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THE

TWENTY-SIXTH EEPORT

OF THE

LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL
SOCIETY,

Presented at the Annual llVeetinjii:, Oct. 97, 184$9

WITH THE

LAAVS AND REGULATIONS OF THE SOCIETY,

A LIST OF THE OEFICERS AND MEMBERS,

AND OF

DONATIONS PRESENTED TO THE MUSEUM.

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Bridge on the Whitby & Pickering Railway, 1836.

WHITBY:

PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY, AT THE OFFICE OF R. KIRBY
AND SON, CHURCH STREET.

1848.

TWENTY-SIXTH EEPOET.

The Council of the Whitby Literary and Philoso-
phical Society, in compliance with the rules and
regulations of the Institution, and the practice of
their predecessors, have now to fulfil the final
duty of their office, by presenting a brief report
of the transactions of the Society during the
twenty sixth year of its existence.

The Council have to regret that the operations
of the Society have been unusually limited and
unimportant; no Essays having been read, nor
Lectures given in immediate connexion with
the Institution, during the past year, a reproach
which they hope their successors may not have
occasion to repeat.

The state of the finances of the Society will be
best understood by a reference to the Treasurer's
Accounts, which are annexed. The purchase of
the splendid and valuable specimen of Plesio-
saurus, from the Marquess of Normanby, last
year, notwithstanding the liberal subscription
then entered into, has increased the Society's

liabilities ; and unless another appeal be made to
the members for a subscription to liquidate the
debt at the Bank, it must necessarily be some
years before a synopsis of the contents of the
Museum, so much wanted, can be published, or
any farther additions or improvements made in
the Museum. The Plesiosaurus has been arranged
in a temporary manner in the Museum; but it
merits being better displayed.

The introduction book shews that only 270
strangers have visited the Museum during the
year, either by personal introduction, or by
ticket; there has consequently been a falling off iri
the amount of receipts from this source, only £3
having been received for the admission of
strangers.

The donations to the Museum have not been
very numerous : the Archaelogical Institute of
Great Britain has presented an elegant Map,
mounted and varnished, of British and Roman
Yorkshire, showing the situation of the Roman
Camps, Roads, and Antiquities of the district.
Mrs. George Clark has again given some
valuable donations to the Museum, chiefly qf
British Shells.

It is with feelings of deep and sincere regret
that your Council have to record the irreparable
loss which the Society has sustained by the death
of one of the most distinguished of their body,
the Reverend George Young, D. D., one of the
founders of the Society, one of the Secretaries,
and for upwards of a quarter of a century, one
of the most active and liberal supporters of the
Institution. He was a pious, learned, intelligent,
and instructive Lecturer on popular, scientific^
and antiquarian subjects; and it was mainly
owing to his fostering care and direction that
your Museum has obtained so distinguished a
reputation as a rich depository of the beautiful
and gigantic fossil organic remains of a former
world, for which the lias formation of the vicinity
of Whitby has long been celebrated ; and which,
but for the establishment of such a local deposi-
tory, might still have remained entombed in the
roclcs, or been manufactured into Roman Cement ;
or perhaps been used for repairing the highways
of the neighbourhood. It will be gratifying to the
Members of the Society to learn that a talented
native Artist, Mr. George Croft, anxious to testify
his respect for the memory of the Historian of

Whitby, has promised to paint for the Society a
portrait of Dr. Young, as a companion to that of
the late INIr. Bird, for many years his associate
and fellow labourer in his geological pursuits.
It will be one of the duties of the present meeting
to elect a Secretary, as successor to the late
Dr. Young.

The Council have great pleasure in noticing
the continued gratuitous services of Mr. M.
Simpson in arranging and marking the contents
of different departments of the Museum, a work
of great labour. It is fortunate for the Society,
under present circumstances, that in addition to
the possession of talents, and time, and taste for
the task, Mr. Simpson has also the disposition to
exert them in the cause of science, for it is
purely on his part, "a labour of Love."

LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

1. The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and Philoso-
phical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promoting the
interests of Science by such other means as it may be able to undertake.

2. All Subscribers of Two Guineas, or upwards, on admission, and
Half a Guinea annually, shall be Members of this Society ; and Sub-
scribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half a Guinea annually,
or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any Annual Subscription,
shall be Governors of the Society.

3. The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron, a
President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and two
Curators, who, with a Committee of eight Members, shall form the
Council of the Society.

4. The Council shall meet, for transacting business, on the first
Thursday of every month, or as often as they shall find necessary ;
and three Members shall form a quorum.

5. All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

C. A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October, in each year, for electing a new Committee,
receiving the Report of the retiring Committee, auditing the Accounts
of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business that may occur.
Special Meetings may be called by the Council, or by any seven
members, a week's notice being given.

7. The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous Curiosities,
whether of Nature or Art ; to which may be added Scientific Books,
and Philosophical Apparatus.

8. The Museum shall be open for the convenience of the Members,
on such days of the week, and under such regulations, as the Council
shall appoint. The families of members, residing under their roof,
shall have the privilege of visiting the Museum. No other inhabitants
of Whitby shall be gratuitously admitted, except Benefactors and
Honorary Members. Strangers who have their residence above t^n
miles from Whitby, may be introduced by any member, or may be
admitted on such terms as the Council shall fix. On special occasions,

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the Curators or the Secretaries may admit members or strangers to
the Museum on those days when it is usually shut.

*^* This Regulation is modified by the 11th.

9. After the Society has existed for one year all new members
shall be admitted by ballot, at a General Meeting of the Society, on
such terms as that Meeting shall appoint ; but the Council may, at
any of its Meetings, admit to the benefits of the Institution,
additional Subscribers, paying Twelve Shillings yearly in advance.
Such Subscribers shall be admitted by ballot, a majority of at least
three-fourths of the members present being required for their
admission ; and they shall have no share in the property of the
Society, have no vote at its Meetings, and shall not hold any office
in it ; but they shall have the privilege of introducing Strangers to
the Museum, as well as persons belonging to their own families.

10. Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the
Society, may be elected Honorary IMembers, without paying any
Subscription ; but such Honorary Members shall have no share in
the property of the Society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. The museum shall be open to the public one day in each
month, under such restrictions as the Council may deem necessary.

12. The proportion which each member has in the property of the
Society, shall be according to the whole amount paid for his share; and
should the Institution ever be dissolved, the property shall be divided
accordingly. But in the event of such dissolution, all donations shall
be returned, if required, to the donors, or their representatives ; and
all members who have sold property to the Society at a reduced price,
shall have the option of re-purchasing it at the same price.

13. Each Member of the Society shall be at liberty to sell or
dispose of his share ; and, if not previously disposed of, it shall, at
his death, descend to his representative : but the Society shall decide,
by ballot, whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted
as a member of the Institution. When any share is transferred, all
arrears due upon it must be paid up; and the representative or
assignee of a Life-Governor shall not be exempted from the Annual
Subscription of Half a Guinea, without paying a sum of Five
Guineas in lieu of such subscription.

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14. The annual subscriptions shall be paid to the Treasurer in
advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the
General Meeting in each year. If any Member neglect to pay his
subscription before the ensuing Annual Meeting, he shall be ex-
cluded from the benefits of the Institution, until all arrears due on
his share be paid up ; and if any Member shall neglect paying his
subscription for two years, he shall after notice given him to that
effect, be excluded from the Society, and shall forfeit all right and
interest in the property of the Institution.

15. If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause
any loss or damage to the property of the Society, that Member
shall make good to the Society the loss or damage so sustained.

16. Any Member, who is guilty of improper conduct towards the
Society, and persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled from
the Society, after means have been used by the Council, without
effect, for bringing him to order ; but such expulsion shall not take
place without giving a month's notice, at least, to the offending
Member, and without the concurrence of three-fourths of the Mem-
bers present at the Public Meeting of the Society, held for that
purpose.

17. Each Member on his admission, shall sign an obligation,
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the
Society so long as he shall continue a Member of it.

18. These Laws may be amended or enlarged, at any General
or Special Meeting of this Society, such amendments having been
submitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two months
previous to the Meeting.

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RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE MUSEUM,

Adopted ly the Council, and confirmed by the General Meeting,

1. The Museum shall be open from half-past Ten, to half-past
Twelve o'clock, on Tuesday and Thursday in each week. Strangers
paying for admission, may be admitted on any day except Sundays,
by applying at the Baths.

2. Any member or subscriber may introduce, personally, or by a
written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All strangers not so introduced, and all non-subscribers
residing in Whitby, or within ten miles of it, not honorary members
or benefactors, and not belonging to the household of a member or
subscriber, shall pay one shilling each for admission ; children and
servants shall be admitted at half-price. A reduction is also allowed
to parties of more than two.

3. Under special circumstances, strangers may be admitted to
the Museum at those times when it is usually shut, by personal intro-
duction of one of the Council, Or by an order from one of the
Secretaries or Curators.

4. The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the
members introducing them, shall be entered in a book kept for that
purpose in the Museum.

5. No person introduced into the Museum shall be permitted to
handle the specimens.

6. No person shall be allowed to take a stick or umbrella into the
Museum, or any thing likely to occasion damage.

7. The Museum shall be open to the public on the first Monday
in each month, from Eleven to One, under the following restrictions: —

(1.) The admission shall be by ticket, given by any member or
subscriber.

(2.) Children under fourteen years shall not be admitted, unless
under the care of an adult.

(3.) All who visit the Museum are expected to come in decent
clothes, and to conduct themselves properly, according to the fore-
going Rules.

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 184&

Patron.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY,

Pre§ldent.

HENRY BELCHER, ESQ.

Vice-Presidents.

C. RICHARDSON, ESQ. | T. FISHBURN, ESQ.

Treasurer.

JAMES WILKINSON, ESQ.

Committee.

J. BLANCHARD, ESQ.
MR. W. N. CLARKSON.
W. H. CRAMP, ESQ.
JOSEPH HUNTER, ESQ.

DR. J. G. LOY.
T. PERCIVAL, ESQ.
MR. JOHN TAYLERSON.
MR. JOHN WILSON.

Ciovernors by Subscription.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARL OF MULGRAVE.

THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

ROBERT STEPHENSON, E.SQ., M.P.

E. W. CHAPMAN, ESQ.

A. CHAPMAN, ESQ.
COL. G. CHOLMLEY.
H. W. YEOMAN, ESQ.
T. CHAPMAN, ESQ., F.R.S

J. CHAPMAN, ESQ. (N. B.)
MR. M, SIMPSON.

Secretaries.

DR. DOWSON. I MR. RICHARD RIPLEY.

Curators*

T. W. BELCHER, ESQ. | DR. MERRYWEATHER.

MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

The Most Noble the Marquess of NormanbV.

The Right Honorable the Earl of Mvlgraye.

The Right Honorable Lord Feversham.

Mr. Joseph Anderson.

Henry Belcher, Esq.

T. W. Belcher, Esq.

John Blanchard, Esq.

Mr. Richard Brewster.

Mr. Gideon Buck.

Aaron Chapman, Esq.

T. Chapman, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A.

Edward W. Chapman, Esq.

John Chapman, Esq., (N. B.)

Mr. George Chapman.

Col. George Cholmley.

Mr. W. N. Clarkson.

Mr. John Corner, Jun.

W. H. Cramp, Esq.

Rev. J. Curr.

Dr. Dowson.

Thomas Fishbura, Esq.

Mr. Thomas Fletcher.

William Frankland, Esq,

Mr. John Havelock*

Mr. Ralph Home.

Mr. John HugilL

Joseph Hunter, Esq.

Mr. W. R. Hunter.

Mr. Robert Kirby.

Dr. J. G. Loy.

Rev. Arthur Lupton.

Dr. G. Merryweather.

Mr. WilUam Nicholson.

Mr. George Parke.
George ?ierson, Esq.
Mr. Francis Pickernell.
Thomas Percival, Esq.
C. Richardson, Esq.
Thomas Richardson, Esq. •
Mr. Richard Ripley,
Mr. John Ripley.
Mr. Silvester Reed.
Mr. F. K. Robinson.
Mr. Joseph Sanders.
Mr. Martin Simpson.
Mr. M. L. Simpson.
Gideon Smales, Esq.
Rev. W.H.Smith, A.M.
Frederick Swanwick, Esq.
Trustees of Sneaton Estate.
R. Stephenson, Esq., M. P»
Mr. John Taylerson.
Mr. George Trueman.
Mr.^ Thomas TumbuU.
Edmund Turton, Esq*
Mr. George Vasey.
Mr. Francis Watkins.
Thomas Watson, Esq.
Mr. George Watson.
Mr. John WeighilL
James Wilkinson, Esq.
Mr. John Wilson.
H, W. Yeoman, Esq.

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Joseph Barker, Esq. \ Mr. H. Knaggs.

Henry Barrick, Esq., West SideA Mr. Malam.

Eobert Breckon, Esq. Mrs. J. Richardson.

John Buchannan, Esq. Mr. Waddington.

Joseph Chapman, Esq., London. \ James Walker, Esq.
G. H. Holtby, Esq. f

HONORARY MEMBERS.

Professor Louis Agassiz, M. D NeufchateL

Bev. Henry Ateheson, B. A., F. C. P. S., London*

Bev. R. J. Barlow, Hutton Eudby,

Mr. William Bean, Scarborough.

Charles Belcher, Esq., Warwick.

Thomas Benson, Esq., London.

Very Rey. W. Buckland, D. D., F. G. S., &c,,Dean of Westminster.

Thomas Clark, Esq., Liverpool.

Mr. Christopher Crawford, London,

Timothy A. Curtis, Esq., , London^

W. H. Dykes, Esq., F. L. S., Wakefield.

Capt. S^tephenson Ellerby,. , London*

Dr. W. H. Foster, Surgeon, R. N., Woolwich.

William Fryer, Esq., Newcastle.

^Ir. J. Gillott, ,.,......., Scarborough.

Rev. J. Glaves, B. A Rothwell, Northamptonshire.

Dr. George Goldie, , York.

Rev. W. V. Harcourt, F. R. S., F. G. S., York.

W. Hutton, Jl^., Newcastle.

R. Jameson, Es(j., M. D., F. R. S. E., F. A. S. E., &c., Edinburgh.

Robert Knox, Esq., M. D., F. R. S. E., &c., Edinburgh.

John Edward Lee, Esq., Hull.

John Mewburn, Esq., M. D., Stamford, Upper Canada.

Rf chard Moorsom, Esq., Scarborough,

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Captain Constantine Moorsom, R. N. Birmingtidnt^

Sir R. I. Murchlnson, F. R. S., F. G, S., &c., London.

John Murray, Esq., L. L. D., F. S. A., F. L. S., F. H. S., &c. Hull.

John PhiUpps, Esq., F.G.S., &c., TorJc.

Mr. "W. Robertson Newcastle,

Mr. J. W, Robinson, London,

Rev. J. Rutherford, Channelkirk,

Mr. Andrew Sanders, Stockton,

W. D. Saull, Esq., F.G.S., &c., London,

Rev. W. Scoresby, D. D., F. R. S., M. W. S., &c., .... Bradford.

Rev. A. Sedgwick, D. D., F. R. S., F. G. S., &c, Cambridge.

Wakefield Simpson, Esq., Paramatta, New South Wales.

Rev. William Stobbs, Stromness.

Arthur Strickland, Esq., Bridlington Quay.

Mr. William Trueman, Durham,

Rev. W. Turner, Manchester,

W. J. West, Esq., Timhridge.

Mr. Thomas Wellbank, London,

Mr. James Wilcox, Hovingham.

Mr. J. Williamson, , . Scarborough^

Thomas Wr Wilson, Esq., . .^ .......*..... Barmle^r

DONATIONS PRESENTED TO THE MUSEUM,

Since the publication of the Twenty -fifth Report.

The Archcelogical Institute. — An elegant Map,
mounted and varnished, of British and Roman
Yorkshire.

Mr. Gideon Buck. — Two very rare and good
Ammonites from the Lias, near Whitby.

Mrs» George Clark. — Sundry British Shells,
including some rare species ; and the jaws of the
common Skate.

Mr. John Cooke Haddan^ London. — His monthly
List of Patents granted for England,

Miss Gardiner. — Several Serpents from the
East Indies, preserved in spirits.

Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. —
Their Report for 1847—1848.

Scarborough Philosophical Society. — Their Re-
port for 1848.

Mr. M. Simpson. — Sundry British Shells.

— Stothardy Esq., London. — Lithographic Map
of Antiquities, found in some recent excavations
in the City of London.

Mr. W. Trueman^ Durham. — Two Volumes of
the Transactions of the Surtees' Society.

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TWENTY-SEVENTH REPORT

OF THE

WHITBY

LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL

SOCIETY,

Presented at the Annual Meeting, October 26th, 1849 ;

WITH THE

RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE MUSEUM ;

A LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY;

AND OF

DONATIONS PRESENTED TO THE MUSEUM.

WHITBY BRIDGE, ERECTED ABOUT 1630, REMOVED IN 1833.

WHITBY :
PRINTED BY HORNE AND RICHARDSON.

1849.

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The Council of the Whitby Literary and Philoso-
phical Society have now the duty of presenting to the
Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting, a concise view of
the present state and prospect of the Institution.

It has seldom happened, in a Societyjlike^'ours,
established chiefly for the purpose of promoting the
peaceful pursuits and interests of Science and Litera-
ture, that much has occurred in the course of a single
year, to call for lengthened remark.

Mr. Martin Simpson has continued his very valu-
able gratuitous labours in re-arranging and labelling
different departments of the Museum.

Several new Members have to be proposed for
admission at this Meeting; some of whom have, for
several vears, been liberal donors to the Museum.

A course of Six Lectures, on " the Curiosities of
Natural History," by Thomas Eymer Jones, Esq.,
F.R.S., &c.. Professor of Comparative Anatomy, in
King's College, London, were the only ones delivered
in connexion with the Society, during the past year.
Notwithstanding the distinguished reputation of Pro-
fessor Jones, as a Lecturer and Naturalist, and his
splendid and extensive illustrative Diagrams and Spe-
cimens, the latter furnished by the Society, and the

additional patronage of the Institute of Popular Sci-
ence, your Council regret to report that these Lectures
failed to attract an audience sufficient to pay the ex-
penses; if, therefore, one of the most distinguished
of popular Lecturers, has failed to attract an audience,
it becomes a question of importance to determine
upon some other, perhaps less formal mode of com-
municating topics of interest, than the delivery of a
regular course of Lectures, or the more stately read-
ing of an Essay.

Your Council cannot but again remark the failure
of native talent, in bringing forward Essays or Lec-
tures on Literary, or Scientific subjects. In this re-
spect your Society suffers, on comparison with similar
local institutions ; this, probably, is the result of some
peculiarity in the construction, or management of the
Society, but to whatever cause it may be attributable,
it is a circumstance much to be regretted, and calls
loudly for improvement. Your Council are aware of
an impression, that scientific subjects are generally
dull and uninviting — it is because they are so seldom
brought under the general view. Science, in all her
various forms, needs only to be seen and heard to be
admired. The trial of a system of Conversazioni, at
stated monthly, or other periods, which has been
successfully adopted in some of the Metropolitan
Institutions, deserves the consideration of the Society.

Upwards of a year ago. Dr. Scoresby expressed his
intention and wish to present sundry Philosophical

and Mathematical Instruments, chiefly of his own
construction, to some Institution in his native town,
rather than elsewhere. This kind intimation has been
referred to in public ; and, is a subject deserving the
immediate and serious consideration of the Society.

The possibility of an union with the Institute of
Popular Science, has occurred to some of the Mem-
bers of the Council, and the purchase of the Bath
Building for mutual accommodation, to be invested
in the hands of Trustees might probably satisfy Dr.
Scoresby of the permanency of the Institution, and
thus secure to his native town, the presentation and
preservation of those highly valuable monuments of
the ingenuity and industry of one of the brightest
ornaments of Science and of Society.

The Council finding that but very few of the Mem-
bers attend the Meetings, or appear to take much
interest in the affairs of the Institution, have con-
sidered it best to publish the following statement of
their liabilities, in order that every Member may know

exactly the position of the Society.

£. s. d.

To John Chapman, Esq. (Bond for) 80 0 0

— Balance due to the Bank 70 8 1

— Balance due to the Treasurer .... 7 9 6

£157 17 7

The Council are not aware of any other outstand-
ing debt. Arrears of Subscriptions have from time to

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time occurred, in consequence of changes of residence,
or other circumstances, over which your Council had
no control, but they have never been to any great
amount.

The entire liquidation of this debt is most desirable,
but without the aid of a Subscription, or a Bazaar, or
a very greatly extended List of Subscribers, it must
necessarily be a work of time.

The progress of the Museum has, on the whole,
been steady and satisfactory; if, on the one hand, no
rapid stride has been made, your Council have, on
the other, the pleasure to report that no ground has
been lost ; and it cannot fail to be pleasing to the
Members of the Society to reflect, that at a trifling
cost, they have been enabled to afford to the eye of
the curious and reflecting traveller, a rich gratification,
when examining the collections which the Museum
now contains, — the increasing interest taken in such
local depositories being satisfactorily shewn, both by
the number of visitors (upwards of 400) during the
year, and the greatly increased amount (£8) received
for admission.

UuU» for aiimi0Sion to tbe Muunntf

Adopted by the Council, and confirmed by the General Meeting.

1. The Museum shall be open from half-past Ten, to half-past
Twelve o'clock, on Tuesday and" Thursday in each week. Strangers
paying for admission, may be admitted on any day except Sundays,
by applying at the Baths.

2. Any member or subscriber may introduce, personally, or by
a written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All strangers not so introduced, and all non-subscribers
residing in Whitby, or within ten miles of it, not honorary members
or benefactors, and- not belonging to the household of a member or
subscriber, shall pay one shilling each for every admission ; children
and servants shall be admitted at half-price. A reduction is also
allowed to parties of more than two.

3. Under special circumstances, strangers may be admitted to
the Museum at those times when it is usually shut, by personal in-
troduction of one of the Council, or by an order from, one of the
Secretaries or Curators.

4. The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the
members introducing them, shall be entered in a book kept for that
purpose in the Museum.

5. No person introduced into the Museum shaU be" permitted to>
handle the specimens. '

6. No person shall be allowed to take a stick or umbrella into
the Museum, or any thing likely to occasion damage.

7. The Museum shall be open to the public on the first Monday
in each month, from Eleven to One, under the following restric-
tions : —

(1.) The admission shall be by ticket, given by any member or
subscriber.

(2.) Children under fourteen years shaU not be admitted, unless
under the care of an adult.

(3) All who visit the Museum are expected to come in decent
clothes, and to conduct themselves properly, according to the fore-
going Rules.

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0tlittv^ (or tt)e ^eat 1S50.

PATRON.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY.

PRESIDENT.

HENRY BELCHER, ESQ.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

C. RICHARDSON, ESQ. I T. FISHBURN, ESQ.

TREASURER.

JAMES WILKINSON, ESQ.

COMMITTEE.

W. N. CLARKSON, ESQ.,
W. H. CRAMP, ESQ.,
REV. G. KEASLEY,
MR. GEORGE PARKE,

MR. F. K. ROBINSON,
JOHN TAYLERSON, ESQ.
MR. GEORGE VASEY,
JOHN WILSON, ESQ.

GOVERNORS BY SUBSCRIPTION.

THE MO«T NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY,
THE RT. HONORABLE THE EARL OF MULGRAVE,
. THE RT. HONORABLE LORD FEVERSHAM,
ROBERT STEPHENSON, ESQ., M.P,

A. CHAPMAN, ESQ.,
COL. G. CHOLMLEY,
H. W. YEOMAN, ESQ.,
T. CHAPMAN, ESQ., F.R.S.

E. W. CHAPMAN, ESQ.,
J. CHAPMAN, ESQ. (N.B.)
MR. M. SIMPSON. .

SECRETARIES.

DR. DOWSON, I R. RIPLEY, ESQ.

CURATORS.

T. W. BELCHER, ESQ., I DR. MERRYWEATHER.

Htnuliei'Si of ttie ^otietu»

The Most Noble the Marquess of Normanby.

The ^ight Honorable the Earl of Mulgraye.

The Right Honorable Lord Feversham.

Mr. Joseph Anderson,

Henry Belclier, Esq.,

T. W. Belclier, Esq.,

J. C. Bewick, Esq.,

John Blanchard, Esq.,

Mr. Richard Brewster,

Mr. Gideon Buck,

Aaron Chapman, Esq.,

T. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., &c.

Edward W. Chapman, Esq.

John Chapman, Esq., (N.B.)

