting
Tertiary Fossils of the Isle of Wight and adjacent Cliffs of
Hold well and Barton. From these sources a vast number of
valuable specimens has been obtained, more than 20,000 of
which have already been distributed amongst its members.

To this Society the Museum is indebted for an interesting
series of Tertiary Fossils, which forms the most valuable
addition to the Geological Collection during the past year. It
includes more than 50 species, either quite new or unfigured
in any British Work ; many of these are accompanied by
beautiful and accurate drawings, executed, under Mr. Charles-
worth’s direction, by Mr. Smith, an artist, whose merits as a
delineator of objects of Natural-History, are wrell known to the
Members of this Society.

Another valuable acquisition in this department is a tooth
of the Megalosaurus from the Malton Oolite, presented by
Hr. Murray, of Scarborough. This tooth is not only unique as
a Yorkshire Fossil, but in regard to size and the extent of fang
preserved, is the most characteristic specimen known. Another
Heptilian Tooth, less rare than the foregoing, but equally fine
of its kind, belonging to the genus Polyptichodon, also from the
Malton Oolite, has been presented by the Rev. William Walker,
of Slingsby, who liberally allowed The Keeper of the Museum
to select, from his cabinet of Malton Fossils, all such specimens
as were considered likely to be of value to the Geological
Collection, including much finer examples of several species
than were previously in the posession of the Society. From the
Yorkshire Naturalists’ Club has been received a Starfish from

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REPORT OF THE

the Calcareous Grit, near Pickering, remarkable for having one
less than the usual number of rays. From the same source
several interesting additions have also been made to the
Bridlington Fossils.

In the Ornithological department, the Council are glad to
notice the near completion of the re-arrangement of the general
collection, commenced during the year 1848, according to the
plan noticed in the last report. The following donations
to the collection of British Birds are worthy of particular
remark. A beautiful Bustard, (Otis Me Queenii, Gray,) shot in
Lincolnshire, and the only instance of the occurrence of the
species in Europe, has been presented to the Society by a joint
subscription of several of its members, who purchased it for £25,
and thus secured to the Museum this unique British specimen.
Likewise a Yorkshire killed specimen of Buffon’s Skua, a rare
visitant of the British coasts, presented by Mr. W. B. Bead.

To Henry Telford, Esq., the Society is indebted for a very
extraordinary bird, killed in Ayrshire, and supposed to be a
hybrid between the Black and the Bed Grouse.

The arrangement of <c The Budstone collection of British
Birds” will shortly be completed in a manner worthy of the
Society’s appreciation of so valuable a donation.

In the Conchological Collection may be noticed the addition
of another series of American Land and Fresh- water Shells,
presented by Mr. Joseph Clarke, of Cincinnati, to whose warm
interest in the Society the Council have, on former occasions,
had to allude.

F. N. Glossop, Esq., of Isleworth, has forwarded two beautiful
examples of the rare Carinaria Mediterranean, commonly known
as the Glassy Nautilus, and Capt. Edward Dixon, B.N., has
presented specimens of lanthina, from the Coast of Africa,
accompanied with the Ova and soft parts. An extensive series
of shells from the Pacific Coasts, containing many valuable
species, has been likewise received from Adam Crawford, Esq.,
of Bhodes, North Berwick.

The donations to the Antiquarian department have not been
very numerous, but some of them are worthy of particular
remark. For the most valuable additions the Society is

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indebted to the Yorkshire Antiquarian Club, some of the mem¬
bers of that club having obtained permission from Richard
Jennings, Esq., to complete the examination of a large tumulus
in his possession at Driffield, partially explored by him four or
five years ago; on which former occasion he found some very
curious Anglo-Saxon remains, and presented them to the
Museum.

The result of further excavations by the Antiquarian Club
has been the discovery of several similar but still more curious
articles of the Anglo-Saxon period, which, added to those pre¬
viously received from the owner of the tumulus, form a highly
interesting and instructive portion of the collections of the
Society.