Mr. George Chapman,

Col. G. Cholmley,

Mrs. G. Clark,

W. N. Clarkson, Esq.,

Mr. John Corner, Jun.,

W. H. Cramp, Esq.,

Dr. Dowson,

Thomas Fishburn, Esq.,

Mr. Thomas Fletcher,

William Frankland, Esq.,

Rev. George Keasley,

Mr. John Havelock,

Mr. Ralph Home,

Mr. John Hugill,

Joseph Hunter, Esq.,

W. R. Hunter, Esq.,

Mr. Robert Kirby,

Mr. Henry Knaggs,

Dr. J. G. Loy,

Rev. Arthur Lupton,

Dr. G. Merry weather,

Mr. W. Morley,

Mr. W. Nicholson,
Mr. George Parke,
George Peirson, Esq.,
Thomas Percival, Esq.,
C. Richardson, Esq.,
Thomas Richardson, Esq.,
Richard Ripley, Esq.,
John Ripley, [.Esq.,
Robert Ripley, Esq.,
Mr. Silvester Reed,
Mr. F. K. Robinson,
Mr. Joseph Sanders,
Mr. Martin Simpson,
Mr. M. L. Simpson,
Gideon Smales, Esq.,
Rev. W. H. Smith, A.M.,
R. Stephenson, Esq., M.P.,
Frederick Swanwick, Esq.,
Trustees of Sneaton Estate,
John Taylerson, Esq.,
Rev. F. W. Trevanion, A.M.,
Mr. Thos. Hill Trueman,
Mr. Thomas Turnbull,
Edmund Turton, Esq.,
W. Usherwood, Jun., Esq.,
Mr. George Vasey,
Mr. Francis Watkins,
Thomas Watson, Esq.,
Mr. George Watson,
Mr. John Weighill,
James Wilkinson, Esq.,
John Wilson, Esq.,
H. W. Yeoman, Esq.

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annual ^nt)^tvii)ev^*

Mr. John Allison,

Joseph Barker, Esq.,

Henry Barrick, Esq., (W. S.)

Rohert Breckon, Esq.,

John Buchannan, Esq.,

J. B. Chapman, Esq., London,

G. H. Holtby, Esq.,
Mr. Malam,
Mrs. John Richardson,
Mr. Waddington,
James Walker, Esq.

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Professor Louis Agassiz, M.D., J^eufchatel.

Rev. Henry Acheson, B.A., F.C.P.S., London.

Rev. R. J. Barlow, Hutlon Rudhy.

Mr. William Bean, Scarborough.

Charles Belcher, Esq., Warwick.

Very Rev. W. Buckland, D.D., F.G.S., <fcc., Dean of Westminster.

Thomas Clark, Esq., Liverpool.

Mr. Christopher Crawford, London,

Timothy A. Curtis, Esq., London.

W. H. Dikes, Esq., F.L.S., Wakejield.

Captain Stephenson Ellerby, London.

Dr. W. H. Foster, (Surgeon) R.N., Woolwich.

William Fryer, Esq., Newcastle.

Mr. J. Gillott, Scarborough.

Rev. J. Gleaves, B.A., Rothwell, Northamptonshire.

Dr. George Goldie, York

Rev. W. V. Harcourt, F.R.S., F.G.S., York

W. Hutton, Esq., Newcastle

R. Jameson, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., F.A.S.E., &c., ... EdinburgI
Robert Knox, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., &c., EdinburgI

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John Edward Lee, Esq., Hull.

John Mewhurn, Esq., M.D., Stamford, Upper Canada.

Richard Moorsom, Esq., '. Scarborough.

Captain Constantine Moorsom, R.N., Birmingham.

Sir R. I. Murchison, F.R.S., F.G.S., <fcc., London.

John Murray, Esq., L.L.D., F.S.A., F.L.S., F.H.S., &c., Hull.

John PhiUips, Esq., F.G.S., <fcc., York,

Mr. W. Rohertson, JSTewcasile.

Mr. J. W. Robinson, London.

Rev. J. Rutherford, Channelkirk,

Mr. Andrew Sanders, Stockton.

W. D. SauU, Esq., F.G.S., (fcc, London.

Rev. W. Scoresby, D.D., F.R.S., M.W.S., &c., Bradford,

Rev. A. Sedgwick, D.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c., Cambridge.

Wakefield Simpson, Esq., Paramatta, New South Wales*

Rev. W. Stobbs, Stromness.

Arthur Strickland, Esq., Bridlington Quay.

Mr. William Trueman, Durham.

Rev* W. Turner, Manchester.

W. J. West, Esq., Tunbridge.

Mr. Thomas Wellbank, London.

Mr. James Wilcox, Hovingham.

Mr. J. Williamson, Scarborough,

Thomas W. Wilson, Esq., Beverley.

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19ottation0 Dr^0?ntPir to tbt iMus^um,

Since the publication of the Twenty-sixth Report.

Captain Becroft. — A Negro's Belt ; three Bottles
of Serpents, preserved in spirits ; three Bird's ISTests ;
two Skins of Quadrupeds ; and a Chief's Hat, orna-
mented with Feathers, all from the Coast of Africa.

Thomas Wm. Belcher, Esq. — Head of a small
Fish.

Mr. Geo. Berry. — A fine Head of the Dolphin.
(Delphinus Delphis,)

Mr. John Bolton. — A pair of Black Grouse.

Mrs. Geo. Clark. — Upwards of 100 specimens
of British Shells and Insects ; and a finely prepared
Skeleton of the Flounder. (Platossa Flesus,)

Mrs. Clark (Hollins House). — Fossil Remains
of Saurian Animals, from the Lias Ironstone, at
Grosmont.

Mr. Edward Dowson. — A collection of Dried
Plants.

Mr. John Cooke Haddan (London). — His month-
ly List of Patents.

Mr. William Morley, Jun. — Three new species
of Ammonites, from the Lower Lias, at Robin Hood's
Bay ; and a fine specimen of Pecten Major (Young
and Bird), from the Lias Limestone, at Grosmont.

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Mr. Eichard Eipley. — Some British Insects ; and
about 100 specimens of Fossils, from the Lower Lias,
at Robin Hood's Bay, and the Inferior Oolite, at
Peak.

Mr. Martin Simpson. — Sixteen specimens of Bri-
tish Shells, some of which have been but recently
discovered; about 80 specimens of Lias Fossils, many
of which are rare varieties ; and a collection of Dried
Plants.

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THE

TWENTY-EIGHTH EEPORT

OP THE

WHITBY LITERARY

AND

PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,

Presented at tlie Annual Meeting, October ISth, 1850 :

WITH THE

LAWS AND KEGULATIONS OF THE SOCIETY,

A LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS,

AND OF

DONATIONS PRESENTED TO THE MUSEUM.

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WHITBY:

PRINTED BI SILYESTEE REED, OLD MARKET PLACE.

1850.

W^«fg>^%§<§ ^^(i^0tU

XN meeting the Society on the present occasion, the
Council have but Httle to report ; that little is however
of a pleasing and satisfactory character; more espe-
cially as regards the Museum, which is still under the
very efficient gratuitous and much needed remodeling
and relabeling operations of Mr. Martin Simpson : —
to the manifest improvement of every department which
he has touched — operations which will very greatly
faciUtate the labours of those who may hereafter be
engaged in drawing up, what is now frequently enquired
for, and almost indispensable — a general manuscript
Catalogue of the contents of the Museum: a brief
abstract or synopsis of which might be printed, and
sold at a small cost to strangers and others ; and in
the absence of a keeper or sub-curator, would serve

as an useful guide when visiting the Museum — and
might thus be made to repay the expense of printing.

The donations to the Museum have not been so
numerous as in some former years, but there have been
some which merit especial notice. Thomas Brodrick,
Esq., of Esk House, has presented a large specimen
of the Rattle Snake of America, (Crotalus Horridus,)
in a fine state of preservation, and in a handsome glass
case. Mrs. George Clark has again contributed to our
collection of British Shells, which is not only extensive
and valuable, but through the persevering labours of
Mr. Martin Simpson, now beautifully arranged and
labeled.

In December last, in accordance with a suggestion
in last year's report, your very worthy President kindly
invited the official members of the Literary and Philo-
sophical Society, with those of the Institute of Popular
Science and Literature, and of the Horticultural Society,
to meet the talented, and respected Member for the
Borough, at a Conversazione, in the Assembly Room,
at the Angel Hotel. Mr. Belcher had brought together
his collection of highly interesting objects of Art and
Literature for examination. Mr. Stephenson described
very minutely the construction, and the ingenious

mechanical contrivances which he had employed in
executing the great Tubular Bridges, over the Menai
Straits. The Reunion was most harmonious, and the
evening very delightfully and instructively spent.

Our distinguished honorary Member, the Rev. Dr.
Scoresby, has this day obligingly favoured the Society
with some curious and highly interesting illustrations
of his own researches in Magnetism.

With these two exceptions, no movement or transac-
tion of a literary or philosophical character has taken
place in connection with the Society during the last
year ; and whilst the Council have again to record, and
regret this continued want of activity amongst the
Members and Friends of the Society, they have the
satisfaction to report that there are no other indications
of declining interest or decay, and that no apprehension
need be entertained as to the permanency of the
Institution, which an examination of the annexed
statement of the Treasurer's accounts and of the list
of Subscribers, will sufficiently testify.

The contents of the Museum are occasionally
in requisition for the purpose of illustrating popular
elementary lectures on Natural History, Geology, or
other branches of science; now, for obvious reasons,

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generally given in connexion with the Institute of
popular Science and Literature. Your Council have
usually complied with such requests ; taking care
that the specimens are always returned uninjured, and
without expense to the Society,

It cannot fail to be pleasing to the Members of the
Society and Subscribers to the Institution to know that,
in addition to this source of usefulness, and at so
trifling a cost, the Museum is still considered the
'^ Lion " of the place, and attracts a host of visitors
annually, many of whom have expressed their gratifi-
cation and surprise at the magnitude and variety of
the collections.

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■000-

1. — The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and Philo-
sophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promoting the
interests of Science by such other means as it may be able to
undertake.

2. — All Subscribers of Two Guineas, or upwards, on admission,
and Half-a-Guinea annually, shall be Members of the Society;
and Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half -a- Guinea
annually, or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any Annual
Subscription, shall be Governors of the Society.

3. — The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron, a
President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and two
Curators, who, with a Committee of eight Members, shall form the
Council of the Society.

4. — The Council shall meet, for transacting business, on the first
Thursday of every month, or as often as they shall find necessary ;
and three Members shall form a quorum.

5. — All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. — A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October, in each year, for electing a new Committee,
receiving the Report of the retiring Committee, auditing the Accounts
of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business that may occur.
Special Meetings may be called by the Coucil, or by any seven
members, a week's notice being given.

7. — The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous Curiosities,
whether of Nature or Art ; to which may be added Scientific Books,
and Philosophical Apparatus.

8. — The Museum shall be open for the convenience of the Mem-
bers, on such days of the week, and imder such regulations, as the
Council shall appoint. The families of members, residing under
their roof, shall have the privilege of visiting the Museum. No
other inhabitants of Whitby, shall be gratuitously admitted, except

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Benefactors and Honorary Members. Strangers who have their
residence above ten miles from Whitby, may be introduced by any
member, or may be admitted on such teims as the Council shall fix.
On special occasions, the Curators or the Secretaries may admit
members or strangers to the Museum on those days when it is
usually shut.

*4{.* This Regulation is modified by the 11th.

9. — After the Society has existed for one year all new members
shall be admitted by ballot, at a General Meeting of the Society, on
such terms as that meeting shall appoint; but the Council may, at
any of its Meetings, admit to the benefits of the Institution,
additional Subscribers, paying Twelve Shillings yearly, in advance.
Such Subscribers shall be admitted by ballot, a majority of at least
three-fourths of the members present being required for their
admission ; and they shall have no share in the property of the
Society, have no vote at its Meetings, and shall not hold any office
in it ; but they shall have the privilege of introducing Strangers to
the Museum, or persons belonging to their own families.

10. — Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the
Society, may be elef'ted Honorary Members, without paying any
subscription ; but such Honorary Members shall have no share in
the property of the Society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. — The museum shall be open to the public one day in each
month, under such restrictions as the Council may deem necessary.

12. — The proportion which each member has in the property of
the Society, shall be according to the whole amount paid for his
share ; and should the Institution ever be dissolved, the property
shall be divided accordingly. But in the event of such dissolution,
all donations shall be returned, if required, to the donors, or their
representatives ; and all members who have sold property to the
Society at a reduced price, shall have the option of re-purchasing it
at the same price.

13. — Each member of the Society shall be at liberty to sell or
dispose of his share ; and, if not previously disposed of, it shall, at
his death, descend to his representative : but the Society shall decide,
by ballot, whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted
as a member of the Institution. When any share is transferred, all
ai-rears duo upon it must be paid up ; and the representative or

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assignee of a Life- Governor shall not be exempted from the Annual
Subscription of Half-a-Guinea, without paying a sum of Five
Guineas in lieu of such subscription.

14. — The annual Subscriptions shall be paid to the Treasurer in
advance, in the month of Novembei', or within a month after the.
General Meeting in each year. If any member neglect to pay his
subscription before the ensuing Annual Meeting, he shall be ex-
cluded from the benefits of the Institution, until all arrears due on
his share be paid up ; and if any member shall neglect paying his
subscription for two years, he shall after notice given him to that
effect, be excluded from the Society, and shall forfeit all right and
interest in the property of the Institution.

15. — If any member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause
any loss or damage to the property of the Society, that member
shall make good to the Society the loss or damage so sustained.

16. — Any member, who is guilty of improper conduct towards the
Society, and persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled from
the Society, after means have been used by the Council, without
effect, for bringing him to order ; but such expulsion shall not take
place without giving a month's notice, at least, to the offending
member, and without the concurrence of three -fourths of the mem-
bers present at the Public Meeting of the Society, held for that
purpose.

17. — Each member on his admission, shall sign an obligation,
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the
Society so long as he shall continue a member of it.

18. — These Laws may be amended or enlarged, at any General
or Special Meeting of this Society, such amendments having been
submitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two months
previous to the Meeting.

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RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE MUSEUM,

ADOPTED BT THE COUNCIL, AND CONFIEMED BX THE GENERAL MEETING.

1. — The Museum shall be open from half-past Ten, to half-past
Twelve o'clock, on Tuesday and Thursday in each week. Strangers
paying for admission, may be admitted on any day except Sundays,
by applying at the Baths.

2. — Any member or subscriber may introduce, personally, or by a
written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All strangers not so introduced, and all non-subscribers
residing in Whitby, or within ten miles of it, not honorary members
or benefactors, and not belonging to the household of a member or
subscriber, shall pay one shilling each for admission ; children and
servants shall be admitted at half-price. A reduction is also allowed
to parties of more than two.

3. — Under special circumstances, strangers may be admitted to
the Museum at those times when it is usually shut, by personal
introduction of one of the council, or by an order from one of the
Secretaries or Curators.

4. — The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the
members introducing them, shall be entered in a book kept for that
purpose in the Museum.

5. — No person introduced into the Museum shall be permitted to
handle the specimens.

6. — No person shall be allowed to take a stick or umbrella into
the Museum, or any thing likely to occasion damage.

7. — The Museum shall be open to the Public on the first Monday
in each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions : —

(1.) The admission: ^hall be by ticket, given by any member or
subscriber.

(2.) Children under fourteen years shall not be admitted, unless
under tb^ care of an adult.

(3.) All wh© visit the Museum are expected to come in decent
clothes, and to conduct themselves properly, according to the fore-
going Rules.

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(D)]FM€EE§ FdDl THE TlEAl 11SS®=

PATRON.
THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

PRESIDENT.
HENRY BELCHER, ESQ.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.
C. RICHARDSON, ESQ. | T. FISHBURN, ESQ.

TREASURER.
JAMES WILKINSON, ESQ.

J. BLANCHARD, ESQ.
MR. W. N. CLARKSON.
W. H. CRAMP, ESQ.
JOSEPH HUNTER, ESQ.

COMMITTEE

DR. J. G. LOY.
T. PERCIVAL, ESQ.
MR. JOHN TAYLERSON.
MR. JOHN WILSON.

GOVERNORS BY SUBSCRIPTION.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF MULGRAVE.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.
ROBERT STEPHENSON, ESQ., M.P.
A. CHAPMAN, ESQ.
COL. G. CHOLMLEY.
H. W. YEOMAN, ESQ.
T. CHAPMAN, ESQ., F.R.S.

E. W. CHAPMAN, ESQ.
J. CHAPMAN, ESQ.
MR. M. SIMPSON.

DR. DOWSON.

SECRETARIES

MR. RICHARD RIPLEY.

T. W. BELCHER, ESQ.

CURATORS.

DR. MERRYWEATHER.

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY,

The Most Noble the Marquis of Normanby.

The Right Honourable the Earl of Mulgrave.

The Right Honourable Lord Feversham.

Mr. Joseph Anderson.

Mr. S. Anderson.

Henry Belcher, Esq.

T. W. Belcher, Esq.

J. C. Bewick, Esq.

John B Ian chard, Esq.

Mr. Richard Brewster.

Mr. Gideon Buck.

Aaron Chapman, Esq.

T. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A._

Edward W. Chapman, Esq.

John Chapman, Esq., St. Hilda's

Mr. George Chapman.

Colonel George Cholmley.

Mrs. G. Clark.

W. N. Clarkson, Esq.

Mr. John Corner, jmi.

W. H. Cramp, Esq.

Dr Dowson.

Thomas Fishburn, Esq.

Mr. Thomas Fletcher.

William Frankland, Esq.

Rev. George Keasley.

Mr. John Havelock.

Mr. Ralph Home.

Mr. John Hugill.

Joseph Hunter, Esq.

Mr. W. R. Hunter.

Mr. Robert Kirby.

Mr. Henry Knaggs.

Dr. J. G. Loy.

Rev. Arthur Lupton.

Dr. G. Merry weather.

Mr. W. Morley.

Mr. William Nicholson,

Mr. William Newton.
Mr. George Parke.
George Pierson, Esq.
Thomas Percival, Esq.
C. Richardson, Esq.
Thomas Richardson, Esq.
Richard Ripley, Esq.
John Ripley, Esq.
Dr. Robert Ripley.
Mr. Silvester Reed.
Mr. F. K. Robinson.
Mr. Joseph Sanders.
Mr. Martin Simpson.
Mr. M. L. Simpson.
Gideon Smales, Esq.
Rev. W. H. Smith, M.A.
Frederick Swan wick, Esq.
Trustees of Sneaton Estate.
Mr. William Stonehouse.
Mr. John Stevenson.
John Taylerson, Esq.
Rev. F. W. Trevanion, A.M.
Mr. Thos. Hill Trueman.
Mr. Thomas Turnbull.
Edmund Turton, Esq.
W. Usherwood, jun., Esq.
Mr. George Vasey.
Mr. Francis Watkins.
Thomas Watson, Esq.
Mr. George Watson.
Mr. John Weighill.
James Wilkinson, Esq.
John Wilson, Esq.
H. W. Yeoman Esq.

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Mr. John Allison,

Joseph Barker, Esq.

Henry Barrick, Esq., (W. S.)

Robert Breckon, Esq.

John Buchannan, Esq.

J. B. Chapman, Esq., London.

G. H Holtby, Esq.

Mr. Malam.

Mrs. John Richardson.

C. Richardson, Esq., St. Hilda^s

Mr. Waddington.

James Walker, Esq.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

Professor Louis Agassiz, M .D , Neufchatel.

Rev Henry Acheson, B A., F.C.P.S., London.

Rev. R.J. Barlow, Hut tori Rud by.

Mr. William Bean, Scarborough.

Charles Belcher, Esq., Warwick.

Very Rev. W. Buckland, D.D., F.G.S., &c.. Dean of Westminster.

Thomas Clark, Esq., Liverpool

Mr Christopher Crawford, London

Timothy A. Curtis, Esq., London

W. H. Dikes, Esq., F.L.S., Wakejield'

Captain Stephenson Ellerby, London

Dr. W. H. Foster, (Surgeon,) R.N Woolwich'

William Fryer, Esq, Newcastle'

Mr. J. Gillot, Scarborough'

Rev. J ^ Gleaves, B.A., Rothwell, JVorthamptonshire-

Dr. Ge orge Goldie, York

Rev. W. V. Harcourt, F.R S., F.G.S., York-

W. Hutton, Esq., JVewcastle-

R. Jameson, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., F.A.S.E., &c., ... Edinburgh
Robert Knox, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., &c., Edinburgh-
John Edward Lee, Esq., HulL

John Mewburn, Esq., M.D., Stamford, Upper Canada-

Richard Moorsom, Esq., Scarborough-

Captain Constantine Moorsom, R.N., Birmingham-

Sir R. L Murchison, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c., London.

John MuiTay, Esq., L.L.D., F.S.A., F.L.S., F.H.S., &c., ... Hull.

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John Phillips, Esq., F.G.S., &c., York.

Mr. W. Robertson, Newcastle.

Mr. J. W. Robinson, London.

Rev. J. Rutherford, Channelkirk.

Mr. Andrew Sanders, Stockton.

W. D. Saul], Esq., F.G.S., &c., London.

Rev. W. Scoresby, D.D., F.R.S., M.W.S., &c., Torquay.

Rev. A. Sedgwick, D.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c., Cambridge.

Wakefield Simpson, Esq., Paramatta, JVew South Wales.

Rev. W. Stobbs, Stromness.

Arthur Strickland, Esq., Bridlington Quay.

Mr. William Trueman, Durham.

Rev. W. Turner, Ma,.chester.

W. J. West, Esq., Tunbridge.

Mr. Thomas Wellbank, London.

Mr. James Wilcox, Hovingham.

Mr. J. Williamson, Scarborough.

Thomas W. Wilson, Esq., Beverley.

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DONATIONS PEESENTED TO THE MUSEUM,

Since the publication of the Twenty-Seventh Report.

Thomas Brodrick, Esq., (Esk House.) — A fine
specimen of the Rattle Snake of America, (Crotalus
Horridus) in a handsome glass case.

Mrs. George Clark. — A collection of British
Shells.

Mr. Martin Simpson. — A collection of Dried British
Plants.

Mr. Richard Ripley, — A rare Ammonite from the
Lower Lias near Robin Hood's Bay, a nondescript,
having 4 rows of spines, or arms.

Charles Belcher, Esq., (Warwick.) — The 14th
Annual Report of the Warwickshire Natural History
and Archaeological Society.

Royal Society of Edinburgh. — Five parts of the
proceedings of the Society,

James Wild, Esq., (Engineer, of Zurich.) — His
Letter to Lord Brougham and Vaux.

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TWENTY NINTH KEPORT

OF THE

WHITBY LITERARY

AND

PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

Presented at the Annual Meeting, October Slst, 1851 :

WITH THE

LA¥S AND REGULATIONS OP THE SOCIETY,

A LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS,

AND OP

Bonations presented to tlie lHuseuiti.

WHITBY:

PRINTED AT THB OFFICE OF ROBERT KIRBT, CHURCH STREET,
1851.

THE TWENTY-NINTH REPORT,

LTHOUGH your Council have not
much that is gratifying or im-
portant to communicate on the
present occasion, yet they feel
that they ought not to depart
from the custom of presenting a
periodical report, inasmuch as it not only enables
the Members to ascertain the progress of the In-
stitution in public estimation, and its real utility,
by bringing under observation the source both of
its strength and weakness ; but it affords at the
same time, a suitable opportunity for recom-
mending the adoption of such measures for its
improvement as may have received the sanction
of experience in similar Institutions, and appear
best calculated to advance its interests and use-
fulness.

The Donations to the Society's Museum during
the past year have not been so numerous as in
some former years. About 300 strangers have
visited the Museum ; the receipts for admission
have only amounted to £4 14s., owing no doubt
to the all powerful attraction of the Great Exhi-
bition in London.

The only Essay or Lecture which has been
read before the Society during the past year,
was one by Dr. Merryweather, descriptive of his
ingenious " Tempest Prognosticator,'' which has
been exhibited to the world in the Crystal Palace
in London, and which has since been further
honoured by a request, that Dr. Merryweather
would allow it to be exhibited in the apartments
of the Society of Arts ; where no doubt its real
merits will be fairly tested and acknowledged.

The painful duty of recording the decease since
the last annual meeting of two useful and respec-
ted Members of the Society, devolves upon your
Council. Mr. John Ripley and his Nephew, Dr.
Robert Ripley, have been removed from the scene
of their earthly labours. They had both con-
tributed Essays or Lectures to the Society, and
the loss of such members cannot but be felt and
deplored.

The intention of the original promoters of your
Institution, was to make it subservient to the
acquisition and communication of knowledge,
and this object has been realized to some
extent; but your Council have still to regret
that little has of late years been done by
many of the Members, whose literary and scien-
tific attainments had encouraged the expect-

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ations of more zealous support, and more frequent
contribution — and they would here remark, that
all within the circle of your Society, who have
had the benefit of a liberal education, should
consider that a connexion with it involves an
obligation to contribute to its literary and philo-
sophical instruction; an obligation, not indeed
directly specified in its laws and regulations, nor
enjoined by any absolute engagement, but im-
plied in the nature and constitution of the Society
itself; and if it be desirable that your Society
should maintain a respectable degree of vigour
and animation, or steadily pursue a career of
progressive improvement, it must be accomplished
by the exertions of the Members themselves, and
more especially of those who have hitherto with-
held, or neglected to bring forward such literary
or philosophical communications as it was in their
power to contribute.