A relic of a period not so remote, hut of a very interesting
character, has been presented to the Society by the Rev. J.
Thompson, Vicar of Easeby : an Epitaph, or rather four
Epitaphs on a Mr. J. Swale, in four different Languages, Hebrew,
Greek, Latin, and English, written (as it is with great
probability conjectured,) by that eminent reformer and translater
of the Bible, Miles Coverdale, in the year 1538. The epitaphs
are written on a folio sheet of paper, framed in oak, and
guarded by a sliding panel of the same material, by which
they had been long and effectually concealed. It had been
deposited in the Church of Easeby, by whom or when it is not
known ; and, there, had served as a trencher, on which the
Sacramental bread was cut. A copy of the epitaphs is given
by Dr. Whitaker in his history of Richmondshire.

The Council have the satisfaction to state that the many
valuable services, which have been rendered to the Antiquarian
departments of the Museum, by their Curator, will soon be
crowned by the completion of an arranged description of the
principal remains of Roman and Mediaeval art, which are in the
possession of the Society. The publication of such a work
will be at once honourable to the Society and gratifying to the
public.

It will be found, from an examination of the list of donations,
that several additions of unusual interest have been made to
the collection of stove and hardy plants, in the Society’s Hot-

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REPORT OF THE

house and Gardens since the last report. Amongst the most
valuable of these, the donations of Sir William Jackson
Hooker the superintendent, and Mr. Smith the Curator, of the
Royal Gardens at Kew, are particularly worthy of notice, as
well as those obtained through R. Marnock, Esq., the Curator,
from the Royal Botanical-Society’s Gardens, Regent’s Park.

The Museum Gardens have been recently visited by Dr.
Lindley, who expressed himself highly interested in the
Society’s collection of plants, and has since forwarded to the
Sub-Curator 60 valuable additions, with a promise of further
co-operation.

The Library has received valuable donations from various
learned Societies and private individuals, and some original
works have been presented by the authors.

The following is a Meteorological Table for the year 1849, as
annually furnished to the Society by the Curator of Meteorology,
with his observations thereon.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER FOR 1849— YORK.

Highest.

Lowest.

I

Mean.

Inches Rain.

Days of more or
less rain.

Average Max.

Average Min.

Mean Temp.

Highest Temp.

Lowest Temp.

Nights, at or
below 32o

Prevailing

Wind.

Jan.

30-35

28-76

29-789

1-61

18

42-8

32-4

37-6

54

18

16

W&N.W

Feb.

30-90

29-27

30-098

0-50

5

47-3

CO

40-7

53

23

11

W.

Mar.

30-57

29-32

30-037

1-14

11

47-7

34-8

41-2

59

26

11

w.

April

30-41

29-27

29-657

1-95

18

49-4

36-6

43-0

64

27

8

S.E.

May

30-32

29-21

29-907

1-99

14

60-8

44-0

52-4

71

32

1

N.E.

June

30-34

29-66

29-956

1-06

8

64-1

46-6

55-4

73

32

1

SE &NE

July.

30-48

29-34

29-843

3-29

15

67-8

50-7

59-3

82

44

0

W.

Aug.

30-35

29-43

29-898

2-25

11

66-2

51*7

58-9

74

43

0

s.

Sept.

30-58

29-10

29-942

2-68

11

60-4

49-0

54-7

72

38

0

N.E.&E.

Oct.

30-72

29*35

29-848

2-43

16

51-8

39-2

45-5

63

31

6

N.W.

Nov.

30-36

28-87

29-802

1-95

13

45-5

35-3

40-4

56

26

12

S E.

Dec.

3080

29-35

29-953

2-78

20

40-0

31-2

35-6

49

22

20

N.E.

29-894 !

23-63

160 1

Mean 47-051

COUNCIL TOR 1849.

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COMPARATIVE PREVALENCE OF WINDS.

N. S. E. W. N.E. N.W. S.E. S.W.

28 51 18 62 58 48 54 46 = 365.

The temperature of the year 1849, (47o,05,) was nearly a mean
of 18 years, being ^ of a degree below that amount. The mean
height of the mercurial column was 29 894 inches, being also
nearly the mean for York. On the 11th of February the
mercury attained the unusual height of 30-829 corrected for
temperature and for capillary attraction.