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1 . — The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and Philo-
sophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promoting the
interests of Science by such other means as it may be able to
undertake.

2.' — All Subscribers of Two Guineas, or upwards, on admission,
and Half a Guinea annually, shall be members of the Society ; and
Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half a Guinea an-
nually, or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any Annual Subscrip-
tion, shall be Governors of the Society.

3. — The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron, a
President, two Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and two
Curators, who, with a Committee of eight members, shall form the
Council of the Society.

4. — The Council shall meet, for transacting business, on the first
Thursday of every month, or as often as they shall find necessary ;
and three members shall form a quorum.

5. — All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. — A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October, in each year, for electing a new Committee,
receiving the Report of the retiring Committee, auditing the Accounts
of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business that may occur.
Special Meetings may be called by the Council, or by any seven
members, a week's notice being given.

7. — The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous Curiosities,

whether of Nature or Art ; to which may be added scientific Books
and Philosophical Apparatus.

8. — The Museum shall be open for the convenience of the mem-
bers, on such days of the week, and under such regulations, as the
Council shall appoint. The families of members, residing under
their roof, shall have the privilege of visiting the Museum. No
other inhabitants of Whitby, shall be gratuitously admitted, except
Benefactors and Honorary members. Strangers who have their
residence above ten miles from Whitby, may be introduced by any
member, or may be admitted on such terms as the Council shall fix.
On special occasions, the Curators or the Secretaries may admit
members or strangers to the Museum on those days when it
is usually shut.

*^* This Regulation is modified by the 11th.

9. — After the Society has existed for one year all new members
shall be admitted by ballot, at a General Meeting of the Society, on
such terms as that Meeting shall appoint ; but the Council may, at
any of its Meetings, admit to the benefits of the Institution,
additional Subscribers, paying Twelve Shillings yearly, in advance.
Such Subscribers shall be admitted by ballot, a majority of at least
three fourths of the members present being required for their
admission; and they shall have no share in the property of the
Society, have no vote at its Meetings, and shall hold no office
in it ; but they shall have the privilege of introducing Strangers to
the Museum, or persons belonging to their own families.

10. — Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the
Society, may be elected Honorary Members, without paying any
subscription ; but such Honorary members shall have no share in
the property of the Society, or in the management of its concerns.

1 1 . — The Museum shall be open to the public one day in each
month, under such restrictions as the Council may deem necessary.

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12. — The proportion which each member has in the property of
the Society, shall be according to the whole amount paid for hia
share ; and should the Institution ever be dissolved, the property
shall be divided accordingly. But in the event of such a dissolution,
all donations shall be returned, if required, to the donors, or their
representatives ; and all members who have sold property to the
Society at a reduced price, shall have the option of re-purchasing it
at the same price.

13. — Each member of the Society shall be at liberty to sell or
dispose of his share ; and, if not previously disposed of, it shall, at
his death, descend to his representative : but the Society shall decide,
by ballot, whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted
as a member of the Institution. When any share is transferred, all
arrears due upon it must be paid up ; and the representative or
assignee of a Life Governor shall not be exempted from the Annual
Subscription of Half-a-Guinea, without paying a sum of Five Guineas
in lieu of such subscription.

14. — The annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer in
advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the
General Meeting in each year. If any member neglect to pay his
subscription before the ensuing Annual Meeting, he shall be excluded
from the benefits of the Institution, until all arrears due on his share
be paid up ; and if any member shall neglect paying his subscription
for two years, he shall, after notice given him to that effect, be ex-
cluded from the Society, and shall forfeit all right and interest in the
property of the Institution.

15, — If any member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause
any loss or damage to the property of the Society, that member shall
make good to the Society the loss or damage so sustained,

16. — ^Any member who is guilty of improper condnct towards the
Society, and persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled from

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the Society, after means have been used by the Council, without
eflfect, for bringing him to order ; but such expulsion shall not take
place without giving a month's notice, at least, to the offending
member, and without the concurrence of three-fourths of the mem-
bers present at the Public Meeting of the Society, held for that
purpose.

17. — Each member on his admission, shall sign an obligation,
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the
Society so long as he shall continue a member of it.

18.— These Laws may be amended or enlarged, at any General or
Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been sub-
mitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two months
previous to the meeting.

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RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE MUSEUM,

Adopted by the Council, and confirmed by the General Meeeting,

1. — The Museum shall be open from half-past Ten, to half-past
Twelve o*clock, on Tuesday and Thursday in each week. Strangers
paying for admission, may be admitted on any day except Sundays,
by applying at the Baths.

2. — Any member or subscriber may introduce, personally, or by a
written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All strangers not so introduced, and all non-subscribers
residing in Whitby, or within ten miles of it, not honorary members
or benefactors, and not belonging to the household of a member or
subscriber, shall pay one shilling each for admission ; children and
servants shall be admitted at half-price. A reduction is also allowed
to parties of more than two.

.3. — Under special circumstances, strangers may be admitted to
the Museum at those times when it is usually shut, by personal intro-
duction of one of the Council, or by an order from one of the
Secretaries or Curators.

4. — The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the
members introducing them, shall be entered in a book kept for that
purpose in the Museum.

5. — No person introduced into the Museum shall be permitted to
handle the specimens.

6. — No person shall be allowed to take a stick or umbrella into
the Museum, or any thing likely to occasion damage.

7, — The Museum shall be open to the Public on the first Monday
in each Month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions : —

(1.) The admission shall be by ticket, given by any member or
subscriber.

(2.) Children under fourteen years shall not be admitted, unless
under the care of an adult.

(3.) All who visit the Museum are expected to come in decent
clothes, and to conduct themselves properly, according to the fore-
going Rules.

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Officers for the Year 1851-2

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY.

HENRY BELCHER, ESQ.

C. RICHARDSON, ESQ. | T. FISHBURN, ESQ.

JAMES WILKINSON, ESQ.

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J. BLANCHARD, ESQ.
MR. W. N. CLARKSON,
W. H. CRAMP, ESQ.
JOSEPH HUNTER, ESQ.

MR. F. K. ROBINSON,
T. PERCIVAL, ESQ.
MR. JOHN TAYLER80N,
DR. WILSON

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF MULGRAVE.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

ROBERT STEPHENSON, ESQ., M. P.

COL. G. CHOLMLEY.

H. W. YEOMAN, ESQ.

T. CHAPMAN, ESQ., F.R.S.

E. W. CHAPMAN, ESQ.
J. CHAPMAN, ESQ.
MR. M. SIMPSON.

DR. DOWSON. I MR. RICHARD RIPLEY.

T. W. BELCHER, ESQ. | DR. MERRYWEATHER.

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

The Most Noble the Marquess of Normanby.

The Right Honourable the Earl of Mulgrave.

The Right Honourable Lord Feversham.

Mr. Joseph Anderson.

Mr. S. Anderson.

Henrv Belcher, Esq.

T. W. Belcher, Esq.

J. C. Bewick, Esq.

John Blanchard, Esq.

Mr. Richard Brewster.

Mr. Gideon Buck.

Aaron Chapman, Esq.

T. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

Edward W. Chapman, Esq.

John Chapman, Esq., St. Hilda's

Mr. George Chapman.

Colonel George Cholmlej.

Mrs. G. Clark.

W. N. Clarkson, Esq.

Mr. John Corner, jun.

W. H. Cramp, Esq.

Rev. James Davidson, M. A.

Dr. Dowson.

Thomas Fishburn, Esq.

"William Frankland, Esq.

Rev. George Keasley.

Mr. John Havelock.

Mr. Ralph Home.

Mr. John Hugill.

Mrs. Hun ton.

Joseph Hunter, Esq,

Mr. W. R. Hunter.

Mr. Robert Kirby.

Mr. Henry Knaggs.

Dr. J. G. Loy.

Dr. Merry weather.

Mr. W. Morley.

Mr. William Nicholson.

Mr. William Newton.

Mr. George Parke.

George Peirson, Esq.

Thomas Percival, Esq.

C. Richardson, Esq.

Thomas Richardson, Esq.

Richard Ripley, Esq.

Mr. Silvester Reed.

Mr. F. K. Robinson.

Mr. Joseph Sanders.

Mr. Martin Simpson.

Mr. M. L. Simpson.

Gideon Smales, Esq.

Rev. W.H.Smith, M. A.

Mr. J. Stevenson.

Frederick Swanwick, Esq.

Trustees of Sneaton Estate.

Mr. William Stonehouse.
Mr. John Stevenson.
John Taylerson, Esq.
Rev. F. W. Trevanion, A.M.
Mr. Thos. Hill Trueman.
Mr. Thomas Turnbull.
Edmund Turton, Esq.
W. Usherwood, Jun., Esq.
Mr. George Vasey.
Mr. Francis Watkins.
Thomas Watson, Esq.
Mr. George Watson.
Mr. John Weighill.
James Wilkinson, Esq.
John Wilson, Esq., M.D.
H. W. Yeoman, Esq.

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Joseph Barker, Esq.
Henry Barrick, Esq., (W. S.)
Robert Breckon, Esq.
John Buehannan, Esq.

J. B. Chapman, Esq., London,
C. Richardson, Esq., St. Hilda's
Mr. Waddington.
James Walker, Esq.

Honorary Members.

Professor Louis Agassiz, M.D., Neufchatel.

Rev. Henry Acheson, B.A., F.C.P.S., , London.

Rev. R. J. Barlow, Button Rudby.

Mr. William Bean Scarborough.

Charles Belcher, Esq., Warwick.

Very Rev. W. Buckland, D.D., F.G.S.,&c., Bean of Westminster.

Thomas Clark, Esq., Liverpool.

Mr. Christopher Crawford, London.

Timothy A. Curtis, Esq., London.

W. H. Dikes, Esq., F.L.S., Wakefield.

Captain Stephenson EUerby, London.

Dr. W. H. Foster, (Surgeon,) R.N., Woolwich.

William Fryer, Esq., Newcastle.

Mr. J. Gillot, Scarborough.

Rev. J. Cleaves, B.A., Rothwelly Northamptonshire*

Dr. George Goldie, York.

Rev. W. V. Harcourt, F.R.S., F.G.S., York.

W. Button, Esq., Newcastle.

R.Jameson, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., F.A.S.E., &c., Edinburgh.

Robert Knox, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., &c., Edinburgh.

John Edward Lee, Esq., Bull.

John Mewburn, Esq., M.D., Stamford.Upper Canada.

Major Constantine Moorsom, R.N., Birmingham,

John Phillips, Esq., F.G.S., &c., York,

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Mr. W. Robertson, Newcastle*

Mr. J. W. Robinson London,

Rev. J. Rutherford, . . , Channelkirk,

Mr. Andrew Sanders, Stockton,

W. D. Saull, Esq., F.G.S., &c., London,

Rev. W. Scoresby, D.D. F.R.S., M.W.S., &c , Torquay.

Rev. A. Sedgwick, D.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c., Cambridge,

"Wakefield Simpson, Esq., Paramatta, New South Wales.

Rev. W. Stobbs, Stromness,

Arthur Strickland, Esq., Bridlington Quay,

Mr. WiUiam Trueman, Durham.

Rev. W. Turner, Manchester.

W. J. West, Esq., Tunhridge,

Mr. Thomas Welbank, , London,

Mr. J. Williamson, Scarborough,

Thomas W. Wilson, Esq., Beverley,

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DONATIONS PRESENTED TO THE MUSEUM.

Since the publication of the Twenty Eighth Report.

Mr. M. Simpson. — A collection of British
Mosses.

A specimen of Native Copper in Vegetable
Remains.

Three casts of Ammonites

Mr. John Chapman, St. Hildas. — A Harpoon-
Gun, &c., which have been used in the Greenland
Whale Fishery.

A Scull of the Arctic or Polar Bear.

Mr. R. Dobson, per Dr. Merryweather. — A
pair of large Rams' Horns.

Mr. Berry. — Two Silver Pennies, of Edward
I and II, in fine preservation,

Liverpool Literary and Philosophical So-
ciety.— 5th Volume of the Proceedings of their»
Society.

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THE

THIRTIETH REPORT

OF THE

WHITBY LITERAEY

AND

PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,

rrcsontcd at the ANNUAL MEETING, October 29th, 1852 ;

TTITII THE

iiato0 tint? lltqnUticm ot tf^c ^ocittv*

A^'D A

LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

WILLIAM NEWTON, PRIKITER, BOOKSELLER, &c.,
BAXTERGATE.

1852,

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npHE Council of the Whitby Literary and Philo-
-*- sophical Society, in presenting their thirtieth
Report, have to inform the Members, in the first
place, that a communication has been received from
the Society of Arts in London, proposing to take
into connexion with it as many scientific institutions
throughout the kingdom as are disposed to imite,
and promising each Society, in return for the pay-
ment of two guineas annually, ^^ valuable assistance
in the improvement of libraries, — ^in the arrangement
of classes, — in the delivery of lectures on literary,
scientific, and practical subjects, — in the formation
of museums, — in collecting and preparing local exhi-
bitions of different kinds, &c." This proposal your
Council would have been inclined to accept, and the
rather as it was distinctly stated, '^that in thus
entering into union with the Society of Arts, each
Institution should, in all things, preserve the inde-

pendent management of its own affairs, which should
not in any way be interfered with or controlled/' but
they found reason to beheve that, in carrying into
effect any of the measures suggested by the Society
of Arts, it would be necessary to incur expenditure,
in addition to that of the annual subscription, which
the state of the finances of your Society would not
permit : they would however recommend that atten-
tion should be paid to the working of the plan in
some of the many Societies which have accepted the
proposal, with a view to its adoption at a future
period, if it should be found advisable.

The number of visitors to the Museum during the
year has been about 550, and it has been rendered
more attractive by several important additions.

To Thomas Chapman, Esq., we are indebted for a
valuable collection of dried plants, indigenous and
exotic, well preserved in 18 large volumes, and now
appropriately placed in a book-case, for which, as
appears by the Report for 1843, we are also indebted
to Mr. Chapman.

Robert Barry, Esq., of Fylingdales, has sent us a
richly carved model of a canoe, and three specimens
of beautiful wood, from New Zealand.

Mrs. George Clark has continued her contributions,
illustrative of the Natural History of the sea-coast,
by presenting us with numerous specimens of algae,
coralines, and shells.

From Mr. Bewick of Grosmont we have received

part of the antlers and some of the bones of the Red
Deer, "a gigantic example/' and in the opinion of
Professor Phillips, -^probably belonging to our oldest
historic era, or perhaps anterior to our chronology : ''
also two specimens of the vertebrae of a Plesiosaurus,
from one of the iron-stone bands on Mrs. Clark's
estate at Grosmont — an unusual stratum for such
fossils : and lastly, a curious specimen of petrified
wood from the same locality.

For another specimen of fossil wood, from the
gravel beds of Allesley, near Coventry, we are indebted
to Charles Belcher, Esq., of Warwick ; and for two
specimens of the saw-fish, to Mr. W. Thompson and
Capt. Mackenzie of Liverpool.

The only addition to our books is a copy of the
proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,
session 1851-2, presented by the Society.

But it is not merely by additions that the Museum
has been improved : several parts of it (thanks, as in
former years, to the zeal, ability, and taste of Mr^
Martin Simpson,) have been arranged in better order^
and labeled with more correctness, so that its stores
may be consulted and studied with greater facility
and convenience, an advantage of no little importance
in so miscellaneous a collection ; and when we speak
of its stores, we do it with satisfaction, if not with
pride ; for small as our Museum is, when compared
with many others, it comprises numerous specimens
of the most important classes and orders of animate

and inanimate beings : of the minerals which form
the crust of the earth, and of the plants which cover
its surface ; of the organic fossils which enable the
geologist to trace the wonderful series of changes of
which the earth has been the seat ; of the existing
race of the animal creation, from the smallest zoo-
phytes to the ponderous mammals of tropical and
arctic regions ; while of man himself we have speci-
mens illustrative of every period of his history, and
every phase of his condition, from the most savage
to the most civilized, in implements, weapons, and
dresses ; inscriptions, coins, and medals ; models of
buildings, ships, and carriages ; together with the
objects of his worship in numerous idols, and his
relics in mummies and sepulchral urns. Let us then
endeavour to increase and improve our collection,
thankful to those enlightened men who, thirty years
ago, had zeal enough in the cause of science to
undertake its formation, leaving to us the compara-
tively easy task of preservation and addition : —
more especially let us constantly keep in view the
importance of providing for it, at the earliest
possible period, a more spacious and secure abode :
some of our most valuable specimens are very
imperfectly exhibited, and many cannot be exhi-
bited at all ; while as to occupancy we are mere
tenants at will, subject to all the contingencies in-
separable from such a tenure, and which nothing but
necessity should induce us to submit to : that such

necessity exists at present we fear must be admitted,
but two or three munificent donations have been
already promised towards a building fund, and we
would willingly believe that, if the subject be brought
from time to time under the notice of those who are
likely to appreciate its importance, means will be
found to raise a building, such as the value of our
collection, and the interests of science, as well as the
credit of our town, demand.

Ki\m mill HfguIntioM.

1. — Tlje Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and Philo-
sophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promoting the
interests of Science by such other means as it may be able to
undertake.

2. All Subscribers of Two Guineas, or upwards, on admission,
and Ilalf-a-Cuhica annually, shall be Members of the Society ;
and Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half -a- Guinea
annually, or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any Annual
Subscription, shall be Governors of this Society.

3. The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron,
a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and
two Curators, who, with a Committee of eight Members, shall form
the Council of the Society.

4. The Council shall meet, for transacting business, on the first
Thursday of every month, or as often as they shall find necessary ;
and three Members shall form a quorum.

5. All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October, in each year, for electing a new Committee,
receiving the Report of the retiring Committee, auditing the
Accounts of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business
that may occur. Special Meetings may be called by the Council,
or by any seven Members, a week's notice being given.

7. The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous Curiosities,
whether of Nature or Art; to which may be added Scientific Books,
and Philosophical Apparatus.

8. The Museum shall be open for the convenience of the Mem-
bers, on such days of the week, and under such regulations, as the
Council shall appoint. The families of Members, residing under

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their roof, shall have the privilege of visiting the Museum No
other inhabitants of Whitby shall be gratuitously admitted, except
Benefactors and Honorary Members. Strangers who have their
residence above ten miles from Whitby, may be introduced by any
Member, or may be admitted on such terms as the Council shail
fix. On special occasions, the Curators or the Secretaries may
admit members or strangers to the Museum on those days when it
is usually shut.

'^^* This regulation is modified by the 11th.

9. After the Society has existed for one year all new members
shall be admitted by ballot, at a General Meeting of the Society,
on such terms as that Meeting shall appoint; but the Council may,
at any of its Meetings, admit to the benefits of the Institution,
additional Subscribers, paying Twelve Shillings yearly, in advance.
Such Subscribers shall be admitted by ballot, a majority of at least
three-fourths of the Members present being required for their
admission ; and they shall have no share in the property of the
Society, have no vote at its Meetings, and shall hold no ofiice
in it ; but they shall have the privilege of introducing Strangers to
the Museum, or persons belonging to their own families.

10. Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the
Society, may be elected Honorary Members, without paying any
subscription; but such Honorary Members shall have no share in
the projerty of the Societ^y, or in the management of its concerns.

11. The Museum shall be open to the public one day in each
month, under such restrictions as the Council may deem necessary.

' 12. The proportion which each member has in the property
of the Societj, shall be according to the whole amount paid for his
share ; and should the Institution ever be dissolved, the property
shall be divided accordingly. But in the event of such a dissolution,
all donations shall be returned, if required, to the donors, or their
representatives ; and all members who have sold property to the
Society at a reduced price, shall have the option of re-purchasing
it at the same price.

13. Each member of the Society shall be at liberty to sell or
dispose of his share ; and, if not previously disposed ot; it shall, at
his death, descend to his representative : but the Society shall
decide, by ballot, whether the purchaser or representative shall be

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admitted as a member of the Institution. When any share is trans-
ferred, all arrears due upon it must be paid up; and the represen-
tative or assignee of a Life-Governor shall not be exempted from
the Annual Subscription of Haifa-Guinea, without paying a sum
of Five Guineas in lieu of such subscription.

14. The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer
in advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the
General Meeting in each year. If any member neglect to pay his
subscription before the ensuing Annual Meeting, he shall be ex-
cluded from the benefits of the Institution, until all arrears due on
his share be paid up ; and if any member shall neglect paying his
subscription for two years, he shall, after notice given him to that
effect, be excluded from the Society, and shall forfeit all right and
interest in the property of the Institution.

15. If any member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause
any loss or damage to the property of the Society, that member
shall make good to the Society the loss or damage so sustained.

16. Any member who is guilty of improper conduct towards the
Society, and persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled
from the Society, after means have been used by the Council,
without effect, for bringing him to order; but such expulsion shall
not take place without giving a month's notice, at least, to the
otfending member, and without the concurrence of three-fourths of
the members present at the Public Meeting of the Society, held
for that purpose.

17. Each Member on his admission shall sign an obligation,
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the
Society so long as he shall continue a member of it.

18. These Laws may be amended or enlarged at any General
or Special Meeting of this Society, such amendments having been
submitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two months
previous to the Meeting.

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ADOPTED BY THE COU^X'IL, AND CONFIRMED BY THE GENERAL MEETING.

1. The Museum shall be open from half-past Ten to half-past
Twelve o'clock, on Tuesday and Thursday in each week. Strangers
paying for admission, may be admitted on any day except Sundays,
by applying at the Baths.

2. Any member or subscriber may introduce, personally or by
a written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All strangers not so introduced, and all non-subscribers
residing in Whitby, or within ten miles of it, not honorary members
or benefactors, and not belonging to the household of a member or
subscriber, shall pay one shilliug each for admission ; children and
servants shall be admitted at half-price. A reduction is also
allowed to parties of more than two.

3. Under special circumstances, strangers may be admitted to
the Museum at those times when it is usually shut, by personal
introduction of one of the council, or by an order from one of the
Secretaries or Curators.

4. The nam.es and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the
members introducing them, shall be entered in a book kept foi*
that purpose in the Museum.

5. No person introduced into the Museum shall be permitted
to handle the specimens.

6. No person shall be allowed to take a stick or umbrella into
the Museum, or any thing likely to occasion damage.

7. The Museum shall be open to the Public on the first Monday
in each month, from 1 1 to 1 , under the following restrictions :—

(1) The admission shall be by ticket, given by any member or
subscriber.

(2) Children under fourteen years shall not be admitted, unless
under the care of an adult.

(3) All who visit the Museum are expected to come in decent
clothes, and to conduct themselves properly, according to the fore-
going Rules.

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1852-3,

PATRON.
THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY.

PRESIDENT.
HENRY BELCHER, ESQ.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

C. RICHARDSON, ESQ. { T. FISHBURN, ESQ.

TREASURER.

JAMES WILKINSON, ESQ.

COMMITTEE.

J. BLANCHARD, ESQ. I MR. F. K. ROBINSON,

MR. W. N. CLARKSON, T. RICHARDSON, ESQ.

REV. JAMES DAVIDSON, A.M. I MR. JOHN TAYLERSON,

JOSEPH HUNTER, ESQ. DR. WILSON.

GOVERNORS BY SUBSCRIPTION.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF MULGRAVE, M.P.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

ROBERT STEPHENSON, ESQ., M.P.

COL. G. CHOLMLEY.

H. W. YEOMAN, ESQ.

T. CHAPMAN, ESQ., F. R. S.

E. W. CHAPMAN, ESQ.
J. CHAPMAN, ESQ.
MR. M. SIMPSON.

SBCRST ARIES.

DR. DOWSON. I MR. RICHARD RIPLEY.

CURATORS.
T. W. BELCHER, ESQ. | DR, MERRYWEATHER.

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF MULGRAVE, M.P.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

ROBERT STEPHENSON, ESQ.. M.P.

Mr. Joseph Anderson.

Mr. S. Anderson.

Henry Belcher, Esq.

T. W. Belcher, Esq.

J. C. Bewick, Esq.

John Blanchard, Esq.

Mr. Richard Brewster.

Rev. J. B. Brodrick, A. M.

Mr. Gideon Buck.

Aaron Chapman, Esq.

T. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

Edward W. Chapman, Esq.

John Chapman, Esq., St. Hilda's

Mr. George Chapman.

Colonel George Cholmley.

Mrs. G. Clark.

W. N Clarkson, Esq.

Mr. John Corner, jun.

W. H. Cramp, Esq.

Rev. James Davidson, A.M.

Dr. Dowson.

Thomas Fishburn, Esq.

William Frankland, Esq.

Rev. George Keasley.

Mr. John Havelock.

Mr. Ralph Home.

Mr. John Hugill.

Mrs. Hunton.

Joseph Hunt.^r, Esq.

Mr. W. R. Hunter.

Mr. RoLert Kirby.