The rain of the year, 23’63 inches, is almost exactly an
average quantity.

The following accounts of the amount of rain fallen in the
year have been received : viz..

SGttlG . a . . . .

36-88

Ackworth . .

23-33

Middleton, near Beverley . .

29-61

Huggate

29-77

Leeds

24-419

Various interesting papers have been read at the usual
Monthly Meetings of the Society during the past year, some of
which, relating to the Natural History and Antiquities of
Yorkshire, may hereafter appear in the Proceedings of the
Society.

The money received at the Gate during the year 1849
amounts to £189. 11s. 2d., a sum less than in the previous year
by £47. 11s. 9d. When, however, it is recollected, that in the
return for 1848 is included the sum of £62. 9s. 6d. paid by
visitors during the exhibition in York of the Royal Agricul¬
tural Society, and that during the past year, the almost total
absence of railway excursion trains, and some other unfa¬
vourable circumstances, have combined to lessen this source
of the Society’s income, the Council cannot hut feel convinced
that the new regulations adopted respecting the admission of
strangers at the beginning of 1849 have been attended with
success.

The Swimming Baths have not been quite so productive during
the past year, as usual, hut after deducting all expenses, (includ¬
ing several which are not of annual occurrence,) the net profit of

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the year will nevertheless be found nearly equal to £4 per cent,
upon the sum invested in their purchase. It is also satisfactory
to state, that although the receipts from this source have been
somewhat diminished, owing to the unfavourable weather
during the two past seasons, the total receipts, during the five
years the baths have been in the possession of the Society, have
been equal to an average interest exceeding £5 per cent, upon
this investment.

The Council have great pleasure in noticing the success of a
Floricultural Exhibition in the Museum Gardens, in the month
of July last. For this the Society was indebted chiefly to the
friendly feeling and spirited exertions of two of its members,
Mr. Roper, and Mr. Backhouse. The Council are induced to
hope, that arrangements may, at a future time, be made for
similar beautiful and interesting displays.

The ordinary income of the Society, during 1849, has
exceeded its ordinary expenditure by £141. os. 2d. The
extraordinary expenses of the year have, however, (after deduct¬
ing Mr. Read’s liberal donation, already noticed), amounted to
the sum of £211. 12s. Id., so that the total expenditure of the
Society has exceeded its total receipts this year by £70. 8s. lid.,
which sum has been added to the balance due to the Society’s
bankers at the close of 1848.

Under these circumstances it has been a matter of necessity
to exercise the strictest and most watchful economy in every
department of the institution ; and on this account the Council
have, with regret, postponed to a future, but (they trust) not
distant day, some very desirable improvements connected
with the Observatory, and the addition of instruments to the
Meteorological Department, of which the Society has here¬
tofore obtained the use chiefly through the zeal and kindness
of the Meteorological Curator.

With a view to offer increased facilities to persons desirous
of enjoying the advantages afforded by the Society, the Council
have been induced to recommend to this Meeting the adoption
of a new Rule, under which parties may hereafter, under the
title of “ Associates,” at the cost of £1 annually, obtain for
themselves (only) admission to the Museum and Gardens.

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Iii consequence of friendly overtures the Council have
entered upon negociations with the Corporation, with a view
to the absolute purchase of certain portions of the Society’s
grounds, which are held from year to year under that body, and
also of other Corporation property, closely adjacent to the
Museum Gardens. Believing that it would be for the interests
of the Society to carry out the negociations which have been
commenced, the Council will be prepared, under the sanction of
this meeting, to make such arrangements as may be necessary
for the purpose.

The Council have now finished their detailed review of the
principal events of the year 1849. They repeat their conviction
that the retrospect is cheering and gives assurance for the
future. On the one hand, great and permanent improvements
have been satisfactorily effected, to the completion of which
obstacles of no ordinary character had long presented them¬
selves ; and on the other, in the formation of the Antiquarian, and
Naturalists’ Clubs, and the British Natural-History Society, (and
their friendly and beneficial alliance with the Yorkshire Philo¬
sophical Society,) in the splendid donations received during
the past year, and in the increased zeal and activity of many
valued members, they feel that an unusual stimulus has been
given towards promoting the objects of the Society, which, they
trust, leaves no doubt as to the success of its future career.