Mr. Heniy Knaggs.

Dr. J. G. JLoy.

Dr. G. Merry weather.

Mr. W. Morley.
Mr. William Nicholson.
Mr. William Newton.
Mr. George Parke.
George Pierson, Esq.
Thomas Percival, Esq.
C. Richardson, Esq.
Thomas Richardson, Esq..
Richard Ripley, Esq.
Mr. Silvester Reed.
Mr. F. K. Robinson.
Mr. Joseph Sanders.
Mr. Martin Simpson.
Mr. M. L. Simpson.
Gideon Smales, Esq.
Rev. W. H. Smith, M.A.
Mr. J. Stephenson.
Frederick Swanwick, Esq.
Trustees of Sneaton Estate.
Mr. William Stonehouse.
John Taylerson, Esq.
Rev. F. W. Trevanion, A.M.
Mr. Thos. Hill Trueman.
Mr. Thomas Turnbull.
W. Usherwood, jun., Esq.
Mr. George Vasey.
Mr. Francis Watkins.
Thomas Watson, Esq.
Mr. George Watson.
Mr. John WeighilL
James Wilkinson, Esq.
John Wilson, Esq., M.D.
H. W. Yeoman, Esq.

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ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS.

Joseph Barker, Esq.

Henry Barrick, Esq., West Side.

Robert Breckon, Esq.

John Buchannan, Esq.

J. B. Chapman, Esq., Londoji.
C. Richardson, Esq., St. Hilda's
Mr. Waddington.
James Walker, Esq.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

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Professor Louis Agassiz, M.D., ...,, Neufchatel,

Rev. Henry Acheson, B.A., F.C.P.S, London.

Rev. R. J. Barlow, Hutton Rudby.

Mr. William Bean, Scarborough.

Charles Belcher, Esq., Warwick.

Very Rev. W. Buckland, D.D., F.G.S., &c.. Dean of Westminster.

Thomas Clark, Esq., Liverpool.

Mr. Christopher Crawford,' London.

Timothy A. Curtis, Esq., London.

W. H. Dikes, Esq., F.L.S., Wakefeld.

Captain Stephenson Ellerby, , London.

Dr. W. H. Foster, (Surgeon,) R.N., Woolwich.

William Fryer, Esq.,. Newcastle.

Mr. J. Gillot, Scarborough.

Rev. J. Gleaves, B.A., Rothwell, Northamptonshire,

Dr. George Goldie, York.

Rev. W. V. Harcourt, F.R.S., F.G.S., York.

W. Hutton, Esq., .*,..,„. Newcastle.

R. Jameson, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E.. F.A.S.E., &c., .-.. Edinburgh,

Robert Knox, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., &c., Edinburgh.

John Edward Lee, Esq., Hull.

John Mewburn, Esq., M.D., ,,.,,,. Stamford, Upper Canada-

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Major Constantine Moorsom, ...,, , Birmingham.

Sir R. I. Murchison, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c., London.

John Phillips, Esq., F.G.S., &c., York.

Mr. W. Robertson, Newcastle.

fAr. J. W. Robinson, I^ondon.

Rev. J. Rutherford, , Channelkirk.

Mr. Andrew Sanders, , Stockton.

W. D.Saul, Esq., F.G.S., &c«, l^ondon.

Rev. W. Scoresby, D.D., F.R.S., M.W.S., &c., ,, Torquay.

Rev. A. Sedgwick, D.D., F.R.S. F.G.S., &c., Cambridge.

Wakefield Simpson, Esq., Paramatta, New S^outh Wales.

Rev. W. Stobbs, Stromness,

Arthur Strickland, Esq., Bridlington Quay.

Mr. William Trueman, Durham.

Rev. W. Turner, , , Manchester^

W. J. West, Esq., , Tunbridge.

Mr, Thomas Wellbank, London.

Mr. James Wilcox, Hovingham.

Mr. J. Williamson, , Scarb.orough.

Thomas W. Wilson, Esq., , **...••••*•«•« t**»»fB^verley.

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THE
THE THIETY-FIKST REPORT

OF THE

WHITBY LITERARY

PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,

Presented at the ANNUAL MEETING, October 28th, 1853 ;

WITH THE

Laws and Regulations of the Society,

AND A

LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

WHITBY:
R. HORNE, PRINTER AND BOOKSELLER^

BRIDGE STREET.

1853.

®ltiirtf --ftt^t ilt^citt

The Council of the Whitby Literary and Philo-
sophical Society, in presenting their thirty-first Report,
have still to speak of the prosperity of the Institution,
at least as far as relates to the Museum, which has
been inspected during the past year by upwards of
360 visitors, and has received some valuable additions.

Thomas Fishburn, Esq., has presented a splendid
specimen of the tusk of the Narwhal, or Sea-unicorn.

Mrs. George Clark has contributed a fine collection
of Zoophytes, from the Whitby coast ; and eight
shells, five of them of species not before in the Museum.

To Miss Ripley we are indebted for a beautiful
collection of more than fifty dried plants, from New
Zealand ; and to James Yates, Esq., for a Fern, (Pol-
ypodium Billardieri,) from the same locality.

Messrs. Rene le Franc and Marie Pierre have sent
the head of a large sea-wolf, and the head of a shark,
both taken near Iceland.

From Mr. Martin Simpson we have received a new
species of Ammonite, and a very fine and large speci-
men of Am Maculatus, with twenty Belemnites, and
some other fossils from the lias; from Mr. W. N. Clark-
son a rare Ammonite ; and from Mr. Morley, a very
fine, rare, and curious Ammonite from Robin H. Bay.

Mrs. Mansfield of Woburn, Bedfordshire, has sent
us a pair of curious Canadian gaiters.

These additions, though neither very numerous nor
very bulky, are yet sufficiently so to furnish a reason
for again urging upon the members of the Society, the
expediency, if not the necessity, of providing addition-
al room for the collection ; and as there appears to be
little or no prospect of soon obtaining adequate funds
for the erection of a new building, your Council would
recommend for serious and immediate consideration,
the suggestion of Mr. M. Simpson, to endeavour to
obtain from the Bath Company, the building now oc-
cupied by the Baths, Library and Museum conjointly.
There is reason to believe that it might be purchased
on very favourable terms, and that, without any con-
siderable additional expenditure, it might be so altered
as to afford sufficient room for the additions of many
years, without any interference with the rooms now
occupied by the Library. That such an arrangement
would be convenient for both societies, cannot reason-
ably be doubted, and it is hoped that no material diffi-
culties will be found to impede its accomplishment.

The improvements in arranging and displaying the
contents of the Museum, carried on through several
preceding years, with zeal and perseverance, by Mr.
Martin Simpson, have been continued in the one just
past; in particular, the great Plesiosaurus has been
placed by his direction, in a much more eligible situa-
tion, and to him we are also indebted for two Essays
on Fossil Saurians by Professor Owen.

A number of birds, previously in the drawers, have
been stuffed by Mr. Graham, of York, and so placed
as to render that department of the Museum much
more attractive.

Thus it appears that the attention of your Council

has again in the past, as in many former years, been

directed chiefly to the improvement of the Museum;

and in this they believe they are following out, in the

most efficient manner, the purposes of the original

founders of the Society. " The support of a Museum,"

was its primary object, and the only one definitely

expressed at its formation, as appears by the first

resolution passed at the first public meeting, on the

17th of January, 1823, and it has accordingly been

the especial care of your Council in every succeeding

year, to keep this object clearly and steadily in view.

In making this observation, however, it is by no means

their intention to depreciate meetings for literary and

scientific discussion, the value of which they readily

grant, and which, having been frequently held by this

Society in former years, will, they trust, be revived,
and regularly continued ; but they cannot admit that
the advantage to be derived from such meetings, con-
fined as they must be to a few individuals, can be
compared in importance to the intellectual gratifica-
tion and improvement afforded every year, to several
hundreds of intelligent visitors to the Museum.

In addition to the gratification and improvement af-
forded to visitors, by the Museum, specimens selected
from it have been frequently used for the illustration
of scientific lectures ; and it has furnished on several
occasions, to the most learned in various departments
of science, objects which were new even to them. Of
this, a gratifying instance has been afforded during the
past year, which it may not be irrelevant to mention.
The most learned investigator of Fossil Botany in the
world, M. Brongniart of Paris, was furnished some time
since from your Museum with specimens which were
perfectly new to him, and which have lately been
returned with thankful acknowledgments. Still the
Museum is not made so useful as it might be. It is
a matter of reasonable surprise that it is not more
generally resorted to as a school for the young, com-
prising as it does, numerous illustrations of several of
the most important branches of a liberal education .
thus, history is elucidated by many interesting me-
morials of the progress of civilization, from the
earliest periods to the present time 3 chronology, by

a series of coins and medals; (jeography, including,
as it properly does, the natural history of the coun-
tries described, by abundant specimens in all the
three departments of mineralogy, botany, and zool-
ogy : again, a frequent reference to the Museum will
be found of much value as illustrative of descriptive
poetry^ which, from its tendency to elevate and refine
the mind, is read in every good school : for example,
if a child reads in one of the most accurate and ele-
gant of our poets, of the coral-building polypes, that

* * Millions of millions thus, from age to age,

With simplest skill and toil unweariable.

No moment and no movement unimproved.

Laid line on line, on terrace terrace spread.

To swell the heightening, brightening gradual mound,

By marvellous structure, climbing toward the day:"

will it not " heighten and brighten " his ideas to show
him the work of these little architects, and the cells
that were their habitations ? Or, if a youth reads in
another of our most distinguished poets, that

** Fain St. Hilda's nuns would learn,
If, on a rock by Lindisfarne,
St. Cuthbert sits, and toils to frame
The sea-born beads that bear his name ;
Such tales had Whitby's fishers told," —

will he not look with interest upon the encrinites in
our Museum? Indeed, as it is certain that the mind is
more deeply impressed by the sight of objects than
any description of them, it is clear that to bring be-

fore the eyes of the young the objects of which they
read, and of which, as every teacher knows, they
are so apt to read with indifference, will have a
powerful influence in exciting that attention and in-
terest, which it is one of his highest objects, and one
of his most difficult undertakings to promote. But
the intention of your Council is only to furnish a
few hints on this subject, not to write a dissertation ;
and perhaps enough has been said to show that if
your Museum be deserving, as they believe it is, of
the support of every intelligent person, it especially
deserves that of every parent and teacher.

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tam nn^ HUguliitinns,

1 . The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and Philo-
sophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promoting the
interests of Science by such other means as it may be able to under-
take.

2. All Subscribers of Two Guineas, or upwards, on admission,
and Half-a-Guinea annually, shall be Members of the Society ; and
Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half -a- Guinea an-
nually, or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any Annual Sub-
scription, shall be Governors of this Society.

3. The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron,
a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and
two Curators, who, with a Committee of eight Members, shall form
the Council of the Society.

4. The Council shall meet, for transacting business, on the ffrst
Thursday of every month, or as often as they shall find necessary ;
and three Members shall form a quorum.

5. All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October, in each year, for electing a new Committee, re-
ceiving the Report of the retiring Committee, auditing the Accounts
of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business that may occur.
Special Meetings may be called by the Council, or by any seven
Members, a week's notice being given.

7. The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous Curiosities,
whether of Nature or Art ; to which may be added Scientific Books,
and Philosophical Apparatus.

8. The Museum shall be open for the convenience of the Members,
on such days of the week, and under such regulations, as the Council
shall appoint. The families of Members, residing under their roof,.

10

shall have the privilege of visiting the Museum. No other inhabi-
tants of Whitby shall be gratuitously admitted, except Benefactors
and Honorary Members. Strangers who have their residence above
ten miles from Whitby, may be introduced by any Member, or may
be admitted on such terms as the Council shall fix. On special oc-
casions, the Curators or the Secretaries may admit members or
strangers to the Museum on those days when it is usually shut.
*^* This regulation is modified by the 11th.

9. After the Society has existed for one year all new members
shall be admitted by ballot, at a General Meeting of the Society, on
such terms as that meeting shall appoint ; but the Council may, at
any of its Meetings, admit to the benefits of the Institution, additional
Subscribers, paying Twelve Shillings yearly, in advance. Such
Subscribers shall be admitted by ballot, a majority of at least three-
fourths of the Members present being required for their admission ;
and they shall have no share in the property of the Society, have no
vote at its Meetings, and shall hold no office in it ; but they shall
have the privilege of introducing Strangers to the Museum, or persons
belonging to their own families.

10. Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the So-
ciety, may be elected Honorary Members, without paying any
subscription ; but such Honorary Members shall have no share in
the property of the Society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. The Museum shall be open to the public one day in each
month, under such restrictions as the Council may deem necessary.

12. The proportion which each member has in the property of
the Society, shall be according to the whole amount paid for his share ;
and should the Institution ever be dissolved, the property shall be
divided accordingly. But in the event of such a dissolution, all do-
nations shall be returned, if required, to the donors, or their repre-
sentatives ; and all members who have sold property to the Society at
a reduced price, shall have the option of re- purchasing it at the same
price.

13. Each Member of the Society shall be at liberty to sell or
dispose of his share ; and, if not previously disposed of, it shall, at
his death, descend to his representative ; but the Society shall decide,
by ballot, whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted
as a member of the Institution. When any share is transferred, all
arrears due upon it must be paid up ; and the representative or as-
signee of a Life- Governor shall not be exempted from the Annual

11

Subscription of Half-a-guinea, without paying a sum of Five Guin-
eas in lieu of such subscription.

14. The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer in
advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the
General Meeting in each year. If any member neglect to pay his
subscription before the ensuing Annual Meeting, he shall be excluded
from the benefits of the Institution, until all arrears due on his share
be paid up ; and if any member shall neglect paying his subscription
for two years, he shall, after notice given him to that effect, be ex-
cluded from the Society, and shall forfeit all right and interest in the
property of the Institution.

15. If any member, ^or any one introduced by him, shall cause
any loss or damage to the property of the Society, that member shall
make good to the Society the loss or damage so sustained.

16. Any member who is guilty of improper conduct towards the
Society, and persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled from
the Society, after means have been used by the Council, without
effect, for bringing him to order ; but such expulsion shall not take
place without giving a month's notice, at least, to the offending
member, and without the concurrence of three-fourths of the members
present at the Public Meeting of the Society, held for that purpose.

17. Each Member on his admission shall sign an obligation,
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the
Society so long as he shall continue a member of it.

18. These Laws may be amended or enlarged at any General
or Special Meeting of this Society, such amendments having been
submitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two months
previous to the Meeting.

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ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL, AND CONFIRMED BY THE GENERAL MEETING,

1 . The Museum shall he open from half-past Ten to half -past
Twelve o'clock, on Tuesday and Thursday in each week. Strangers
paying for admission, may be admitted on any day except Sunday,
by applying at the Baths.

2. Any member or subscriber may introduce, personally or by
a written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All strangers not so introduced, and all non-subscribers
residing in Whitby, or within ten miles of it, not honorary members
or benefactors, and not belonging to the household of a member or
subscriber, shall pay one shilling each for admission ; children and
servants shall be admitted at half-price. A reduction is also allowed
to parties of more than two.

3. Under special circumstances, strangers may be admitted to
the Museum at those times when it is usually shut, by personal in-
troduction of one of the council, or by an order from one of the
Secretaries or Curators. ,

4. The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the
members introducing them, shall be entered in a book kept for that
purpose in the Museum.

5. No person admitted into the Museum shall be permitted to
handle the specimens.

6. No person shall be allowed to take a stick or umbrella into
the Museum, or any thing likely to occasion damage.

7. The Museum shall be open to the Public on the first Monday
in each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions : —

(1) The admission shall be by ticket, given by any member or
subscriber.

(2) Children under fourteen years shall not be admitted, unless
under the care of an adult.

(3) All who visit the Museum are expected to come in decent
clothes, and to conduct themselves properly, according to the fore-
going Rules.

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1853—1.

PATRON.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY.

PRESIDENT.

HENRY BELCHER, ESQ.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

CHR. RICHARDSON, ESQ. | J. CHAPMAN, ESQ.St. Hilda's

TREASURER.

JAMES WILKINSON, ESQ.

COMMITTEE.

MR. S. ANDERSON.
J. BLANCHARD, ESQ.
REV. J. B. BRODRICK, A. M.
REV. J. DAVIDSON, A.M.

MR. W. MORLEY.
T. RICHARDSON, ESQ.
MR. J. TAYLERSON,
DR. WILSON.

GOVERNORS BY SUBSCRIPTION.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MULGRAVE, M.P.

THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

COL. G. CHOLMLEY.

H. W. YEOMAN, ESQ.

T. CHAPMAN, ESQ., F. R. S.

E. W. CHAPMAN, ESQ.
J. CHAPMAN, ESQ.
MR. M. SIMPSON.

SECRETARIES

MR. W. N. CLARKSON. I MR. RICHARD RIPLEY.

CURATORS.

T. W. BELCHER, ESQ. I DR. MERRYWEATHER,

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY.

THE RT. HONORABLE THE EARL OF MULGRAVE, M.P.

THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

ROBERT STEPHENSON, ESQ., M.P.

Mr. Joseph Anderson.

Mr. S. Anderson.

Henry Belcher, Esq.

T. W. Belcher, Esq.

J. C. Bewick, Esq.

John Blanchard, Esq.

Mr. Richard Brewster.

Rev. J. B. Brodrick, A. M.

Mr. Gideon Buck.

T. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., F.S. A

Edward W. Chapman, Esq.

John Chapman, Esq., St. Hilda's

Mr. George Chapman.

Colonel George Cholmley.

Mrs. G. Clark.

W. N. Clarkson, Esq.

Mr. John Corner, jun.

Rev. James Davidson, A. M.

Mr. W. Dotchon.

Dr. Dowson.

Thomas Fishhurn, Esq.

William Frankland, Esq.

Mr. Isaac Greenbury.

Rev. George Keasley.

Mr. Ralph Home.

Mr. John Hugill.

Mrs. Hunton.

Joseph Hunter, Esq.

Mr. Robert Kirby.

Mr. Henry Knaggs.

Dr. G. Merryweather.

Mr. W. Morley.

Mr. William Nicholson.
Mr. William Newton.
Mr. George Parke.
George Pierson, Esq.
Thomas Percival, Esq.
C. Richardson, Esq.
Thomas Richardson, Esq.
Richard Ripley, Esq.
Mr. Silvester Reed.
Mr. F. K. Robinson.
Mr. Joseph Sanders.
Mr. Martin Simpson.
Mr. M. L. Simpson.
Gideon Smales, Esq.
Rev. W. H. Smith, M. A.
Mr. J. Stevenson.
Frederick Swanwick, Esq.
Trustees of Sneaton Estate.
Mr. William Stonehouse.
John Taylerson, Esq.
Rev. F. W. Trevanion, A. M.
Mr. Thomas Hill Trueman.
Mr. Thomas TurnbuU.
W. Usherwood, jun., Esq.
Mr. George Vasey.
Mr. Francis Watkins.
Thomas Watson, Esq.
Mr. John Weighill.
James Wilkinson, Esq.
John Wilson, Esq., M. D.
H. W. Yeoman, Esq.

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ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS.

Joseph Barker, Esq.

Henry Barrick, Esq., West Side.

Robert Breckon, Esq.

John Buehannan, Esq.

J. B. Chapman, Esq., London.
C. Richardson, Esq., St. Hildas
Mr. Waddington.
James Walker, Esq.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

Professor Louis Agassiz, M.D Neufchatel.

Rev. Henry Acheson, B.A., F.C.P.S., London.

Rev. R. J. Barlow, Button Budhy.

Mr. William Bean, Scarborough.

Charles Belcher, Esq., Warwick.

Very Rev. W. Buckland, D.D., F.G.S., &,c.,Dean of Westminster.

Thomas Clark, Esq., Liverpool.

Mr. Christopher Crawford, London.

Timothy A. Curtis, Esq., London.

W. H. Dikes, Esq., F.L.S., Wahefield.

Captain Stephenson EUerby, London.

Dr. W. H. Foster, (Surgeon,) R.N., Woolwich.

William Fryer, Esq., Newcastle.

Mr. J. Gillot, Scarborough.

Rev. J. Gleaves, B. A., Bothwell, Northamptonshire.

Dr. George Goldie, York.

Rev. W. W. Harcourt, F. R. S., F. G, S., York.

W. Hutton, Esq., Newcastle.

R. Jameson, Esq., M, D., F. R. S. E., F. A. S. E., kc, Edinburgh.

Robert Knox, Esq., M. D.. F. R. S. E., &c., Edinburgh.

John Edward Lee, Esq., Hull.

John Mewburn, Esq., M. D., Stamford, Tipper Canada,

Major Constantine Moorsom, Birmingham,

Sir R. I. Murchison, F. R. S., F. G. S., &c., London.

John Phillips, Esq., E.G. S., <fcc., York.

Mr. W. Robertson Newcastle,

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Mr. J. W. Robinson, London^

Rev. J. Rutherford, ChannelkirJc-

Mr. Andrew Sanders, Stockton'

W. D. Saul, Esq., F, G. S. &c London.

Rev. W. Scoresby, D. D., F. R. S., M. W. S., &c Torquay.

Rev. A. Sedgwick, .D. D., F. R. S., F. G. S., (fcc,, Cambridge.

Wakefield Simpson, Esq., Paramatta, New South Wales.

Rev. W. Stobbs, Stromness-

Arthur Strickland, Esq., Bridlington Quay.

Mr. William Trueman, Durham.

Rev. W. Turner, Manchester.

George Watson, Esq Leeds.

W. J. West, Esq., Tunhridge.

Mr. Thomas Wellbank, London.

Mr. James Wilcox, Hovingham.

Mr. J. Williamson, Scarborough.

Thomas W. Wilson, Esq., Beverley.

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IS JUN 29

THE

THIRTY-SECOND REPORT

OF THE

WHITBY LITERARY

AND

PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETI

Presented at the Anmial Meeting, October 27th, 1854;

WITH THE

fains ml Higulntinns nf tjjt $m%

AND A LIST OF THE OFFICERS AP MEIBm

WHITBY ABBEY EESTORED.

WHITBY:
SILVESTER REED, OLD MARKET PLACE.

1854.

THIRTY-SECOND REPOllT.

On referring to the earliest records of this society, it
will appear that nearly 32 years have elapsed, since, by
the exertions of a small number of gentlemien of literary
tastes and pursuits, who were deeply impressed with
the importance of forming a Museum in Whitby — for
the establishment of which few places enjoyed greater
facilities, especially in the fossil department — the founda-
tion of your present institution was laid ; and amongst
the names of those who took a prominent part in its
organization, will be found that of Henry Belcher,
Esq,, who was chosen one of the first Vice-Presidents
of your society, an appointment he retained until the
year 1838, when on the resignation of the late Richard
Moorsom, Esq., the literary and philosophical attain-
ments of Mr. Belcher were recognised as fully qualify-
ing him to succeed to the President's chair, to which
he was unanimously elected.

In presenting to the members of the society the re-
port of the last year's transactions, your council would
in the first instance, desire to record their sense of the
great loss the society has sustained by the death of Mr.
Belcher, who for 16 years presided over its delibera-
tions, and firom its formation to the day of his decease,
was one of its most zealous and liberal supporters, and
on which his refined tastes, and cultivated mind, ever
reflected honour and credit.

At a Special Meeting of the Society, held on the 6 th
April last, for the purpose of choosing a new President,
before proceeding to that business. Dr. Merryweather
favoured the meeting by reading a brief but interesting
address '' On the Life and Character of Mr, Belcher,''
and concluded by moving the following resolution : —
"That this meeting, being deeply sensible of the loss
sustained by the society, in the removal by death of
Henry Belcher, Esq., desires to place on record an ex-
prsssion of its sense of the curtesy, impartiality, and
ability invariably manifested by him in the discharge of
his duties, as well as of the many important services
rendered by him in the furtherance of the objects of
this society -, and that a copy of this resolution be trans-
mitted through the secretaries to his relatives, with the
assurance of the perfect sympathy of the society on the
melancholy event," — which was unanimously adopted,
and ordered, together with Dr. Merryweather' s address,
to be recorded in the minutes of the society.

On proceeding to the election of a new President,
Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., was unanimously
chosen to that office ; his high literary and scientific
acquirements qualifying him in no ordinary degree to
confer honour and benefit on the institution ; and
although Mr. Stephenson has, through the medium of
your council, recommended that the President of the
society should, in order to render his services efficient,
be resident in Whitby, your council are of opinion that
the interests of the society will not suffer, but on the con-
trary, be largely promoted, by retaining Mr. Stephenson,
though non-resident, as its President.

The attention of your council has been directed to
the purchase or erection of a museum building of a

more commodious and permanent character than the
present one, and during the past ye^, in accordance
with the resolution of the Special Meeting already re-
ferred to, an appeal was made to the public, in the hope
of raising a fund for the erection of an entirely new
building; and notwithstanding your council have to
report that a sum of £300 has been promised, they re-
gret to have to add that at present they see no prospect
of realizing an amount adequate to the proposed object.

Under these circumstances, your council have had
again under consideration the propriety of purchasing
on fair terms, from the Whitby Bath Company, the
building now in part occupied by the Society's Mus-
eum, with a view of securing, by the outlay at some
future period of a moderate sum, ample and permanent
accommodation, not only for your own requirements, but
also for the Subscription Library; and the council
would recommend your authorising a negociation with
the Bath Company for the purchase of their property,
on such terms as may be deemed advantageous to the
society.

Your council have to notice with pleasure the in-
creasing interest manifested towards your museum, par-
ticularly by the numerous strangers who are attracted
t© your town in the summer season, among whom there
have been a considerable number of men of science
from various parts of the world; during the last
year 500 visitors have been admitted, and the payments
for admission amount to £10., being the largest sum
ever received in any one year since the formation of
the society.

The state of the society's finances will be seen by a
reference to the Treasurer's account which is annexed.

During the past year, in order to accommodate and
properly exhibit the various specimens added, either by
purchase or gift, to your museum, it was found requisite
to provide an additional glass case, the cost of which,
together with other extraordinary disbursements, press
heavily on the society's limited pecuniary resources —
a fact, which when made public, may your council trust
induce those who have not hitherto supported the
society to become subscribers.

The additions to your Museum during the year have
been numerous and valuable, and consist principally of
donations. The following merit the especial acknow-
ledgements of the society.

The whole of the Library of " The Whitby Numis-
matic Society,'' by Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S.,
and Richard Ripley, Esq., the only surviving members
of the society.

A rare Collection, comprising specimens of Fossils
and Foreign Shells, by Mr. M. Simpson.

A Collection of Fossils and beautifully arranged
Corallines from the n.e. coast, and a number of British
Shells, by Mrs. George Clark.

An extensive Collection of rare Fossils, by Richard
Ripley, Esq.

A Collection of curious Insects preserved in spirits
by Mrs. Hunton.

2 fine specimens of the Hammer-headed Oyster, and
a Boomerang from Australia, by Capt. Wm. Turnbull.

Specimens of different kinds of Sand from Alum
Bay, Isle of Wight, by Dr. T. H. Yeoman, of London.

Eight Prussian Coins, by Mr. Richards of Stettin.

Two Fossil Fishes from the Jet rock near Guisbro'
by Henry Thomas, Esq.

A Memorial Medal of the late Lord George Bentnick,
by Thomas Chapman, Esq., F. R. S.

With the exception of the address read by Dr.
^ Merryweather, on the occasion already referred to, and
a Paper by the same gentleman on the result of his
Meteorological observations during the last winter, no
essays have been read, or lectures delivered, during the
past year, a circumstance which your council have con-
tinued reason to regret.

Your council cannot close their report without notic-
ing the continued valuable services rendered gi'atui-
tously to the society by Mr. Simpson, in arranging and
marking the contents of your museum ; his labours in
this work are most efficient, and merit the warmest
thanks of the society. Mr. Simpson is also engaged in
continuing the manuscript synopsis of your valuable
collection of Fossils and other curiosities, commenced
by the late Dr. Young, which (Cannot fail to prove of
great use and importance to the society.

In conclusion, your council would express a hope,
that the members of the society, as well as others who
take an interest in the development and progress of
the march of intelligence, so peculiarly characteristic of
the present age, will combine in increased efforts for
the advancement of the objects of the society, and thus
render it, what it was intended to be by its original
founders, emphatically "a society for the promotion of
the general interests of learning and philosophy, and
the honor and advantage of your town, as being a
place where literature and science are esteemed and
patronized."

Whitby, October 21th, 1854.

LAWS AND REGULATIONS,

1. — The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and Philo-
sophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promoting the
interests of Science by such other means as it may be able to undertake.

2. — All Subscribers of Two Guineas, or upwards, on admission, and
Half -a- Guinea annually, shall be Members of the Society ; and Sub-
scribers oi Five Guineas on admission, and Half -a- Guinea annually, or
of Ten Guineas at one time, without any Annual Subscription, shall be
Governors of this Society.

3, — The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron, a
President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and two
Curators, who, with a Committee of eight Members, shall form the
Council of the Society.

4. — The Council shall meet, for transacting business, on the first
Thursday of every month, or as often as they shall find it necessary ;
and three Members shall form a quorum.

5. — All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetmgs of the Council.

6. — A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October, in each year, for electmg a new Committee, receiv-
ing the Report of the retiring Committee, auditing the Accounts of the
Treasurer, and transacting any other business that may occur. Special
Meetings may be called by the Council, or by any seven Members, a
week's notice being given.

7. — The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous Curiosities,
whether of Nature or Art ; to which may be added Scientific Books,
and Philosophical Apparatus.

8. — The Museum shall be open for the convenience of the Members,
on such days of the week, and under such Regulations, as the Council
shall appomt. The famiUes of Members, residing under their roof,
shall have the privilege of visiting the Museum. No other inhabitants

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of Whitby shall be gratuitously admitted, except Benefactors and Hon-
orary Members. Strangers who have their residence above ten miles
from Whitby, may be introduced by any Member, or may be admitted
on such terms as the Council shall fix. On special occasions, the
Curators or the Secretaries may admit Members or strangers to the
Museum on those days when it is usually shut.

*^* This regulation is modified by the 11th.

9. — After the Society has existed for one year, all new members
shall be admitted by ballot, at a General Meeting of the Society, on
such terms as that meeting shall appoint ; but the Council may at any
of its Meetings, admit to the benefits of the mstitution, additional sub-
scribers, paying Twelve Shillings yearly, in advance. Such Subscribers
shall be admitted by ballot, a majority of at least three-fourths of the
Members present bemg required for admission ; and they shaU have no
share in the property of the Society, have no vote at its Meetings, and
shall hold no office in it ; but they shall have the privilege of introduc-
ing Strangers to the Museum, or persons belonging to their own families.

10. — Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the So-
ciety, may be elected Honorary- Members, without paying any subscrip-
tion ; but such Honorary Members shall have no share in the property
of the Society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. — The Museum shall be open to the public one day in each month,
under such restrictions as the Council fiiay deem necessary.

12. — The proportion which each Member has in the property of the
Society, shall be according to the whole amount paid for his share ; and
should the Institution ever be dissolved, the property shall be divided
accordingly. But in the event of such a dissolution, all donations shj^ll
be returned if required, to the donors, or their representatives ; and ^11
members who have sold property to the Society at a reduced price,
shall have the option of re-purchasing it at the same price.

13. — Each Member of the Society shall be at liberty to sell or dispose
of his share ; and, if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death>
descend to his representative ; but the Society shall decide, by ballot
whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted as a member
of the Institution. When any share is transferred, all arrears due upon
it must be paid up ; and the representative or assignee of a Life-
Governor shall not be exempted from the Annual Subscription of Half.

10

a-Guinea, without paying a sum of Five Guineas in lieu of such sub-
scription.

14. — The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer in
advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the
General Meeting in each year. If any member neglect to pay his sub-
scription before the ensuing Annual Meeting, he shall be excluded from
the benefits of the Institution, until all arrears due on his share be paid
up ; and if any member shall neglect paying his subscription for two
years, he shall, after notice given him to that effect, be excluded from
the Society, and shall forfeit all right and interest in the property of
the Institution.

15. — Ji any member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause any
loss or damage to the property of the Society, that member shall make
good to the Society the loss or damage so sustained.

16. — ^Any member who is guilty of improper conduct towards the
Society, and persists in any breach of its la\ys, may be expelled from
the Society, after means have been used by the Council, without effect
for bringing him to order ; but such expulsion shall not take place
without giving a month's notice, at least, to the offending member, and
without the concurrence of three-fourths of the members present at the
Pubhc Meeting of the Society, held for that purpose.

17 — Each Member on his admission shall sign an obHgation, binding
himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the Society so long
as he shall continue a member of it.

18, — These Laws may be amended or enlarged at any General or
Special Meeting of this Society, such amendments having been submitted
to the Council for their consideration, at least two months previous to
the Meeting.

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RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE MUSEUM,

Adopted by the Council, and confirmed by the General Meeting.

1. — The Museum shall be open from half-past Ten to half-past
Twelve o'clock, on Tuesday and Thursday in each week. Strangers
paying for admission, may be admitted on any day except Sunday, by
applying at the Baths.

2. — Any member or subscriber may introduce, personally or by a
written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from Whitby.
All strangers not so introduced, and all non-subscribers residing in
Whitby, or within ten miles of it, not honorary members or benefactors,
and not belonging to the household of a member or subscriber, shall pay
one shilling each for admission ; children and servants shall be admitted
at half-price. A reduction is also allowed to parties of more than two.

3. — Under special circumstances, strangers may be admitted to the
Museum at those times when it is usually shut, by personal introduction
of one of the council, or by an order from one of the Secretaries or
Curators.

4. — The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the
members introdcing them, shall be entered in a book kept for that pur-
pose in the Museum.

5. — No person admitted into the Museum shall be permitted to
handle the specimens.

6. — No person shall be allowed to take a stick or umbrella into the
Museum, or anythmg likely to occasion damage.

7. — The Museum shall be open to the pubhc on the first Monday in
each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions : —

(1) — The admission shall be by Ticket, given by any Member or
Subscriber.

(2) — Children under fourteen years shall not be admitted, unless
under the care of an adult.

(3) — 'All who visit the Museum are expected to come in decent
clothes, and to conduct themselves properly, according to the foregoing
Rules.

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ffxm^ for t§c W§^m i$ri4-$.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY.

ROBERT STEPHENSON, ESQ., M.P.

CHR. RICHARDSON, ESQ, | J. CHAPMAN, ESQ., St. Hilda's.

€mmm.

JAMES WILKINSON, ESQ.

C^nmmjtte.

MR. S. ANDERSON, F.L.S.
J. BLANCHARD, ESQ.
REV. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M.
DR. DOWSON.

REV. W. KEANE, A.M.
MR. F. K. ROBLS[SON.
J. TAYLERSON, ESQ.
DR. WILSON.

toBtttnts hi} ltili0mfitjnn,

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MULGRAVE, M.P.

THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

COL. G. CHOLMLEY.
H. W. YEOMAN, ESQ.
T. CHAPMAN, ESQ., F.R.S.
E. H. CHAPMAN, ESQ.

E. W. CHAPMAN, ESQ.
J. CHAPMAN, ESQ.
C. RICHARDSON, Esq., st. Hilda's
MR. M. SIMPSON.

ImBtariBB.

MR. W. N. CLARKSON. | MR. RICHARD RIPLEY.

(Crato,

T. W. BELCHER, ESQ. | , DR. MERRYWEATHER.

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MEMBERS OP THE SOCIETY,

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY.

THE RT. HONORABLE THE EARL OF MULGRAVE, M.P.

THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

ROBERT STEPHENSON, ESQ., M.P.

Mr. Joseph Anderson.

Mr. S. Anderson, F.L.S. •

T. W. Belcher, Esq. .

J. C. Bewick, Esq.

John Blanchard, Esq.

Richard Brewster, Esq.

Rev. J. B. Brodrick, A.M.

Mr. Gideon Buck.

T. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A

Edward Henry Chapman, Esq.

Edward W. Chapman, Esq.

John Chapman, Esq., St. Hilda's

Mr. George Chapman.

Colonel George Cholmley.

Mrs. G. Clark.

W. N. Clarkson, Esq.

Mr. John Comer, jim.

Mr. R. Craven.

Mr. W. Dotchon.

Dr. Dowson.

Thomas Fishhum, Esq.

Wilham Frankland, Esq.

Mr. Isaac Greenhury.

Rev. George Keasley.

Rev. W. Keane, A.M,, M.R.A.S

Mr. Ralph Home.

Mr. John Hugill.

Mrs. Hunton.

Joseph Hunter, Esq.

Mr. Robert Kirby.

Mr. Henry Knaggs.

Dr. G. Merryweather.

Mr. W. Morley.

Mr. William Nicholson.

Mr. William Newton.

Mr. George Parke.

George Peirson, Esq.

Thomas Percival, Esq.

,C. Richardson, Esq.

C. Richardson, Esq., St. Hilda's.

Thomas Richardson, Esq.

Richard Ripley, Esq.

Mr. Silvester Reed.

Mr. F. K. Robinson.

Mr. Martin Simpson.

Mr. M. L. Simpson.

Gideon Smales, Esq.

Mr. J. Stevenson.

Tmstees of Sneaton Estate.

Mr. WiUiam Stonehouse.

John Taylerson, Esq.

Mr. Thomas Hill Trueman.

Mr. Thomas TumbuU.

W. Usherwood, jim., Esq.

Mr. George Vasey.

Thomas Watson, Esq. [mont.

Rev. W. H. Wilkinson, Gros-

James Willdnson, Esq.

John Wilson, Esq., M.D.

H. W. Yeoman, Esq.

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ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS.

Joseph Barker, Fsq.

Henry Barrick, Esq., West Side.

Robert Breckon, Esq.

John Buchannan, Esq.

J. B. Chapman, Esq., London
John Waddington, Esq.
James Walker, Esq.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

Professor Louis Agassiz, M.D Neufchatel.

Rev. Henry Acheson, B.A., F.CP.S., London.

Rev. R. J. Barlow, Hutton Rudhy.

William Bean, Esq Scarborough.

Charles Belcher, Esq., * ^ Warwick.

Very Rev. W. Buckland, D.D., F.G.S., &c., Dean of Westminster.

Thomas Clark, Esq., Liverpool.

Edwin Cockbum, Esq., London.

Mr. Christopher Crawford London.

Timothy A. Curtis; Esq., London.

W. H. Dikes, F.L.S., Wakefield.

Captain Stephenson Ellerby, London.

Dr. W. H. Foster, (Surgeon,) R.N. , Woolwich.

WilUam Fryer, Esq., Newcastle.

Rev. J. Gleaves, B.A., Rothwell, Northamiptonshire.

Rev. W. V. Harcourt, F.R.S., F.G.S., York.

W. Hutton, Esq., Newcastle.

Robert Knox, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., &c., Edinburgh.

J. Leckenby, Esq., Scarborough.

John Edward Lee, Esq., Hull.

John Mewburn, Esq., M.D., Stamford, Upper Canada.

Major Constantine Moorsom, Birmingham.

Sir Roderick, I. Murchison, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c., London.

John PhiUips, Esq., F.G.S., &c., Oxford.

Mr. W. Robertson, Newcastle.

Mr. J. W. Robinson, London.

Rev. J. Rutherford, Channelkirk.

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Mr. Andrew Sanders, Stockton.

W. D. Saul, Esq., F.G.S., &c., London.

Rev. W. Scoresby, D.D., F.R S., M.W.S., &c., Torquay.

Rev. A. Sedgwick, D.D , F.R.S., F.G.S., &c., Cambridge.

Wakefield Simpson, Esq., New South Wales.

Rev. W. Stobbs, Stromness.

Arthur Strickland, Esq., Burlington Quay.

Mr. William Trueman, Durham.

Rev. W. Turner, Manchester,

George Watson, Esq., Leeds.

W. J. West, Esq., Tunhridge.

Mr. Thomas Welbank, London.

Mr. James Wilcox, : Hovingham.

Mr. J. Williamson, Scarborough.

Thomas W. Wilson, Esq., ..Beverley.

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DONATIONS

OMITTED IN THE THIRTIETH REPORT.

— ^®^c—

ROBERT BARRY, ESQ.— Ornamental Model of a Canoe, from
New Zealand, and 3 specimens of Wood.

C. BELCHER, ESQ., WarwicJc.— Fossil Wood, from the gravel
beds of Allesley, near Coventry.

Mr. BEWICK. — Antlers and bones of the Red Deer, found near
Grosmont.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, ESQ., F.R.S.— 18 large Volumes of dried
Plants.

Mrs. G. CLARK.— 27 British Algae, 3 Corallines, 11 Foreign Shells.

Mr. WM. THOMPSON, and Capt. MACKENZIE, Liverpool—
A large Saw of the Saw-Fish.

OMITTED IN THE THIRTY-FIRST REPORT.

Mrs. G. CLARK. — A fine collection of Corallines from the Whitby
coast, 8 British and Foreign Shells.

Mr. W. N. CLARKSON.— A rare Ammonite.

I^Ir. DOTCHON. — 3 Star Fishes, and a species of Lobster.

THO]\fAS FISHBURN, ESQ.— A fine tusk of the Narwhal, 9
feet long.

Mrs. MANSFIELD, Woburn, Beds. — A pair of Canadian Gaiters.

Mr. MORLEY. — A very fine, rare, and curious Ammonite, akin to
A. comutus. Mr. M. has also deposited a fine specimen of A. spicatus,
until another can be procured.

Messrs. RENE LE FRANC, and MARIE PIERRE.— A large
head of the Sea Wolf, and the head of a Shark, taken near Iceland.

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Miss RIPLEY.— A beautiful collection of 52 dried Plants, from
New Zealand.

Mr. M. SIMPSON. — A very large, and fine specimen of A mac-
idatus, a new species of Ammonite, and other fossils from the lower lias
at Peak, 20 Belemnites, and 5 other fossils, from the upper lias near
Whitby ; and Two Essays on Fossil Saurians, by Professor Owen,
illustrated with Plates.

JAMES YATES. ESQ., London.— A specimen of Polypodium Bil-
ardieri, to illustrate a rare fossil Fern, (Camptopteris) in the Museum.

PKESENTED TO THE MUSEUM

SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE THIRTY-FIRST REPORT.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, ESQ., F.R.S.— A fine Bronze Medal by
Wyon.

Mrs. G. CLARK. — A very fine collection of Corallines, 36 species ;
5 Crustacea, and 3 Star fishes, from the coast near Whitby ; 6 Shells.
A collection of 20 dupUcate Corallines, and 50 British Shells, for sale
or exchange.

Mr. W. N. CLARKSON.— An Ammonite.

Mrs. HUNTON. — 3 bottles containing specimens of Teredo, and a
fine specimen of Astacus crangon.

Mr. H. KNAGGS.— A mass of Serpulse.

Mr." LECKENBY, Scarhro\ — A collection of rare British Shells.

LIVERPOOL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.

— Proceedmgs No. 12, 1851, and 1853.

NUMISMATIC SOCIETY.— Mr. T. Chapman, and Mr. R. Ripley,
the only two surviving Members, of the Whitby Numismatic Society,
the whole of their Numismatic Library, viz. : —

Ackerman's Numismatic Chronicle, 2 vols, and 36 Nos.
„ Journal, 2 vols.

„ Manual, 1 vol.

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Ackennan's Roman Coins, 2 vols., 8vo.
Bie on Roman Gold Coins, 1 vol., 4to. small.
Condor's Provincial Coins, 1 vol., 8vo.
Cardonnel on Scottish Coins, 1 vol , folio.
Coins of all the Caesars, 1 vol , 4to small.
Hawkins' English Silver Coins, 1 vol., 8vo.
Hortas' Catalogue of Medals, 1 vol., 8vo.
Ruding's British Coinage, 1 vol., 4to.

„ Annals of the Coinage, 5 vols., 8vo.
Simon on Irish Coins, 1 vol., 4to.
VaUlant's Coins of the Roman famiUes, 2 vols., folio.
„ Roman Coins in the Colonies, 1 vol., foHo.

Capt. RICHARDS, Stettin. — 8 Prussian Coins.

Mr. R. RIPLEY. — A valuable collection of more than 100 fossils,
from the lias near Whitby ; including many new and rare species, and
many curious and interesting varietits ; amongst which, is a fossil ink-
bag of the ancient Sepia ; and also a number of specimens from other
locahties.

Mr. M. SIMPSON.— A coUection of 366 fossils, viz. : 17 Red marl
near Manchester ; 9 Plants, 30 MoUusca, 180 Teeth, Scales, and cop-
rolites of fishes from the upper coal measures near Wakefield ; 3 Plants,
32 MoUusca and Fish, from the Carboniferous Limestone and shale, w. r.
Yorkshire ; and 83 rare Has fossils. 100 Shells, and 12 fossils, for sale
or exchange. Deposited 2 polished specimens of Ammonites, until
better can be procured.

HENRY THOMAS, ESQ., Pinchinthorp near Guisbro', through
Messrs. Flintoft and Greenbury. — 2 Fossil Fishes from the Jet rock
near Guisbro'.

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WHITBY:
SILVESTER REED, PRINTER, OLD MARKET PLACE.

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yiT.yj

THE

THIRTY-THIED REPORT

OP THE

WHITBY LITEEARY

AND

PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,

Presented at the Annual Meeting, October 2Qth, 1855;

WITH THE

l^iitos aittr lUgufatt0iTS 0f t^^ S>omt^,

AND A

LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

cooper's cut, near NEWBIGGIN.

WHITBY:
R. HORNE, PRINTER AND BOOKSELLER,

BRIDGE STREET.

1855,

FOEM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY.

Eviery person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any sum of
Money, Specimens, Boohs, Instruments, or other Pr.operty, is
requested to make use of the following form :

I give and bequeath to the Trustees, for the time being, of the
Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society the sum of

to be paid out of such part of
my personal estate, as I may legally charge therewith {or here
enumerate the effects or property intended to be bequeathed.^
And I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Society*
for the time being, shall be an effectual discharge to my Executors
for the said legacy.

Cliirtij-tliirh Immal IRfpnrt

The Council of the Whitby Literary and Philo-
sophical Society, in accordance with the rules of the
Institution, have now, in completion of the duties of
their Office, to submit to the Members a brief report
of the transactions of the Society during the thirty-
third year of its existence.

The Committee have to regret that, in consequence
of not being able to afford proper accommodation, no
local talent has been made available in the production
of Lectures or Essays on literary or scientific subjects
of popular interest. This difficulty the Council hope
soon to have removed ; and it is gratifying to them to
be able to report, that the usefulness and importance
of the Institution are yearly becoming more appar-
ent, and that the Museum is an increasing ornament
to the Town and District, and calculated to be a
valuable auxiliary in scientific researches.

In the last annual report a doubt was implied as to
the acceptance of the Presidency of the Society by
Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., who, it will be re-
membered, had been unanimously chosen to that
Office at a special general Meeting, convened for the

purpose. It affords, therefore, your Council great
pleasure to state that during Mr. Stephenson's visit to
Whitby, subsequent to the last Annual Meeting, he
assumed the duties of President of the Institution;
and they cannot but express their conviction that the
Society's intimate connection with a gentleman of
such eminence and great scientific attainments, will
not fail to raise it in public estimation, and materially
to promote the objects it has in view.

Your Council have much pleasure in stating that
the Bath Company at a general Meeting, held
expressly for the purpose, unanimously agreed to
accept £950 for the purchase of their building, as
expressed in the following resolution: — "It was
unanimously resolved, on the motion of Mr. George
Vasey, seconded by Thomas Richardson, Esq., that
John Chapman, Esq., as Chairman of the Whitby
Literary and Philosophical Society, having offered
the sum of £950 for the purchase of the Whitby Pub-
lic Baths and premises, with the fixtures, furniture
and appurtenances thereunto belonging, the same be
accepted on the understanding that the Subscription
Library should not be disturbed; and that the pur-
chase be completed on or before the 22nd day of
April, 1856."

Signed, " John Wilson,
Chairman of the Meeting."

The attraction of the Museum to strangers, and

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others interested in scientific pursuits, continues un«
abated, and the admissions during the past exceed in
number those registered during the preceding year :
your Committee however are sorry to add that the
payments for admission amount only to £7 IO5.,
being considerably less than the sum which might
reasonably have been calculated on — a result attrib-
utable to the increased number of free admissions
granted by Members — and your Council would
therefore, from pecuniary considerations, impress on
the Members of the Society the necessity of a strict
adherence to the regulations as regards free admissions.

The Treasurers' account, which is annexed in the
usual form, shows the financial position of the Society.
The expenses incurred, as alluded to in the last report,
in providing an additional glass case and other ne-
cessary fittings to the Museum, have exhausted the
Society's resources, and your Council would therefore
again solicit the aid of the Members in procuring:
additional subscribers to the Institution,

In order to improve the pecuniary position of the
Society, and to create a fund towards the completion
of the purchase of the Museum building, the Council
have decided to have a Bazaar on a scale commen-
surate with the object in view, and recommend that it
should be held in the month oi August or September
in the ensuing year ; and the Members are earnestly
invited to co-operate and request the assistance of their

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friends in prosecuting the plan to a successful issue :
the Council reccommend also that special contributions
be solicited for this object.

The additions to your Museum during the year have
exceeded in number and importance those of any
former year, and your Council would especially notice
a large and curious collection of publications, prin-
cipally the production of local talent, or otherwise
having reference to the Town and neighbourhood ;
these, as well as 200 specimens in various branches of
natural history, have been chiefly presented by Mr.
Ripley, whose liberality and practical zeal in the
Society's cause your Council have on this, as on
many former occasions, gratefully to acknowledge.