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THE

TREASURER OF THE YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,

IN ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR 1849.

INCOME.

<&X.

1849

£. s

90

Admission of New Members .

Ladies’ Subscriptions and Keys of

the Gates . 76 15

Money received at the Gate . 189 11

Kents . . 117 10

Swimming Bath(deducting expenses) 55 7

Floricultural Exhibition (deducting

expenses) . 23 18

Donation from William Rudston
Read, Esq., towards fitting up
the Rudston Collection of
British Birds . 52 10

Total Income . £1167 13 2

Permanent Debt,

Yorkshire Insurance Com¬
pany . £1000 0 0

Six Members at £50

each . 300 0 0

1300 0 0

Balance overdrawn Messrs.

Swann, Clough, & Co.
December 31st, 1849. .1261 2 5

Total debt December 31st, 1849

2561 2 5

£3728 15 7

Audited by me,

Jan. 8th, 1850,

HENRY ROBINSON.

EXPENDITURE.

d.

1849.

0

Rent to the Crown .

£1

0

1

0

Rent to the Corporation

53

8

0

Rates and Taxes .

8

13

9

0

Insurance & Water Rates

12

15

0

2

Salaries and Wages :

10

Keeper of the Museum 150

0

0

8

Sub-Curator .

100

0

0

Servants .

20

0

0

Lodgekeeper .

20

0

0

6

Labourers .

152

8

0

Clerk and Collector. . . .

25

0

0

Attendant in Ho spitium

6

0

0

Interest on Debt :

0

Yorkshire Insurance

Company .

48 10 10

To Bankers .

50

17

0

&x .

£. s. d.

75 16 10

Museum, Gardens, &c. :

Painting and General

Repairs . 127 13

Purchase and prepara¬
tion of Specimens 44 8
Observatory . 0 10 6

- 473 8 0

99 7 10

1H

8£

- 172 13 2

Library Books and Binding . 18 12 0

Incidental Expences :

Printing, Advertising,

and Stationery .... 59 3 0

Coals and Gas . 41 7 11

Postage, Carriage and

Sundries . 35 11 3

136 2 2

Total Ordinary Expenditure . 976 8 0

Extraordinary Expenses :

New Cases . 128 17 2

Garden Alterations .... 133 4 11

262 2 1

Total Expenditure . 1238 2 1

Permanent Debt, viz :

Yorkshire Insurance
Company . . . .£1000
Six Member at £50
each •• . 300

-1300 0 O

Balance overdrawn Messrs.
Swann, Clough, & Co.

Dec. 31st, 1848 . 1190 13

Total debt, Dec. 31st, 1848 . 2490 13 6

£3728 15 7

THOMAS MEYNELL, June.,

Treasurer.

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MEMBERS

ELECTED SINCE FEB. 1819.

1849.

Joseph Dent, Rihslone Hall.

John Glaisby, York .

J. F. Taylor, York.

Robert Greaves Walker, York.

To Basil Woodd, Thorpe Green , Borobridge.

1850.

The Hon. P. Dawney, Beningbrough Hall , York.
William Lawson, York.

William Kimber, York.

John Shaftoe, York.

John Sampson, York.

Christopher Harker, York.

John Noble, York.

Christopher Annakin, York.

John Watson, York.

Henry Hope, York.

John March, York.

Samuel Lucas, York.

Ralph Weatherley, York.

John Kitching, Retreat , York.

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RESOLUTIONS

PASSED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, FEB. 6th, 1849.

1. That His Grace the Duke of Northumberland be requested to
become one of the Patrons of the Society.

2. That the Report of the Council be adopted and printed for the
use of the Members.

3. That the thanks of the Society be given to the Vice-Presidents
and Members of the Council retiring from office, and to the Secretary
and Curators for their valuable services.

4. That the Council of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society be
empowered to proceed with the negociations with the Corporation,
which have been commenced.