The following pecuniary and other donations also
call for the Society's especial acknowledgements : —
viz., £10 from Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., and
£2 through Mr. Ripley, from Richard Clapham,
Esq., of Austwick Hall.

The donation of Mr. Stephenson was for the pur-
chase of books of reference ; and the amount has
been judiciously expended by Mr. Simpson in se-
curing the works mentioned in the list of donations.

Your Council trust these may be the nucleus of
a library of reference, and that it may be in the
power of the Society to make additions from time to
time in this department of their collection, which has
been hitherto, from pecuniary necessities, greatly neg-
lected.

Tlie continued valuable services of Mr. Simpson,
rendered gratuitously, in arranging and marking the
contents of the Museum — a work involving great
labour and scientific knowledge — are, your Council
believe, deeply appreciated by the Members of the
Society ; and they cannot omit again to notice Mr.
Simpson's unabated zeal and energy in promoting
the progress of the Institution, and the devotion of
his time and talents to that object.

The continuation of the manuscript catalogue of the
contents of the Museum, has occupied much of Mr.
Simpson's attention, and the list of Lias Fossils, com-
prising the names of nearly 1000 specimens, is nearly
completed. Your Council hope that at a future
period the funds of the Society will warrant its being
printed, if not at length, at least in a condensed form.

It is with sincere regret that your Council have to
report the death, during the past year, of Mr. James
Wilkinson, the respected treasurer of the Society, and
it will therefore be the duty of the present meeting to
fill up the office thus rendered vacant.

In conclusion the Council would congratulate the
Members on the growing prosperity of the Society,
and trust that by future exertions the same causes for
congratulation may continue to exist.

1ms att& IRBguktinM.

1. The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and Philo-
sophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promoting the
interests of Science by such other means as it may be able to under-
take.

2. All Subscribers of Two Guineas, or upwards, on admission,
and Half -a- Guinea annually, shall be Members of the Society; and
Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and TIalf-a-Guinea an-
nually, or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any Annual Sub-
scription, shall be Governors of this Society.

3. The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron,
a, President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and
two Curators, who, with a Committee of eight Members, shall form
the Council of the Society.

4. The Council shall meet, for transacting business, on the first
Thursday of every month, or as often as they shall iind necessary ;
and three Members shall form a quorum.

5. All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October, in each year, for electing a new Committee, re-
<;eiving the Report of the retiring Committee, auditing the Accounts
of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business that may
occur. Special Meetings may be called by the Council, or by any
seven Members, a week's notice being given.

7. The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous Curiosities,
whether of Nature or Art; to which may be added Scientific Books,
and Philosophical Apparatus.

8. The Museum shall be open for the convenience of the Mem-
bers, on such days of the week and under such regulations, as the
Council shall appoint. The families of Members residing under
their roof, shall have the privilege of visiting the Museum. No

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other inhabitants of Whitbj shall he gratuitously admitted except
Benefactors and Honorary Members. Strangers who have their
residences above ten miles from Whitby, may be introduced by any
Member, or may be admitted on such terms as the Council shall fix.
On special occasions, the Curators or the Secretaries may admit
Members or strangers to the Museum on those days when it is
usually shut.

*^* This regulation is modified by the 1 1th.

9. After the Society has existed one year all new Members shall
be admitted by ballot, at a General Meeting of the Society, on such
terms as that meeting shall appoint; but the Council may, at any of
its Meetings, admit to the benefits of the Institution, additional
Subscribers, paying Twelve Shillings yearly, in advance. Such
Subscribers shall be admitted by ballot, a majority of at least three-
fourths of the Members present being required for their admission ;
and they shall have no share in the property of the Society, have
no vote at its Meetings, and shall hold no office in it; but they shall
have the privilege of introducing Strangers to the Museum, or per-
sons belonging to their own families.

10. Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the
Society, may be elected Honorary Members, without paying any
subscription ; but such Honorary Members shall have no share in
the property of the Society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. The Museum shall be open to the public one day in each
month, under such restrictions as the Council may deem necessary.

12. The proportion which each Member has in the property of
the Society shall be according to the whole amount paid for his
share ; and should the Institution be dissolved the property shall be
divided according'y. But in the event of such a dissolution, all do-
nations shall be returned, if required, to the donors, or their repre-
sentatives ; and all members who have sold property to the Society
at a reduced price, shall have the option of re-purchasing it at the
same price.

13. Each Member of the Society shall be at liberty to sell or
dispose of his share; and, if not previously disposed of, it shall,
at his death, descend to his representative ; but the Society
shall decide, by ballot, whether the purchaser or representative shall
be admitted as a member of the Institution. When any share is
transferred, all arrears due upon it must be paid up; and the repre-
sentative or assignee of a Life-Governor shall not be exempted from
the Annual Subscription of Half-a-guinea, without paying a sumi of
Five Guineas in lieu of such subscription.

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14. The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasnrer in
advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the
General Meeting in each year. If any member neglect to pay his
subscription before the ensuing Annual Meeting, he shall be ex-
cluded from the benefits of the Institution, until all arrears due on
his share be paid up ; and if any Member neglect paying his sub-
scription for two yei3rs, he shall after notice given him to that effect,
be excluded from the Society, and shall forfeit all right and interest
in the property of the Institution.

15. If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause
any loss or damage to the property of the Society, that Member
shall make good to the Society the loss or damage so sustained.

16. Any Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards the
Society, and persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled
from the Society, after means have been used by the Council with-
out effect, for bringing him to order ; but such expulsion shall not
take place without giving a month's notice, at least, to the offending
member, and without the concurrence of three-fourths of the members
present at the Public Meeting of the Society, held for that purpose.

17. Each Member on his admission shall sign an obligation,
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the
Society so long as he shall continue a member of it.

18. These Laws may be amended or enlarged at any General or
Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been sub-
mitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two months
previous to the Meeting.

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Hubs for liimwHinii in tfre Elnsnim.

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL, AND CONFIRMED BY THE GENERAL MEETING.

1. The Museum shall be open from half-past Ten to half-past
Twelve o'clock, on Tuesday and Thursday in each week. Strangers
paying for admission, may be admitted on any day except Sunday,
by applying at the Baths.

2. Any member or subscriber may introduce, personally or by
a written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All strangers not so introduced, and all non-subscribers
residing in Whitby, or within ten miles of it, not honorary members
or benefactors, and not belonging to the household of a member or
subscriber, shali pay one shilling each for admission ; children and
servants shall be admitted at half-price. A reduction is also al-
lowed to parties of more than two.

3. Under special circumstances, strangers may be admitted to
the Museum at those times when it is usually shut, by personal in-
troduction of one of the Council, or by an order from one of the
Secretaries or Curators.

4. The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the
members introducing them, shall be entered in a book kept for that
purpose in the Museum.

5. No person admitted to the Museum shall be permitted to
handle the specimens.

6. No person shall be allowed to take a stick or umbrella into
the Museum, or any thing likely to occasion damage.

7. The Museum shall be open to the Public on the first Monday
in each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions: —

(1.) The admission shall be by ticket, given by any member or
subscriber.

(2.) Children under fourteen years shall not be admitted, unless
under the care of an adult.

(3.) All who visit the Museum are expected to come in decent
clothes, and to conduct themselves properly, according to the fore
going Rules.

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1855—6.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

ROBERT STEPHENSON, Esq., M.P.

CHR. RICHARDSON, Esq. | J. CHAPMAN,Esq., St.Hilda'
CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON. Esq., St. Hilda's.

€Gxamxtitt.

H.BARRICK, Esq., West Side
J. BLANCHARD, Esq.
REV. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M
MR. J. CORNER.

REV. W. KEANE, A.M.
MR. F. K. ROBINSON.
MR. W. STONBHOUSE.
DR. WILSON.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MULGRAVE, M.P.

THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

COL. G. CHOLMLEY.
H. W. YEOMAN. Esq.
T. CHAPMAN. Esq., F.R.S.
E. H. CHAPMAN, Esq.
E. W. CHAPMAN, Esq.

J.CHAPMAN.EsQ.St.Hilda'i

C. RICHARDSON, Esq.

R. RIPLEY. Esq.

MR. M SIMPSON.

MR. RICHARD CRAVEN.

^uxthxm,

MR. W. N. CLARKSON. I MR. RICHARD RIPLEY.

Curators.

T. W. BELCHER, Esq. I DR. MERRYWEATHER*

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY,

THE RT. HONORABLE THE EARL OF MULGRAVE, M.P.

THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

ROBERT STEPHENSON, Esq., M.P.

Mr. Joseph Anderson.

Mr. S. Anderson, F.L.S.

H. Barrick, Esq., West Side.

T. W. Belcher, Esq.

J. C. Bewick, Esq.

John Blan chard, Esq.

Richard Brewster, Esq.

Rev. J. B. Brodrick, A.M.

Mr. Gideon Buck.

T. Chapman, Esq.,F.R.S., F.S.A

Edward Henry Chapman, Esq.

Edward W. Chapman, Esq.

John Chapman, Esq., St. Hilda's

Mr. George Chapman.

Colonel George Cholmlej.

Mrs. G. Clark.

W. N. Clarkson, Esq.

Mr. John Corner, jun.

Mr. R. Craven.

Mr. W. Dotchon.

Dr. Dowson.

William Frankland, Esq.

Mr. Isaac Greenbury.

Mr. Robert Hamilton.

Mr. Ralph Home.

Rv Joseph Hugbes, B.A.

Mr. John Hugill.

Mrs. Hunton.

Joseph Hunter, Esq.

Rev. W. Keane, A.M., M.R.A.S.

Rev. George Keaslej.

Mr. Robert Kirby.

Mr. Henry Knaggs.

Dr. G. Merryweather.

Mr. W. Morley.

Mr. William Nicholson.

Mr. William Newton.

Mr. George Parke.

George Peirson, Esq.

Thomas Percival, Esq.

C. Richardson, Esq.

C. Richardson, Esq., St. Hilda's

Thomas Richardson, Esq.

Richard Ripley, Esq.

Mr. Silvester Reed.

Mr. F. K. Robinson.

Mr. Martin Simpson.

Mr. M. L. Simpson.

Gideon Smales, Esq.

Mr. J, Stevenson.

Trustees of Sneaton Estate.

Mr. William Stonehouse.

John Taylerson, Esq.

Mr. Thomas Hill Trueman.

Rev. W. H. Trendell.

Mr. Thomas TurnbuU.

W. Usherwood, jun., Esq.

Mr. George Vasey.

Thomas Watson, Esq. (mont.

Rev. W. H. Wilkinson, Gros-

James Wilkinson, Esq.

John Wilson, Esq., M.D.

H. W. Yeoman. Esq.

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ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS.

A. Atkinson, Esq.
Joseph Barker, Esq.
Mr. S. Braithwaite,
Robert Breckon, Esq.

John Buchannan, Esq.
J. B. Chapman, Esq., London.
John Waddington, Esq.
James Walker, Esq.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

Professor Louis Agassiz, M.D NeufcJiatel.

Rev. Henry Acheson, B.A , F.C.P.S London,

Rev. R. J. Barlow, Hutton Budby.

William Bean, Esq., Scarborough.

Charles Belcher, Esq Warwick

Very Rev. W. Buckland, D.D., F.G.S., &c., Bean of Westminster,

Thomas Clark, Esq., Liverpool,

Edwin Cockburn, Esq., London.

Mr. Christopher Crawford, London,

Timothy A. Curtis, Esq London

W. H. Dikes, F.L S., Wakefield.

Captain Stephenson Ellerby, London,

Dr. W. H Foster, (Surgeon), R N., WoolwicK

William Fryer, Esq., Newcastle,

Rev. J Cleaves, B. A., Bothwell, Northamptonshire,

Rev. W. V. Harcourt, F.R.S., F.G.S., Torh

W. Ilutton, Esq, Newcastle.

Robert Knox, Esq., M.D., F.R.S E., (kc, Edinburgh,

J . Leckenby , Esq., Scarborough,

John Edward Lee, Esq., Hull.

John Mewburn, Esq., M.D., Stamford, Upper Canada.

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Major Constantine Moorsom Birmh

Sir Rodrick I. Murchison, F.R.S, F.G.S., &c., London.

John Phillips, Esq., F.G.S , &c., Oxford.

Mr. W. Robertson Newcastle.

Mr. J. W. Robinson, London.

Rev. J. Rutherford Channelkirk.

Mr. Andrew Sanders, Stockton.

W. D. Saul, Esq., F.G.S., &c., London.

Rev. W. Scoresby, D.D., F.R.S, M.W.S., &c., Torquay.

Rev A. Sedgwick, D.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &e., Cambridge

Wakefield Simpson, Esq., New South Wales.

Rev. W. Stobbs, Stromness.

Arthur Strickland, Esq., Bridlington Quay.

Mr. William Trueman, Durham.

Rev. W. Turner, Manchester.

George Watson, Esq., Leeds.

W. J. West, Esq., Tunhridge.

Mr. Thomas Wellbank, London.

Mr. James Wilcox, Homngham

Mr. J. Williamson, Scarborough.

Thomas W. Wilson, Esq., Beverley.

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DONATIONS.

J. C. BEWICK, Esq. — Specimens of Lias fossils, from the Iron-
stone, Grosmont.

Mr. BR AIM. — 2 specimens of Patella testudinalis

Rev. J. B. BRODRICK.— 3 Sei-mons on the Trinity.

T. CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S.— Ordnance Map of the town of
Whitby, and part of the Ordnance Map of the vicinity.

Mrs. G. CLARK. — 27 Corallines, a fine collection of Alga?, 52
specimens mounted on cards, from the coast near Whitby ; and 36
rare British shells.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH.— 3 Numbers of their
Proceedings.

Mrs. HUNT ON. — 4 Fishes, 6 bottles containing Snakes and a
collection of Insects.

LIVERPOOL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCI-
ETY.—Philosophical Proceedmgs for 1853, 1854, 1855.

JOHN LECKENBY. Esq., 8carhro\—157 British Shells.
JOSEPH MAYER, Esq., F.S.A., Liverpool— 31 Prints and 3
Medals.

P. S. PARKER, Esq., Wakefield.— A collection of fossils.

R. RIPLEY, Esq. — 200 Lias fossils, London Geological Journal,
3 nos., Kidd's Geological Essay, Lyell's Geology, 4 vols., Phillip's
Geology of Yorkshire, 2 vols.. King Coal's Levee, Case's Angelica^
Guide, 8 nos., of the Transactions of London and Edinburgh Philo-
sophical Societies, Scarbro' Catalogue, Owen's Fossil Reptiles, Ross
on Telescopes, Prophecy, 3 essays. Books published in Whitby^
viz., Buchannan's Poems, Mann's life of Sir Hugh Cholmley,
Haydock's Catholic Kalendar, Peel's Hymns, Forth's God and

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Prayer, Hicks' Man, Merryweather's Tempest Prognosticator, Mis-
cellaneous Publications, 1 vol.. Political Tracts, 1 vol., Richardson's
Muse, Religious Tracts, (fee, 1 vol., Ripley's Faith and Works,
Ripley's Religious Experience, Ripley's Sermons and Letters, <fec..
Sermons, 1vol., Watkins' Lay Sermons, Watkins' Life of Myers,
Watkins' Scarbro' Tales, Watkins' Whitby Spy, Watson's Plain State-
ment, Watson's Dissertations, Winter's Harp of St. Hilda, Whitby
Treasury, Young's Life of Cook, Young's Botanic Garden, Young's
Lectures on Jonah, Young's Vindication, Walker's Calculator.
Mr. F. K. ROBINSON.— Glossary of Yorkshire words.

Mr. MARTIN SIMPSON.— Cunn's Euclid, L'Homond's French
and Latin Grammar, Moore's Standard Money, Shuler's Comet-
ology. — Books published at Whitby; Moffat's glories of Messiah, 2
vols., Stones's Short Hand, Monograph of Lias Ammonites, Young's
Scripture Geology.

Mr. JOHN STEWART.— A bottle of Snakes in spirits.

ROBERT STEPHENSON, Esq., M.P.— Forbes and Hanley's
MoUusca, 4 vols., G wilt's Chambers' Architecture, 2 vols., Gwilt's
Vitruvius, Part of the Ordnance Map of the vicinity of Whitby.

PURCHASED BY THE SUBSCRIPTION OF SOME OF
THE MEMBERS. — Bell's British Crustacea, LyeU's Manual of
Elementary Geology.

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THE

THIRTY-FOURTH REPORT

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AND

Presented at the Annual Meeting, October Slst, 1856 ;

WITH THE

LAWS AND EEGULATIONS OF THE SOCIETY,

AND A

LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS,

Ac,

W. NEWTON, PRINTER AND BOOKSELLER,
BAXTERGATE.

1856.

FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY.

Every person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any sum of
Money, Specimens, Books, Instruments, or other Property, is
requested to make use of the following form :

"1 give and bequeath to the Trustees, for the lime being, of the
Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society the sum of

to be paid out of such part of
my personal estate, as I may legatly charge therewith (or here
enumerate the effects or property intended to be bequeathed).
And I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Society,
for the time being, shall be an effectual discharge to my Executors
for the said legacy.'*

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The termination of the official year having arrived,
the Council of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical
Society begs to submit, as usual, a brief statement of
the transactions of the Society during that period.

The Council regrets that the Bath Company's
property, though all preliminaries are arranged, has
not yet been formally conveyed to the Trustees of
this Society ; the delay does not hov^^ever rest with
the officers of this Institution, and your Council
entertains the hope that in a short time this business
may be finally concluded.

The Council is gratified to be able to announce
that an increased number of strangers have visited
the Museum during the past year, thereby augment-
ing in a corresponding degree the amount received
for admission : — the Sum paid for entrance during the
year being £ 10 2s. 6d.

With regard to the financial position of the

Institution, the Council has much satisfaction in stating
that, owing to the admission of several new Members,
and the advantages which they confidently expect
will accrue from the purchase of the Museum Building,
there is good reason to hope that in future years the
pecuniary resources of the Society will be materially
enlarged, and its power of usefulness proportionately
increased.

The Treasurer's account, which is annexed, exhibits
the financial position of the Society at the close of
the current year.

In order to raise a Fund for the purchase and
alteration of the Museum Building, your Council in
the early part of the year made a canvass of the town
and neighbourhood for pecuniary aid, and their exer-
tions were so far successful that, including Dr.
Scoresby's conditionally promised donation of £ 300,
they realized a sum of ^ 813 12s. A list of the
contributors to the Fund is appended to this Report ;
and to testify the Society's high appreciation of the
liberal response to their appeal for pecuniary aid on
this occasion, your Council recommends that all con-
tributors of X 10 10s. and upwards to the Building

Fund, who may desire it, be elected life Members of
the Institution^ subject however to the conditions
imposed by the 9th Rule.

In accordance with the recommendation of the
Report of the last Annual Meeting of the Society, a
Bazaar in' aid of the General Funds was held on the
loth and 11th of September last, and though the
sanguine expectations of some of its promoters were
not fully realized, your Council sees no reason to be
disappointed with the result, as the proceeds, after
paying all incidental expenses, amounted to c£ll2 I7s.

The Council feels sure the Members generally will
not fail to recognise the obligation the Society is
under to the Lady Patronesses, and to those ladies
who so kindly exerted themselves in organising and
promoting the Bazaar.

The Council has to acknowledge the receipt of
many valuable donations during the past year ;
amongst those most worthy of notice, may be men-
tioned a collection of important geological works,
presented by her Majesty's Government through the
medium of Sir R. Murchison, and a valuable Cabinet
of Fossils by Richard Ripley, Esq.

The Baths having been found on investigation to

require extensive repairs before they could be made

available for the current season, your Council had no

alternative but to put them into a comparative state

of efficiency ; accordingly, under the superintendence

of Mr. Simpson, the necessary outlay was made, and

your Council is happy to add that they found no

difficulty in leasing them for £ 25 per annum to Mr.

William Hill, whose wife has had for many years the

management of the establishment under the Bath
Company.

The Council must not omit again to acknowledge
the obligation the Society is under to Mr. Martin
Simpson for the continuance of his able services in
arranging and superintending the Museum generally,
and to express regret that the state of the Society's
funds does not admit of an adequate remuneration
being awarded him.

The Council has still to lament that so little has
been done in the way of Lectures during the past
year ; the only paper read to the Society being by
Dr. Dowson, whose interesting treatise, on the sup-
posed insanity of Sir Isaac Newton, afforded much
gratification and instruction to the Members present.

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The Council has to report the following changes in
the Officers of the Society during the year. Mr. W,
N. Clarkson having resigned the office of Secretary
on account of professional avocations, Mr. E. W.
Chapman w^as appointed to supply his place, and Mr
T. W. Belcher, having resigned the office of Curator
Mr. Clarkson was elected to fill up the vacancy ; the
Council recommend that the new appointments be
confirmed by the General Meeting.

In conclusion — the Council sees cause for con-
gratulation in the progress made by the Society during
the past year, and ventures to indulge the hope
that the operations of each succeeding year will
advance its usefulness, and contribute to ensure its
permanent stability.

tnm nni IR^gnlatintis.

1. The Society sliall be called the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society,
for supporting a Museum, and for promoting the interests of Science by such
other means as it may be able to undertake.

2. All Subscribers of Two Guineas, or upwards, on admission, and Half-a~
Guinea annually, shall be Members of the Society ; and Subscribers of Five
Giiineas on admission, and Half-a-Guinea annually, or of Ten Guineas at one
time, without any Annual Subscription, shall be Governors of this Society .

3. The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron, a President, two
Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and two Curators, who,"with a Com-
mittee of eight Members, shall form the Council of the Society.

4. The Council shall meet for transacting business, on the first Thursday of
every month, or as often as they shall find necessary ; and three Members shall
form a quonmi.

6. All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the Meetings of the
Council.

6. A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last Friday in
October, in each year, for electing a new Committee, receiving the Keport of the
retiring Committee, auditing the Accounts of the Treasurer, and transacting any
other business that may occur. Special Meetings may be called by the Councib
or by any seven Members, a week's notice being given.

• 7. The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities, specimens
of Natural History, with other miscellaneous Curiosities, whether of Nature, or
Art ; to which may be added Scientific Boooks, and Philosophical Apparatus.

8. The Museum shall be open for the convenience of the Members, on such
days of the week and under such regulations, as the Council shall appoint. The
families of Membei-s residing under their roof, shall have the privilege of visiting

9

the Museum. No other inhabitants of Whitby shall be gratuitously admitted
except Benefactors and Honorary Members. Strangers who have their residences
above ten miles from Whitby, may be introduced by any Member, or may be ad-
mitted on such terms as the Council shall fix. On special occasions, the Curators
or the Secretaries may admit Members or strangers to to the Museum on those
days when it is usually shut.

*4t* This regulation is modified by the 11th.

9. After the Society has existed one year all new Members shall be admitted
by ballot, at a General Meeting of the Society, on such terms as that meeting shall
appoint ; but the Council may, at any of its Meetings, admit to the benefits of the
Institution, additional Subscribers, paying Twelve Shillings yearly, in advance-
Such Subscribers shall be admitted by ballot, a Majority of at least three-fourths
of the Members present being required for their admission ; and they shall have
no share in the property of the Society, have no vote at its Meetings, and shall
hold no office in it ; but they shall have the privilege of introducing Strangers to
the Museum, or persons belonging to their own families,

10. Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the Society, may be
elected Honorary Members, without paying any subscription ; but such Honorary
Members shall have no share in the property of the Society, or in the management
of its concerns.

11. The Museum shall be open to the public one day in each month, under
such restrictions as the Council may deem necessary.

12. The proportion which each Member has in the property of the Society shall
be according to the whole amount paid for his share ; and should the Institution
be dissolved the property shall be divided accordingly. But in the event of such
a dissolution, all donations shall be returned, if required, to the donors, or their
representatives ; and all members who have sold property to the Society at a
reduced price, shall have the option of re-purchasing it at the same price.

13. Each Member of the Society shall be at liberty to sell or dispose of his
share ; and, if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death, descend to his
representative ; but the Society shall decide, by ballot, whetlier the purchaser or
representative shall be admitted as a member of the Institution. When any share
is transferred, all arrears due upon- it must be paid up ; and the representative or
assignee of a Life-Governor shall not be exempted from the Annual Subscription
of Half-a-Guinea, without paying a sum of Five Guineas in lieu of such subscription.

14. The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer in advance, in the
month of November, or within a month after the General Meeting in each year.
If any member neglect to pay his subscription before the ensuing Annual Meeting,
he shall be excluded from the benefits of the Institution, until all arrears due on his

10

share be paid up ; and if any Member neglect paying his subscription for two
years, he shall, after notice given him to that effect, be excluded from the Society*
and shall forfeit all right and interest in the property of the Institution.

15. If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause any loss or
damage to the property of the Society, that Member shall make good to the Society,
the loss or damage so sustained.

16. Any Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards the Society, and
persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled from the Society, after means
have been used by the Council without effect, for bringing him to order ; but such
expulsion shall not take place without giving a month's notice, at least, to the
offending member, and without the concurrence of three-fourths of the members
present at the Public Meeting of the Society, held for that purpose.

17. Each Member on his admission shall sign an obligation, binding himself
to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the Society so long as he shall continue
a Member of it.

18. These Laws may be amended or enlarged at any General or Special Meet-
ing of the Society, such amendments having been submitted to the Council for
their consideration, at least two mouths previous to the Meeting.

11

%ultB for Ilimtointi tn tlje 3fiMmm.

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL, AND CONFIRMED BY THE GENERAL MEBTINO.

1. The Museum shall be open from half-past Ten to half-past Twelve o'clock,
on Tuesday and Thursday in each week. Strangers paying for admission, may be
admitted on any day except Sunday by applying at the Baths.

2. Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally or by a written order,
a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from Whitby. All strangers not so
introduced, and all non-subscribers residing in Whitby, or within ten miles of it,
not honorary Members or Benefactors, and not belonging to the household of a
Member or Subscriber, shall pay one shilling each for admission ; children and ser-
vants shall be admitted at half-price. A reduction is also allowed to parties of
more than two.

3. Under special circumstances, strangers may be admitted to the Museum at
those times when it is usually shut, b^ personal introduction of one of the Council,
or by an order from one of the Secretaries or Curators.

4. The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the Members
introducing them shall be entered in a book kept for that purpose in the Museum.

5. No person admitted to the Museum shall be permitted to handle the specimens.

6. No person shall be allowed to take a stick or umbrella into the Museum, or
any thing likely to occasion damage.

7. The Museum shall be open to the Public on the first Monday in each month,
from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions : —

(1.) The admission shall be by ticket, given by any Member or Subscriber.

(2.) Children under fourteen years shall not be admitted, unless under the care
of an adult.

(3.) All who visit the Museum are expected to come in decent clothes, and to
Conduct themselves properly, according to the foregoing Kules.

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1856—7.

Patron.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MAEQUIS OF NOKMANBY.

President.

KOBERT STEPHENSON, Esq., M.P.

Vice-Presidents.

CHR. RICHARDSON, Esq. | JOHN CHAPMAN, Esq., (St. Hilda's).

Treasurer. ^

CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., (St. Hilda's).

Committee.

J. BLANCHARD, Esq.
REV. J. B. BRODRICK, A. M.
MR. J. CORNER.
REV. W. KEANE, A. M.

MR. F. K. ROBINSON.
MR. W. STONEHOUSE.
MR. J. TAYLERSON.
DR. WILSON.

Governors by Subscription.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY,

THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARL OF MULGRAVE, M. P.

THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

H. BARRICK, Esq., (West Side.)

J. B. CHAPMAN, Esq.

E. H. CHAPMAN, Esq.

T. CHAPMAN, Esq,, F.R.S.

J. CHAPMAN, Esq., (St. Hilda's.)

E. W. chapman, Esq.

W. R. CHAPMAN, Esq,

COL. G. CHOLMLEY.

MR. RICHARD CRAVEN.

C. RICHARDSON, Esq., (St. Hilda's)

R. RIPLEY, Esq.

MR. M. SIMPSON.

H. W. YEOMAN, Esq.

Secretaries.

RICHARD RIPLEY, Esq. 1 E. W. CHAPMAN, Esq,

Curators.
DR. MERRYWEATHER. I MR. W. N. CLARKSON.

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARL OF MULGRAVE, M.P.

THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

ROBERT STEPHENSON, Esq., M. P.

Anthony Atkinson, Esq.
Mr, Joseph Anderson
Mr. S. Anderson, F. L. S.
H. Barrick. Esq^ (West Side)
T. W. Belcher, Esq.
J. C. Bewick, Esq.
John Blanchard, Esq.
Rev. J. B. Brodrick, A. M.
Mr. Gideon Buck.
T. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.
Edward Henry Chapman, Esq.
Edward W. Chapman Esq.
John Chapman, Esq., (St. Hilda's)
Joseph B, Chapman, Esq.
W. R. Chapman, Esq.
, Colonel George Cholmley
W, N. Clarkso:u, Esq.
Mr. John Corner, Jun.
Mr. R. Craven
Mr. W. Dotchon
Dr. Dowson

William Frankland, Esq.
Mr. Isaac Greenbury
Mr. Robert Hamilton
Mr. Ralph Home
Rev. J. Hughes, B. A.
Mr. John Hugill
Mrs. Hunton
Joseph Hunter, Esq.
Rev. W. Keane, A.M., M.R.A.S.

Rev. George Keasley

Mr. Robert Kirby

Mr. Henry Knaggs

Dr. G. Merryweather

Mr. William Morley

Mr. William Nicholson

Mr. William Newton

George Peirson, Esq.

Thomas Percival, Esq.

C. Richardson, Esq.

C. Richardson, Esq., (St. Hilda's)

Thomas Richardson, Esq.

Richard Ripley, Esq.

Mr. Silvester Reed

Mr. F. K. Robinson

E. Sherwood, Esq., M»D.

Mr. Martin Simpson

Mr. M, L. Simpson

Gideon Smales, Esq.

Mr. J. Stevenson

Trustees of Sneaton Estate

Mr. William Stonehouse

John Taylerson, Esq.

Mr. Thomas Hill Trueman

Mr. Thomas Turnbull

W. Usherwood, jun,, Esq.

Mr, George Vasey

Thomas Watson, Esq

John Wilson, Esq., M. D.

H. W. Yeoman, Esq.

ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS.

Joseph Barker, Esq.
Robert Breckon. Esq.
John Buchannan, Esq.

John Waddington, I
James Walker, Esq.

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HONORARY MEMBERS.

Professor Louis Agassiz, M.D Neufchatel

Rev. Henry Acheson, B.A., F.C.P.S London.

Rev. R. J. Barlow Hutton Rudby,

William Bean. Esq , Scarborough,

Charles Belcher, Esq , Warwick.

Thomas Clark, Esq Liverpool.

Edwin Cockburn, Esq London,

Timothy A. Curtis, Esq London.

W. H. Dikes, F.L.S Wakefeld.

Captain Stephenson Ellerby London.

Dr. W. H. Foster, (Surgeon), R.N Woolwich.

William Fryer, Esq .Newcastle,

Rev. J. Gleaves, B.A Rothwell, Northamptonshire.

Rev. W. V. Harcourt, F.R.S., F.G.S York.

W. Hutton, Esq Newcastle.

Robert Knox, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., &c Edinburgh,

J. Leckenby, Esq Scarborough'

John Edward Lee, Esq Hull,

John Mewburn, Esq., M.D Stamford, Upper Canada.

Major Constantine Moorsom Birmingham.

Sir Roc^e.ick L Murchison, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c London.

John Phillips, Esq., F.G.S., &c Oxford

Mr. W. Robertson ,.... ..Newcastle.

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Mr. J. W. Robinson London.

Rev. J. Rutherford Channelkirk.

Mr. Andrew Sanders .Paramatta, N. S. W.

W. D. Saul, Esq., F.G.S., &c London.

Rev. W. Scoresby, D.D., F.R.S., M.W.S., &c Torquay.

Rev. A. Sedgwick., D.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c Cambridge,

Wakefield Simpson, Esq , New South Wales.

Rev. W. Stobbs Stromness.

Arthur Strickland, Esq Bridlington Quay.

Mr. William Trueman ^, Durham.

Rev. W. Turner ,. , , Manchester.

George Watson, Esq Leeds.

W. J. West, Esq Tunbridge.

Mr, Thomas Wellbank London.

Mr. James Wilcox..,. Hovingham.

M. J. Williamson , ,,, , Scarborough.

Thomas W. Wilson, Esq ,,..•». j. ...... ^Beverley.

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Lieut, Bainbridge, R.N., — A Mantis in Spirits, from the Crimea.

Patkick Black, Esq. — A large specimen of the Common Lobster encrusted
with Serpula triquetra. '

John Blanchard, Esq.— A beautiful collection of 50 Plants from Nice.

Mr. J. Braim. — A Manuscript Catalogue of the Birds observed in the neigh-
bourhood of Whitby.

Mk, Chapman, Fossil Dealer^ — The Skeleton of a Mole.

G. Clrak, Esq , London, — A large Bat from Australia, through Mr. Bewick.

Mrs. Clark, Grosmont Lodge. — A pair of handsome Slippers, from Russia.

Mrs. G. Clark.— a fine specimen of Cancer maenas, 4 Hermit Crabs, 2 Star
Fishes, and 12 British Ferns.

Miss Cole, Pickering. — 19 Copper Coins, through Dr. Dowson.

Royal Society op Edinburgh. — Proceedings for 1855 — 6e

Leeds Philosophical Society. — Report for 1855 — 6.

Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society. — Their Proceedings for
1855—6.

Mr. W. Morley. — ^A Number of the Philosophical Magazine.

Sir R. Murchison. — On the part of Her Majesty's Government, Reiwrt on
Cornwall, Devon, &c., by Sir H. De la Beche ; Palaeozoic Fossils, in Do., by Prof

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Phillips; Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Vol., 1, 2, (Parts 1 and 2) ; British
Organic Remains, Decades, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ; Records of the School of Mines,
Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Mineral Statistics for 1854,

Mr. G Pabkk. — 11 specimens of Ironstone from Raithwaite, 1 specimen of
Magnetic Iron Ore from Rosedale, all from the Inferior Oolite.

C. RicHAKDSON, Esq., Field House. — An old Manuscript relating to the pur-
chase of a Telescope.

R. Ripley, Esq. — An Oak Cabinet and a large collection of Fossils.

ScAEBRo' Philosophical Society. — 24th Eeport.

Mr. M. Simpson. — A fusiform Belemnite from the lower lias, Robin Hood's Bay,
4 Parts of the publications of the Cotteswold Naturalist's Club.

W. R, Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society. — Report for
1855.

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LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS

To the Fund for purchasing the ''Bath Building,'' for the permanent
accommodation of the " Whitby Museum."

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Agar, Eobert-

0 2

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Chapman, E. H. (London)

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Andrew, Thomas

0 10

0

Chapman, W. R., (Do.) ...

10 10

0

Andrew, Kev. William ...

1 0

0

Chapman, John, (St. Hilda's)

10 0

0

Andrew, James

0 2

6

Chapman, Edward William

5 0

0

Andrew, John

0 1

0

Churton, Yen. Archdeacon

2 2

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Appleby, Thomas ... ...

0 10

0

Chettleburgh, Daniel

0 2

6

Anonymous, per «T. W.

Clark, Mrs,, (Hollins)

50 0

0

Belcher ,..

1 0

0

Clark, Thomas, (Liverpool)

1 0

0

Banks, Francis

0 2

6

Clark, Mrs., George

0 5

0

Barker, William

0 2

6

Clarkson, William N

2 0

0

Barrick, Henry, (West Side)

10 0

0

Clarkson, T. N

1 0

0

Barry, Robert

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Clayton, W. C, (London)...

3 3

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Barry, Thomas

5 0

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Cliflford, John

0 2

6

Barry, Rev. W. (Blisworth)

6 0

0

Cole,V.

0 2

6

Bate, Isaac

0 10

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Cooper, James

0 2

6

Bell, William

0 2

6

Corner, John, jun

1 0

0

Berry, George

0 2

6

Comey, John & Son

0 10

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Blanchard, John

10 10

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Crane, Edward

0 5

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Bourne,, Thomas R

6 0

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Craven, Richard

0 10

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Breckon, Richard

0 5

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Dale, John

0 1

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Brodrick, William, (London

5 0

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Dale, Joseph B

0 5

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Brodrick, Rev. J. B

2 0

0

Dale, Edward

0 5

0

Brown, William

1 0

0

Davie, Samuel ...

0 3

0

Buchannan, John ... ...

2 0

0

Dawson, William

0 2

6

Buckton, George, (Hull) ...

1 0

0

Dobson&Co

2 2

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Bum, Samuel

0 2

6

Duck, Newby

0 2

6

Bye, Henry

0 2

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THE

THIRTY-FIFTH REPORT

OF THE

WHITBY

LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,

Pebsented at the Annual Meeting, Octobee 30th, 1867;
Y^ITH THE

LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE SOCIETY,

AND A

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WHITBY:
SILVESTER REED, PRINTER, OLD MARKET PLACE.

1857.

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Every person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any Sum of
Money, SpecimenSj Books, Instruments, or other property, is requested
to make use of the following form : —

" I give and bequeath to the Trustees, for the time being, of the
Whitby Literaby and PmLOSapmcAL Society the Sum of

to be paid out of such part of
my personal estate, as 1 may legally charge therewith {or here enumer-
ate the effects or property intended to be bequeathed). And I direct
that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said society, for the time being,
shall be an effectual discharge to my Executors for the said legacy, ^^

THIRTY-EIFTH ANNUAL REPOET.

The Council of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical
Society, in accordance with the duties of their office,
beg to submit, as usual, a short abstract of their pro-
ceedings during the past twelyemonth.

Your Council have the gratification of announcing
that the purchase of the Bath Company's premises was
finally effected in the month of June last, and the con-
veyance of the same duly completed, and they trust
that no lengthened period will elapse before the con-
templated alterations in the building will be adequately
carried out ; enabling them thereby to provide suitable
accommodation for the important magnetic apparatus
and interesting arctic relics bequeathed by the late Dr.
Scoresby.

Your society have to deplore the loss during the
past year of two of its most valuable members and
active supporters, viz., the Rev. Dr. Scoresby and
Richard Ripley, Esq.

In the decease of Dr. Scoresby the scientific world
has sustained no small misfortune. His fame may
truly be said to be world-wide, for his well known arctic
voyages, his discoveries in magnetism, and his ardour

in scientific pursuits, have been the means of introdu-
cing him to the acquaintance of the learned men of all
countries.

Intimately connected with this town, and deeply at-
tached to it, those eminent talents as a lecturer with
which he was endowed were ever at the service of any
•useful institution whose welfare he could thereby pro-
mote ; and though it is not our place here to allude to
Dr. Scoresby otherwise than in his public capacity,
there are few of us who cannot bear testimony to his
pleasing and courteous manners, and his private
individual worth.

The removal, by death, of Mr. Ripley is also
much to be lamented by your society. One of its
originators, he has presented it with many of the fossils
and curiosities now exhibiting in your museum, and
notwithstanding his numerous professional engage-
ments, it was his unceasing endeavour to promote the
welfare of your institution on every occasion.

The Council have also to regret the loss, by death,
of Mr. G. Buck, and, by their departure from Whitby,
of Mr. John Chapman and Mr. Hagill. As your late
Vice-President, Mr. Chapman's able and valuable ser-
vices have at all times been freely rendered to your
society; the before-named gentlemen were founders
and considerable benefactors of your institution.

Your Council are sorry to observe that the sums
received for admission during the past year only
amount to 8/., exhibiting some reduction compared

with 1856. It is hoped, however, that an increase?
number of strangers will visit the museum during the
year ensuing, and that members will not so freely as
heretofore avail themselves of the privilege of their
gratuitous introduction.

Your Council beg to acknowledge with gratitude the
numerous valuable donations contributed during the
past year, among which the important bequest of Dr.
Scoresby occupies a most prominent place.

An abstract of these articles will be found appended
to the present report, furnished by Mr. Martin Simpson,
whose scientific knowledge and energetic services your
Council take the opportunity of gratefully acknow-
ledging.

The Council regret that nothing in the way of
lecturing has been done during the past year, but
trusts that when a suitable room is provided this
omission may be remedied.

But little change has taken place among the Officers
of your society ; the appointment of Mr. Francis K.
Robinson as joint secretary in place of the late Richard
Ripley, Esq., being the only alteration of importance.

The pecuniary position of the society will be evident
on inspecting the accompanying accounts, and the
Council trust it will be deemed satisfactory.

In conclusion, your Council express their belief that
your society is in a state of progressive advancement,
and indulge the hope that eveiy year will increase its
usefulness and prosperity.

LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

1. The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and Philosophi-
cal Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promoting the interests
of Science by such other means as it may be able to undertake.

2. All Subscribers of Two Guineas, or upwards, on admission, and
Half -a- Guinea annually, shall be Members of the Society ; and Sub-
scribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half -a- Guinea annually, or
of Ten Guineas at one time, without any annual subscription, shall be
Governors of this Society.

3. The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron, a
President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and two
Curators, who, with a Committee of eight Members, shall form the
Council of the Society.

4. The Council shall meet for transacting business on the first
Thursday of every month, or as often as they shall find necessary ; and
three Members shall form a quorum.

5. All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the Meet-
ings of the Council.

6. A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last Friday
in October, in each year, for electing a new Committee, receiving the
Report of the retiring Committee, auditing the Accounts of the Treasu-
rer, and transacting any other business that may occur. Special
Meetings may be called by the Council, or by any seven Members, a
week's notice being given.

7. The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous articles, whether
of Nature or Art ; to which may be added Scientific Books and Philoso-
phical Apparatus.

8. The Museum shall be open for the convenience of the Members,
on such days of the week and under such regulations as the Council
shall appoint. The families of Members residing under their roof,
shall have the privilege of visiting the Museum. No other inhabitants
of Whitby shall be gratuitously admitted except Benefactors and Hon-
orary Members. Strangers who have their residences above ten miles
from Wliitby, may be introduced by any Member, or may be admitted
on such terms as the Council shall fix. On special occasions, the Cura-
tors or the Secretaries may admit Members or strangers to the Museum
on those days when it is usually shut.

♦ *^* This Regulation is modified by the 11th.

9. After the Society has existed one year, all new Members shall be
admitted by ballot, at a General Meeting of the Society, on such terms
as that meeting shall appoint; but the Council may, at any of its
Meetings, admit to the benefits of the institution, additional subscribers,
paying Twelve Shillings yearly, in advance. Such Subscribers shall be
admitted by ballot, a majority of at least three-fourths of the members
present being required for their admission ; and they shall have no
share in the property of the society, have no vote at its meetings, and
shall hold no ofiice in it ; but they shall have the privilege of introduc-
ing strangers to the Museum, or persons belonging to their own families.

10. Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the society,
may be elected Honorary Members, without paymg any subscriptions ;
but such Honorary IMembers shall have no share in the property of the
society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. The Museum shall be open to the pubHc one day in each month,
under such restrictions as the Council may deem necessary.

12. The proportion which each Member has in the property of the
Society shall be according to the whole amount paid for his share ; and
should the Institution be dissolved, the property shall be divided accord-
ingly. But in the event of such a dissolution, all donations shall be
returned, if requu*ed, to the donors, or their representatives ; and all
members who have sold property to the society at a reduced price, shall
have the option of re-purchasing it at the same price.

8

13. Each Member of tlie society shall be at liberty to sell or dispose
of his share ; and, if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death,
descend to his representative ; but the society shall decide, by ballot,
whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted as a member
of the institution. When any share is transferred, all arrears due upon
it must be paid up ; and the representative or assignee of a Life-
Governor shall not be exempted from the Annual Subscription of Haif-
a-Guinea, without paying a sum of Five Guineas in lieu of such
subscription.

14. The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer, in
advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the
General Meeting in each year. If any member neglect to pay his sub-
scription before the ensumg Annual Meeting, he shall be excluded from
the benefits of the Institution, until all arrears due on his share be
paid up ; and if any Member neglect paying his subscription for two
years, he shall, after notice given him to that effect, be excluded from
the Society, and shall forfeit all right and interest in the property of
the Institution.

15. If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause any
loss or damage to the property of the Society, that Member shall make
good to the Society, the loss or damage so sustained.

16. Any Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards the
Society, and persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled from
the Society, after means have been used by the Council without effect
for bringing him to order ; but such expulsion shall not take place
without giving a month's notice, at least, to the offending member, and
without the concurrence of three-fourths of the members present at the
PubHc Meeting of the Society, held for that purpose.

17. Each Member on his admission shall sign an obHgation, binduig
hunself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the Society so long
as he shall contmue a Member of it.

18. These Laws may be amended and enlarged at any General or
Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been submitted
to the Council for their consideration, at least two months previous to
the Meeting.

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL, AND CONPIBMED BY THE GENERAL MEETING.

1. The Museum shall be open from half-past Ten to half-past
Twelve o'clock, on Tuesday and Thursday in each week. Strangers
paying for admission, may be admitted on any day, (except Sunday) by
applying at the Baths.

2. Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally, or by a
written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All strangers not so introduced, and all non-subscribers resi-
ding in Whitby, or within ten miles of it, not honorary members or
benefactors, and not belonging to the household of a member or sub-
scriber, shall pay One Shilling each for admission ; children and
servants shall be admitted at half-price. A reduction is also allowed to
parties of more than two.

3. Under special circumstances, strangers may be admitted to the
Museum at those times when it is usually shut, by personal introduction
of one of the Council, or by an order from one of the Secretaries or
Curators.

4. The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the
Members introducing them, shall be entered in a book, kept for that
purpose in the Museum.

5. No person admitted to the Museum shall be permitted to handle
the specimens.

6. No person shall be allowed to take a stick or umbrella into the
Museum, or anytMng hkely to occasion damage.

7. The Museum shall be open to the public on the first Monday in
each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions : —

(1.) The admission shall be by ticket, given by any Member or
Subscriber.

(2.) Children under 14 years shall not be admitted, unless under the
care of an adult.

(3.) All who visit the Museum are expected to come in decent clothes,
and to conduct themselves properly, according to the foregoing Bules.

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1867-8.

PATKON.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NOBMANBY.

PRESIDENT.

ROBERT STEPHENSON, Esq., M.P.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

CHR. RICHARDSON, Esq. | REV. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M.

TREASURER.

CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., (St. Hilda's.)

J. BLANCHARD, Esq.
Me. G. VASEY, Jun.
Mr. J. CORNER.
Rev. W. KEANE, A.M.

committee.

Mr. henry KNAGGS.
Mr. W. STONEHOUSE.
Mr. J. TAYLERSON.
Dr. WILSON.

GOVERNORS BY SUBSCRIPTION.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MULGRAVE, M.P.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

H. BARRICK, Esq., (West Side)
J. B. CHAPMAN, Esq.
E. H. chapman, Esq.
T. CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S.
J. CHAPMAN Esq., (St. Hilda's)
E. W. chapman, Esq.

W. R. CHAPMAN, Esq.

COL. G. CHOLMLEY.

Mr. RICHARD CRAVEN.

C. RICHARDSON, EsQ.,st. nada's.

Mr. M. SIMPSON.

H. W. YEOMAN, Esq.

SECRETARIES.

Mr. F. K. ROBINSON. | E. W. CHAPMAN, Esq.

CUBAXOBS.

Db. MERRYWEATHER. I Mr. W. N. CLARKSON.

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MULGRAVE, M.P.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

ROBERT STEPHENSON, Esq., M.P.

Anthony Atkinson, Esq.

Mr. Joseph Anderson.

Mr. S. Anderson, F.L.S.

H. Barrick, Esq., (West Side)

Thomas W. Belcher, Esq.

J. C. Bewick, Esq.

John Blanchard, Esq.

Rev. J. B. Brodrick. A.M.

Mr. John Buck.

T. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

Edward Henry Chapman, Esq.

Edward W. Chapman, Esq.

John Chapman, Esq., (St. Hilda's)

Joseph B. Chapman, Esq.

W. R. Chapman, Esq.

Colonel George Cholmley.

William N. Clarkson.

Mr. John Corner, Jun.

Mr. Richard Craven.

Mr. W. Dotchon.

J. Dowson, Esq., M.D.

William Frankland, Esq.

Mr. Isaac Greenbury.

Mr. Robert Hamilton.

Mr. Ralph Home.

Rev. J. Hughes, A.M.

Mr. John Hugill.

Mrs. Hunton.

Joseph Hunter, Esq.

Rev. W. Keane, A.M., M.R.A.S.

Rev. George Keasley.

Mr. Robert Kii'by.

Mr. Henry Knaggs.

G. Merryweather, Esq., M.D.

Mr. William Morley.

Mr. William Nicholson.

Mr. William Newton.

George Peirson, Esq.

Thomas Percival Esq.

C. Richardson, Esq.

C. Richardson, Esq., (St. Hilda's

Thomas Richardson, Esq.

Mr. Silvester Reed.

Mr. F. K. Robinson.

E. Sherwood, Esq., M.D.

Mr. Martin Simpson.

Mr. M. L. Simpson.

Gideon Smales, Esq.

Mr. John Stevenson.

Trustees of Sneaton Estate.

Mr. William Stonehouse.

John Taylerson, Esq.

Mr. Thomas Hill Trueman.

Mr. Thomas Tumbull.

W. Usherwood, Jun., Esq.

Mr. George Vasey, Jun.

Thomas Watson, Esq.

John Wilson, Esq., M.D.

H, W. Yeoman, Esq.

John Yeoman, Esq., M.D.

ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS.

Joseph Barker, Esq.
Robert Breckon, Esq.
John Buchannan, Esq.

John Waddington, Esq.
James Walker, Esq.

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Professor Louis Agassiz, M.D Nenfchatel.