5. That the Vice-Presidents to be appointed at future Meetings be
limited to eight.

6. That there be constituted a Class of Associates of the Yorkshire
Philosophical Society, with no other privilege than that of Admission
for themselves only, to the Museum and Gardens ; each such Associate
paying in advance a subscription of One Pound, due January the 1st
in each year : the mode of election of such Associates to be the
same as that of ordinary Members.

7. That the Council be empowered on certain days to be selected
by them during the present year, to permit free admission to all
persons to the Museum and Gardens, the mode of admission to be
regulated by the Council.

8. That the Council be empowered to admit Strangers during the
present year, at the usual rates of payment.

9. That the Council be authorized to admit to the Museum and
Gardens, as temporary subscribers, any occasional Visitors to York,
not residing in the County, at the rate of one pound for four months
for themselves and families, but that in no case shall such privilege be
granted for a longer period than twelve months.

10. That the Council be empowered to authorize the holding one or
more Horticultural Meetings in the Society’s grounds during the
present year.

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COMMUNICATIONS

TO THE

MONTHLY MEETINGS,

1849.

January. — Rev. John Ken rick, M. A.— Observations on the
Egyptian Gnostic Amulet, described by Mr. Wellbeloved in a former
communication. Vid. Proc. Y. P. S., page 95.

April. — Thomas Allis. — On some Peculiarities in the Sclerotic
rings of Birds and Reptiles.

June.-— Rev. John Kenrick.— -On the use of Artesian Wells
among the Ancients.

November.— -John Thurnam, M. D.~ An Account of the Exam¬
ination by the Antiquarian Club, of some Anglo-Saxon Tumuli on the
Wolds.

December.— John Ford.— Observations on the Meteorology of
York.

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DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM.

1849.

GEOLOGY.

Club, Yorkshire Naturalists’ Fossil Starfish, (Asterias arenicola) with

only four Rays, from near Pickering,
and various Fossils from the Crag of
Bridlington.

Society, British Natural-His- 1 Large Collection of Tertiary Fossils from

tory . ) the Isle of Wight and adjacent

Hampshire Cliffs.

Charlesworth, Edward, Esq. Pecten cancellatus, Bean, from the Mal-

ton Oolite.

Cholmeley, H. P., Esq . Fossils in Brandsby Slate.

Clarke, Joseph, Esq., j Silurian Fossils from North America.

( Cincinnati ) . )

Crompton, the Misses . Fine specimen of Cut Agate.

Davies, Mrs. Robert . Two specimens of Avicula longicostata.

Harcourt, Rev. W. V . Specimen of Euomphalus rugosus.

Harcourt, Rev. Chas. Y. ... Fossils from North America.

Higgins, E. T., Esq . Fossil Fishes from Lyme Regis, (in

exchange.)

Meynell, Thos., junr.. Esq. Singular nodule (Beetle-stone) from

Tenby.

Murray, Dr. P . Tooth of Megalosaurus from the Malton

Oolite (see page 9).

Pugard, C. (Copenhagen) ... Series of Fossils from the Faxoe Lime¬
stone of Denmark.

Thornton, Geo., Esq., ) Fossils from the Carboniferous Limestone

( Gargraves ) . . . ) of Skipton.

Thurnam, Dr. R . Fossil Sponge, coated with Sulphuret of

Iron.

Wilkinson, H. J., Esq . Remarkable Fossil of the genus Cyrto-

ceras (?) from a Railway Cutting
near Harrogate.

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Walker, Rev. William, ) Tooth of Polyptichodon, and other Fos-

( Sling shy ) j sils of the Mai ton Oolite (see p. 9).

Wilson, John, Esq., 'j Wood from the Petrified Forest, near

( De Grey Street , York ) j Cairo.

ZOOLOGY.

Club, Yorkshire Naturalists* Fine mounted specimen of the Pike,

taken near York.

Purchased by subscription for \ New British Bustard, shot in Lincoln-
presentation to the Museum j shire, (Otis Me. Queenii, Gray),

Benson, H. Esq., ) Specimen of Helix revelata, discovered

( Falmouth ) . j near Falmouth, (in exchange).

Bulmer, Mrs. William . Specimen of the Alice Shad, taken in

the Ouse.

Chapman, Mr. Henry . Specimen of the Whistling Swan.

Clarke, Joseph, Esq . Collection of North American Land and

Freshwater Shells.

Cooke, Rev. R. B . Specimen of the Little Tern (in exchange).

Crawford, Adam, Esq., Collection of Shells from the Pacific

( Rhodes , North Bencick ) j Coast.

Crompton, the Misses . Fine specimen of Conus striatus.

Dixon, Capt. Edw., R. N... Specimens of Ianthina, with the ova and

soft parts.

Glossop, F. N. H., Esq., ) Two Specimens of the Glassy Nautilus,
(Isleicorth) . j (Carinaria).

Grigg, Miss . . . Skin of a Boa.

Higgins, E. T., Esq . Preparation of a Species of the genus

Monacanthus, shewing the insertion
of the Dorsal Spine.

J ukes. Miss, ( Birmingham ) Specimens of Anatina and Amphidesma

from Australia.

Meynell, Thos., junr.. Esq... Group of Saxicava, in Limestone, from

Tenby ; several British Shells, new to
the Collection, and a large series of
Duplicates, including examples of
Helix Pisana, Solen vagina, and other
local species.

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ZOOLOGY.

Northampton, Marquis of ... Fine specimens of British Uniones.

Read, W. R., Esq . A Yorkshire Specimen of Lestris Buflfonii.

Telford, H. Esq . Supposed Hybrid, between the Black

and the Red Grouse.

Westminster, the Very Rev. \ Mass of Chalk, having upon its surface

the Dean of . ) perforations made by the common

Limpet.

Wilson, John, Esq., \ . „ .

, ^ „ e, . > Skin of the Blue Mountain Parrot.

( De Grey Street ) . )

BOTANY.

Higgins, E. T., Esq . Turnip presenting a singular monstro¬

sity of form.

Yates, James, Esq . Models of the Flower-bud, and of a scale

with fruit of the Encephalartus Caffer,
which bore fruit at Chats worth, 1848.

ANTIQUITIES.

Club, Yorkshire Antiquarian. Various Weapons, Implements, and

Ornaments from an Anglo-Saxon Tu¬
mulus, at Driffield, belonging to
Richard Jennings, Esq.

Bayldon, John, Esq . Five Guinea Piece, Jas. II.

Copper Piece, Irish, Geo. I.

Bebb, George, Esq . Jetton of Venice.

Boyne, Mr. O., heeds . Ten Romano-iEgyptian Coins, Egyptian

Necklace and six small Egyptian
Figures.

Hay, Rev. Edwd . Antique Silver Ring.

Robinson, Henry, Esq . Medal in Bronze, of Pope Gregory XIII.

(slaughter of the Huges, 1572).

Two ancient English Jettons; a York
Halfpenny, W. Wood.

Thompson, Rev. John, | Epitaphs on J. Swale, (see Report,
( Easeby ) . . I p. 11).

MISCELLANEOUS.

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Travis, T. H., Esq.
Walker, Rev. William

Walker, T. K. L., Esq,

Coin of Carausius, 2nd brass.

Four Roman Coins, 3rd brass, from
Conisthorpe.

Penny of Edward, found in Lord Mayor’s

Walk.

Wellbeloved, Rev. Charles... Coin of Vespasianus, 2nd brass ; antient

English Jetton.

Wood, Mr. W. R. (Man¬
chester .

Silver Florin, Victoria.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Dixon, Capt. Edw. R. N.... Some Native African Weapons.

Mayer, Joseph, Esq., j Medallions in Old Wedgwood Ware.

( Liverpool ) . j

Morris, Miss C . Thames-Tunnel Medal and Copper

Token.

Walker, T. K. L., Esq . An Old Rapier.

GARDEN.

Gardens, Kew . A Collection of Plants through SirWm.

Jackson Hooker, and Mr. Smith the
Curator.

Gardens, Royal Botanic, } Forty Plants and Shrubs, through

Regent’s Park . ) R. Marnock, Esq., the Curator.

Hague, Mrs. B . A valuable Collection of Seeds, from the

Botanic Gardens at Ceylon.

Sixty Plants.

Bindley, Dr.

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LIBRARY.

Association, British, for the 1 Report for 1848_
advancement of Science... )

College, Trinity, Dublin ... Report of the Museum of the College for

1848.

Library, Calcutta Public ... Catalogue of the Library.

Society, Geological of London. Quarterly Journal for 1849.

Society, Geological and Poly- \

technic of West Riding J- Reports and Proceedings for 1847-8.
of Yorkshire . . , )

Society, Historic, of Lanca- ) ^ v , t, r 10,0 ~

. J 5 [ Proceedings and Papers for 1848-9.

shire and Cheshire ......... )

Society, Literary and Philo- Ur, . -n

J ; > V ol. o ot the Proceedings.

sophical of Liverpool . >

Society, Literary and Philo- j Report for 184&
sophical of Leeds . j

Society, of the Friends of) Abstracts of Communications made to
Natural Science at Vienna. J the Society, 4 vols., 8vo , edited by

Wm. Haidenger.

Collection of Memoirs relating to Geology
and other branches of Natural Science,
2 vols., 4to., with numerous plates,
ed. Wm. Haidenger.

Society, Numismatic . Proceedings for 1848-9.

Society, Royal of Edinburgh. Proceedings and Transactions for 1 847-9.

The Makerstown, Magnetical and Meteo¬
rological Observations for 1844-6.
Edingburgh Astronomical Observations,
vol. 8, 1842.

Society, Royal, Cornwall, 1 Ajmua, Report for i848.

Polytechnic . . )

Brady Mr. Joseph, \ Coloured Section of a Railway Cutting

(the Author.) j near Settle.

LIBRARY.

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Charlesworth, Ed., Esq . Plates to Sclilegel’s Work on Serpents.

Delabeche, Sir H. ) Address to the Geological Society of

(the Author.) ) London, February, 1849.

Denny, Henry, Esq. ) A Glance at the Fossil Flora of the

(the Author .) j Carboniferous Epoch, with especial

reference to the Yorkshire Coal-Field.
Halliwell, J. O. Esq . M. S. Rarities of the University of Cam¬

bridge.

Kara Mathematica.

Connection of Wales with early Science
of England.

Introduction to Midsummer Night's
Dream.

Phillips, Rev. G. H . Fine copy of Gerard’s Herbal.

Priestley, Wm., Esq . A Glossary of North Country Words

with their Etymology and Affinity to
other Languages ; and occasional
Notices of Local Customs and Popu¬
lar Superstitions. — By I. I. Buckett,
F. S. A. 4 vols.

Smith, C. R., Esq . Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries.

Spence, Wm. Esq. ) Anniversary Address to the Entomo-

(the Author.) j logical Society of London, 1848.

Watson, Mr. Wm., j Plan of the Town of Market- Weighton.

( the Author.) )

Wood, John, Esq . Vols. 1, 2, and 3, of the Journal of the

Horticultural Society of London.

SERIAL WORKS SUBSCRIBED FOR.

Gray and Mitchell’s Genera of Birds, fob, col. plates, completed.

Doubleday and Hewitson’s Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera, fob, cob
plates.

Sowerby’s Thesaurus Conchyliorum, 8vo. cob plates, (10 parts pub¬
lished)

Waterhouse’s Natural History of Mammalia, 8vo., cob plates, (2 vols.
published).

Churton’s Monastic Ruins of Yorkshire, fob (6 parts published).

Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis, or Geology of the Sewalik Hills in the
North of India, by Dr. Falconer and Major Cautley. (Part 1 to
9 of Illustrations, large folio, and part 1 of Letterpress, 8vo.)

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LIBRARY.

Forbes and Hanley’s British Mollusca, 8vo. col. plates, (24 parts
published).

Scientific Memoirs, edited by Richard Taylor, F. S. A., (19 parts
published).

PERIODICALS.

London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine, monthly.
Annals and Magazine of Natural History, monthly.

The Phytologist, monthly.

London Geological Journal, (3 parts published).

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