Rev. Henry Acheson, B.A., F.C.P.S London,

Rev. R. J. Barlow Hutton Rudhy.

William Bean, Esq Scarborough.

Charles Belcher, Esq Warwick.

Thomas Clark, Esq Liverpool.

Edwin Cockbum, Esq London.

W. H. Dikes, F.L.S Wakefield.

Dr. W. H. Foster, (Surgeon,) R.N Woolwich.

WiUiam Fryer, Esq Newcastle.

Rev. J. Gleaves, B. A Rothwell, Northamptonshire.

Rev. W. V. Harcourt, F.R.S., F.G.S York.

W. Hutton, Esq Newcastle.

Robert Knox, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., &c Edinburgh.

J. Leckenby, Esq Scarborough.

John Edward Lee, Esq Hull.

John Mewbum, Esq., M.D Stamford, Upper Canada.

Major Constantino Moorsom Birmingham.

Sir Roderick L Murchison, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c London.

John Phillips, Esq., F.G.S., &c Oxford.

Mr. W. Robertson Newcastle,

IVIr. J. W. Robinson London.

Rev. J. Rutherford Channelkirk.

Mr. Andrew Sanders Paramatta, N.S.W,

W. D. Saul, Esq., F.G.S., &c London.

Rev. A. Sedgwick, D.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c Cambridge.

Wakefield Simpson, Esq New South Wales.

Rev. W. Stobbs Stromness.

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Arthur Strickland, Esq Bridlington Quay.

Mr. William Trueman Durham.

Rev. W. Turner Manchester.

George "Watson, Esq Leeds.

W. J. West, Esq Tunbridge.

Mr. Thomas Wellbank London.

Mr. James Wilcox Hovingham.

Mr. J. Williamson Scarborough.

Thomas W. Williamson, Esq Beverley.

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DONATIONS.

Rev. J. B. Beodrick, A.M.— His Lecture on " Home Duties."

Mr. J. Chapman, Lapidary. — Astacus gammarus, and A. Norvegi-
cus, in a glass case ; and 8 rare Lias Fossils from near Whitby.

John Leckenby, Esq., Scarhro\ — A fine specimen of Lepidosteus
oxyurus, from the river Oio, North America ; 64 rare British Shells,
(2h species) ; 4 Lias Fossils ; and 2 Bath Oolite near Scarbro'.

Mr. Ruddock. — An interesting specimen of Coralline OoKte, from
Pickering.

Mr. M. Simpson. — 1 Ammonite, 4 Belemnites, and Lingula Beanii
from the Inferior Oolite, Bluewick ; and a specimen of Liferior Oolite
from Raithwaite.

Received in part of Dr. Scoresby*s Bequest*

ARCTIC RELICS.

Head of the Walrus ; 2 Heads of Greenland Bear ; 4 long Tusks of the
Narwhal ; 7 short, ditto ; many detached Teeth of Walrus and Bear ;
Ear and Bones of Whale ; 2 White Rabbits, in glass cases ; 20 Birds
in 18 glass cases ; a Collection of Plants from the E. coast of Green-
land, collected by Dr. Scoresby in 1822 ; a Collection of Spitzbergen
Mosses ; a Collection of Minerals and Rock specimens.
Two Ornithorynchus paradoxus, in a glass case.

APPARATUS.

Two large compound Bar Magnets ; a 12 plate 2 feet Magnet, or needle,
with keepers, in a mahogany case ; a 3 feet double bar Magnet, with
keepers, in a mahogany case ; 2 two feet Bar Magnets ; large horse
shoe Magnet of 9 bars ; small 5 bar horse shoe Magnet ; a 15 bar
horse shoe Magnet ; two 5 bar horse shoe Magnets ; two Compound
Brush Magnets, with very numerous plates ; Dipping Needle, Variation
Compass, and other Magnetic and Electro-magnetic apparatus.

The Family of the late Richard Ripley, Esq. — A series of large
Mexican Medals; several Tradesmens' Tokens issued at Whitby,
Pickermg, Guisborough, and the surrounding towns ; antique Key and
Brooch found at Whitby ; and a quantity of interesting Fossils.

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THE THIRTY-SIXTH REPORT

WHITBY

LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,

Presented at the Annual Meeting ^ 29th October, 1858,

WITH THB

AND A LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

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WHITBY:
HORNE & SON, PRINTERS AND STATIONERS, BRIDGE STREET.

1858.

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Evert/ person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any Sum of
Money, Specimens, Boohs, Instruments, or other property, is re-
quested to maJce use of the following form : —

* * / give and bequeath to the Trustees, for the time being, of the
Whitby Liteeary and Philosophical Society the Sum of

to be paid out of such part of
my personal estate, as I may legally charge therewith (or here
enumerate the effects or property intended to be bequeathed.) And
I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Society, for
the time being, shall be an effectual discharge to my Executors
for the said legacy.''

THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT.

The Council of the Whitby Literary and Phil-
osophical Society in presenting, as customary, their
Annual Report, beg to observe that it is more than
usually brief on the present occasion, in consequence
of so few incidents having occurred of a nature to
demand particular remark.

Your Society has to regret the decease of your late
Vice-President, Mr. John Chapman, since the last
Annual Meeting ; a gentleman whose able and valua-
ble services were at all times devoted to the interests
of your Society, and though no longer resident in
Whitby, he never failed to entertain a deep concern
for its welfare till his removal by death.

Your Council have the gratification to announce
that there is a decided augmentation in the amount of
money received for admission during the past year,
the sum arising from this source being no less than
£15, proving that an increased number of strangers

have availed themselves, during the present summer,
of the opportunity of visiting your Museum.

In consequence of Mrs. Hill having resigned the
tenancy of the Bath department, the Council, after
accurately weighing the claims of the several candi-
dates, have finally decided upon selecting Mr. Smith
as the future tenant, and your Council entertain no
doubt but that their choice will meet with general
approval.

Your Council beg to return their best thanks to
those Ladies and Gentlemen who have kindly added
to the interesting curiosities in the Museum by their
various donations during the past year.

A short abstract of these articles will be found
appended to the present Eeport, arranged by Mr.
Martin Simpson, whose scientific acquirements and
valuable services have always been exerted in aiding
in every way the well-being of your Society.

The Council, in adverting to the little which has
been done in the way of Lectures since the last Annual
Meeting, must not omit to mention the able and in-
teresting paper on " The Iron Ore of this District,"
which was read by Dr. Merry weather at the Council
Meeting of the 1st of July last.

In connection with this subject it may be observed,
that application has been made for the use of the
room occupied by the Whitby Library, for the pur-
pose of Lectures, but without success.

The Council have the pleasure of intimating that
Mr. Edwin Cockburn, a native of this town, and an
artist of considerable talent, has kindly proposed to
present the Society with a portrait of Dr. Young, who
may be regarded in a great measure as its founder, and
whose learned and interesting " History of Whitby "
must ever be deeply appreciated by its inhabitants,
and which has entitled its talented author to a high
rank among local historians.

The Statement of Accounts attached will show the
Society's position in a financial aspect, which it is
trusted will be found satisfactory.

Your Council conclude their Keport by expressing
the hope, that your Society is making sure, if not
rapid, progress, and that every succeeding year will
promote its interest and advancement.

LAWS AND EEGULATIOm

1. The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and Philosophi-
cal Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promoting the interests
of Science by such other means as it may be able to undertake.

2. All Subscribers of Two Guineas, or upwards, on admission,
and Half ~a- Guinea annually, shall be members of the Society; and
Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half- a- Guinea
annually, or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any annual sub-
scription, shall be Governors of this Society.

3. The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron, a
President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and
two Curators, who with a Committee of eight Members, shall form
the Council of the Society.

4. The Council shall meet for transacting business on the first
Thursday of every month, or as often as they shall find necessary;
and three Members shall form a quorum.

5. All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October, in each year, for electing a new Committee, re-
ceiving the report of the retiring Committee, auditing the Accounts
of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business that may occur.
Special Meetings may be called by the Council, or by any seven
Members, a week's notice being given.

7. The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous articles,
whether of Nature or Art; to which may be added Scientific Books
and Philosophical Apparatus,

8. The Museum shall be open for the convenience of the Members,
on such days of the week and under such regulations as the Council
shall appoint. The families of Members residing under their roof,
shall have the privilege of visiting the Museum. No other inhabit-
ants of Whitby shall be gratuitously admitted except Benefactors
and Honorary Members. Strangers who have their residences above
ten miles from Whitby, may be introduced by any member, or may
be admitted on such terms as the Council shall fix. On special
occasions, the Curators or the Secretaries may admit Members or
strangers to the Museum on those days when it is usually shut.

*^* This Regulation is modified by the 11th.

9. After the Society has existed one year, all new Members shall
be admitted by ballot, at a General Meeting of the Society, on such
terms as that meeting shall appoint; but the Council may, at any of
its Meetings, admit to the benefits of the institution, additional sub-
scribers, paying Twelve Shillings yearly, in advance. Such sub-
scribers shall be admitted by ballot, a majority of at least three
fourths of the members present being required for their admission;
and they shall have no share in the property of the society, have no
vote at its meetings, and shall hold no office in it; but they shall have
the privilege of introducing strangers to the Museum, or persons be-
longing to their own families.

10. Gentlemen who have rendered important service to the society,
may be elected Honorary Members, without paying any subscriptions ;
but such Honorary Members shall have no share in the property of
the society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. The Museum shall be open to the public one day in each
month, under such restrictions as the Council shall deem necessary,

12. The proportion which each Member has in the property of the
Society shall be according to the whole amount paid for his share;
and should the Institution be dissolved, the property shall be divided
accordingly. But in the event of such a dissolution, all donations
shall be returned, if required, to the donors, or their representatives ;
and all members who have sold property to the society at a reduced
price, shall have the option of re-purchasing it at the same price.

13. Each Member of the Society shall be at liberty to sell or dispose
of his share; and if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death,
descend to his representative; but the Society shall decide, by ballot,
whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted as a Member

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of the Institution. When any share is transferred, all arrears due
upon it must be paid up; and the representative or assignee of a Life-
Governor shall not he exempted from the Annual Subscription of
Balf-a-Guineay without paying a sum of Five Guineas in lieu of
such subscription.

14. The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer, in
advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the
General Meeting in each year. If any Member neglect to pay his
subscription before the ensuing Annual Meeting, he shall be excluded
from the benefits of the Institution, until all arrears due on his share
be paid up; and if any member neglect paying his subscription for
two years, he shall, after notice given him to that effect, be excluded
from the Society, and shall forfeit all right and interest in the pro-
perty of the Institution.

15. If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause
any loss or damage to the property of the Society, that Member
shall make good to the Society, the loss or damage so sustained.

16. Any Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards the
Society, and persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled from
the Society, after means have been used by the Council without
effect for bringing him to order; but such expulsion shall not take
place without giving a month's notice, at least, to the offending
Member, and without the concurrence of three-fourths of the Mem-
bers present at the Public Meeting of the Society, held for that
purpose.

17. Each Member on his admission shall sign an obligation, bind-
ing himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the Society
so long as he shall continue a Member of it.

18. These laws may be amended and enlarged at any General
or Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been
submitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two months
previous to the Meeting.

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL AND CONFIRMED BY THE GENERAL MEETING.

1. The Museum shall be open from half-past Ten to half-past
Twelve o'clock, on Tuesday and Thursday in each week. Strangers
paying for admisson, may be admitted on any day (except Sunday)
by applying at the Baths.

2. Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally or by a
written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All strangers not so introduced, and all non-subscribers
residing in Whitby, or within ten miles of it, not Honorary Members
or benefactors, and not belono^ino- to the household of a Member or
Subscriber, shall pay One Shilling each for admission; children and
servants shall be admitted at half-price. A reduction is also allowed
to parties of more than two.

3. Under special circumstances, strangers may be admitted to the
Museum at those times when it is usually shut, by personal introduc-
tion of one of the Council, or by an order from one of the Secretaries
or Curators.

4. The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the
Members introducing them, shall be entered in a book, kept for that
purpose in the Museum.

5. No person admitted to the Museum shall be permitted to handle
the specimens.

6. No person shall be allowed to take a stick or umbrella into the
Museum, or anything likely to occasion damage.

7. The Museum shall be open to the public on the first Monday
in each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions: —

(1.) The admission shall be by ticket, given by any Member or
Subscriber.

(2.) Children under 14 years shall not be admitted, unless under
the care of an adult.

(3.) All who visit the Museum are expected to come in decent
clothes, and to conduct themselves properly, according to the foregoing
Rules.

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1858-9.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

ROBERT STEPHENSON, Esq., M.P.

CHR. RICHARSON, Esq. | REV. J. B. BRODRICK, M.A.

CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., (St. Hilda's.)

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J. BLANCHARD, Esq.
Mr. G. VASEY, Jun.
Mr. J. STEVENSON,
Rev. W. KEANE, M.A.

Mr. henry KNAGGS.
Mr. W. STONEHOUSE.
Mr. J. TAYLERSON.
Dr. WILSON.

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THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MULGRAVE.

THE RIGHT HON. LORD FEVERSHAM.

H BARRICK,EsQ., (West side)
J. B. CHAPMAN, Esq.
E. H. CHAPMAN, Esq.
T. CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S.
E. W. chapman, Esq.

W. R. CHAPMAN, Esq.
Mr. RICHARD CRAVEN.
C. RICHARDSON, EsQ.,st.Hiida'.
Mr. M. SIMPSON.
H. W. YEOMAN, Esq.

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E. W. CHAPMAN, Esq. | Mr. F. K. ROBINSON.

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Dr. MERRYWEATHER. I Mr. W. N. CLARKSON.

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MULGRAVE.

THE RIGHT HON. LORD FEVERSHAM.

ROBERT STEPHENSON, Esq., M.P.

Anthony Atkinson, Esq.

Mr. Joseph Anderson.

Mr. S. Anderson, F.L.S.

H. Barrick, Esq., (West Side)

Thomas W. Belcher, Esq.

J. C. Bewick, Esq.

John Blanchard, Esq.

Rev. J. B. Brodrick, M.A.

Mr. John D. Buck,

T.Chapman,Esq.,F.R.S., F.S.A

Edward Henry Chapman, Esq.

Edward W. Chapman, Esq..

Joseph B. Chapman, Esq.

W. R. Chapman, Esq.

William N. Claikson, Esq.

Mr. John Corner.

Mr. Richard Craven.

Mr. W. Dotchon.

J. Dowson, Esq., M.D,

Mr. Isaac Greenbury.

Mr. Ralph Home.

Rev. J. Hughes, M.A.

Mr. John Hugill.

Mrs. Hunton,

Joseph Hunter, Esq.

Rev. W. Keane, M,A., M.R.A.S.

Rev. George Kearsley.

Mr. Robert Kirby.

Mr. Henry Knaggs.

E. Preston Mead, Esq., M.D,

G. Merry weather, Esq., M.D.

Mr. William Morley.

Mr. William Nicholson.

Mr. William Newton.

George Pierson, Esq,

C. Richardson, Esq.

C. Richardson, Esq., (St. Hilda's)

Thomas Richardson, Esq.

Mr. Silvester Reed.

Mr. F. K. Robinson.

E. Sherwood, Esq., M.D.

Mr. Martin Simpson.

Mr. M. L. Simpson.

Gideon Smales, Esq.

Mr. John Stevenson.

Trustees of Sneaton Estate.

Mr. William Stonehouse.

John Taylerson, Esq.

Mr. Thomas Hill Trueman.

Mr. Thomas Turnbull.

W. Usherwood, Jun., Esq.

Mr. George Vasey, Jun,

Thomas Watson, Esq.

John Wilson, Esq., M.D.

H. W. Yeoman, Esq.

John Yeoman, Esq., M.D.

ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS.

Joseph Barker, Esq.
Robert Breckon, Esq.
John Buchanuan, Esq.

John Waddington, Esq.
James Walker, Esq.

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HONORARY MEMBERS.

Professor Louis Agassiz, M.D Neufchafel.

Rev. Henry Acheson, B.A., F.C.P.S London.

Mr. S. Anderson, F.L.S Whitby.

Rev. R. J. Barlow Button Rughy,

William Bean, Esq Scarborough.

Charles Belcher, Esq Warwick.

Thomas Clark , E sq Liverpool.

Edwin Coekburn, Esq London.

W. H. Dikes, F.L.S Wahefield,

Dr. W. H. Foster, (Surgeon,) R.N Woolwich.

William Fryer, Esq Newcastle.

Rev. J. Cleaves, B.A Rothwell, Northamptonshire.

Rev. W. V. Flarcourt, F R.S., F.G.S York,

W. Hutton, Esq Newcastle.

Robert Knox, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., <fce Edinburgh,

J. Leckenby, Esq Scarborough.

John Edward Lee, Esq Hull.

John Mewburn, Esq., M.D Stamford, Upper Canada.

Major Constantino Moorsom Birmingham.

Sir Roderick L Murchison, F.R.S., F.G.S. , &,c London.

John Phillips, Esq., F.G.S., &c Oxford.

Mr. W. Robertson Newcastle.

Mr. J. W. Robinson London,

Rev. J. Rutherford Ghannelkirk.

Mr. Andrew Sanders Paramatta, N.S. W.

W. D. Saul, Esq , F G S., &c ...London.

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Rev. A. Sedgwick, D.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., <fec Cambridge,

Wakefield Simpson, Esq New South Wales.

Rev. W. Stobbs Stromness,

Arthur Strickland, Esq Bridlington Quay.

Mr. William Trueman Durham.

Rev. W. Turner Manchester.

George Watson, E sq Leeds.

W. J. West, Esq Tunbridge.

Mr. Thomas Wellbank London.

Mr. James Wilcox Hovinghom,

Mr. J. Williamson , . Scarborough.

Thomas W. Williamson, Esq Beverley.

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DONATIONS

J. C. Bewick, Esq. — His Paper on the *• Rosedale Ironstone.'*

Mrs. G. Clark. — Anatomical preparations of Plants, shewing
the vascular tissue.

Royal Society of Edinburgh. — Their proceedings for 1857-8.
Mr. H. Knaggs.— a Three Shillings Bank Token of George III.
Mr. W. Turnbull. — Half Crown of George 11. ; silver Two-
pence of William IV.; Whitby Halfpenny of H. Lothrington.

Mr. Waddington. — A large specimen of the Avicula band of
Ironstone, with 13 vertebrae of Ichthyosaurus from Eskdale.

A. Wood, Esq., Kirbymoorside. — 12 specimens of the Rosedale
Ironstone; 4 lias specimens.

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IS 'JUN 29 !

HORNE AISD SON, PRINTERS, WHITBY.

THE THIETY-SEVENTH REPORT

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Presented at the Annual Meeting, 28th October^ 1859,

WITH THE

AND A LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

WHITBY:

WILLIAM NEWTON, PRINTER AND STATIONER, BAXTERGATE.

1859.

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Every 'person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any Sum
of Money f Specimens, Books, Instruments, or other property, is
requested to make use of the following form : —

" / give and bequeath to the Trustees, for the time being, of
the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society the Sum of

to be paid out of such part of
my personal estate, as I may legally charge therewith ( here
enumerate the effects or property intended to bequeathed.) And
I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Society, for
the time being, shall be an effectual discharge to my Executors
for the said legacy. ^^

THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT.

The termination of the official year having arrived,
it again becomes the duty of the Council to lay be-
fore the Society a brief summary of its proceedings
during the past twelve months.

Your Council has to commence its Report by re-
cording the severe loss, v^hich they, in common with
the nation at large, have sustained by the death of
their late President, R. Stephenson, Esq., whose con-
nection with them they have always considered a
very high honor, his best efforts being ever exerted
as regards both his purse and his talents for the
Society's welfare ; and they feel that a great respon-
sibility attaches itself to the Society in the election
of his successor.

They also have to regret the decease of a member
of the Council, Mr. G. Vasey, Jun., whose valuable
assistance was cheerftilly rendered at its deliberations,
and whose practical experience was frequently most
useful.

The sum received for admission from visitors
amounts to rather more than <£10, which though un-
equal to that contributed during the previous twelve
months, still affords satisfactory proof that the Mu-
seum has lost none of its attractions, and there is
little doubt that continually an increase of revenue
from this source may reasonably be expected.

Your Council desire to return their sincere thanks
to those ladies and gentlemen, whose valuable and
interesting donations have enriched the stores of the
Museum during the year just elapsed.

An abstract of these articles is added to the Report,
compiled by Mr. Martin Simpson, a gentleman
whose valuable scientific services the Council gladly
avail themselves of this opportunity of acknowledging.
Amongst these contributions we may perhaps be per-
mitted to allude to the admirable portrait of Dr.
Young, one of the founders of this Society, executed
and presented to it by that talented artist, your fellow
townsman, Mr. Cockburn.

An elegant cabinet of superior workmanship, from
Mr. Agar's manufactory, in accordance with Dr.

Scoresby's bequest, has been placed in the Museum,
for the purpose of containing the valuable magnetic
apparatus, arctic relics, and other curiosities, be-
queated by the late Dr. Scoresby, bearing the follow-
ing inscription — " This case and its contents, with a
legacy of £250, was bequeathed by will to the Whilhy
Literary and Philosophical Society, by William
Scoresby, D.D.,F.R.S.,L. and E., corresponding mem-
ber of the National Institute of France"

A statement of the Society's pecuniary position will
be found appended to the present Report ; and in con-
nection with this subject, we may observe that Dr.
Scoresby's bequest of £250, less legacy duty, has been
received, and in conjunction wjth other funds of the
Society has been expended in liquidating the mortgage
of £700 due to the executors of the late Mr. Steward,
and a fresh mortgage of <£400, has been taken by
Edward Henrt Chapman, Esq., to which sum the
liabiHty on the Museum Building is now reduced.

In conclusion, your Council venture to express^the
hope that your Society is more firmly estabhshed
than ever on a satisfactory basis, and that it is annu-
ally progressing in importance and usefulness.

LAWS AND EEGULATIONS.

1. The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and
Philosophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promo-
ting the interests of Science by such other means as it may be
able to undertake,

2. All Subscribers of Two Guineas^ or upwards, on admission,
and Half -a- Guinea annually, shall be members of the Society ; and
Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half -a- Guinea
annually, or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any asinual sub-
scription, shall be Governors of this Society.

3. The business of this Societj^ shall be conducted by a Patron,
a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries,
and two Curators, who with a Committee of eight Members, shall
form the Council of the Society,

4. The Council shall meet for transacting business on the first
Thursday of every month, or as often as they shall find necessary;
and three Members shall form a quorum.

5. All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October, in each year, for electing a new Committee,
receiving the report of the retiring Committee, auditing the
Accounts of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business
that may occur. Special Meeting may be called by the Council,
or by any seven Members, a week's notice being giving.

7. The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous articles,
whether of Nature or Art; to which maybe added Scientific Books
and Philosophical Apparatus.

8. The Museum shall be open for the convenience of the Mem-
bers, on such days of the week and under such regulations as the
Council shall appoint. The families of Members residing under
their roof, shall have the privilege of visiting the Museum. No
other inhabitants of Whitby shall be gratuitously admitted except
Benefactors and Honorary Members. Strangers who have their
residence above ten miles from Whitby, may be introduced by any
member, or may be admitted on such terms as the Council shall
fix. On special occasions, the Curators or the Secretaries may-
admit Members or strangers to the Museum on those days when it
is usually shut.

%* This Regulation is modified by the 11th.

9. After the Society has existed one year, all new Members
shall be admitted by ballot, at a General Meeting of the Society,
on such terms as that meeting shall appoint; but the Council may,
at any of its Meetings, admit to the benefits of the institution, ad-
ditional subscribers, paying Twelve Shillings yearly, in advance.
Such subscribers shall be admitted by ballot, a majority of at least
three fourths of the members present being required for their ad-
mission j and they shall have no share in the property of the soci-
ety, have no vote at its meetings, and shall hold no ofiice in it;
but they shall have the privilege of introducing strangers to the
Museum, or persons belonging to their own families.

10. Gentlemen who have rendered important service to the so-
ciety; may be elected Honorary Members, without paying any sub-
scriptions; but such Honorary Members shall have no share in the
property of the society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. The Museum shall be open to the public one day in each
month, under such restrictions as the Council shall deem neces-
sary.

12. The proportion which each Member has in the property of
the Society shall be according to the whole amount paid for his
share; and should the Institution be dissolved, the property shall
be divided accordingly. But in the event of such dissolution, all
donations shall be returned, if required, to the donors, or their re-
presentatives; and all members who have sold property to the so-
ciety at a reduced price, shall have the option of re-purchasing it
at the same price.

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13. Each Member of the Society shall be at liberty to sell or
dispose of his share; and if not previously disposed of, it shall, at
his death, descend to his representative; but tho Society shall de-
cide, by ballot, whether the purchaser or representative shall be
admitted as a Member of the Institution. When any share is
transferred, all arrears due upon it must be paid up; and the re-
presentatives or assignee of a Life-governor shall not be exempted
from the Annual Subscription of Half -a- Guinea^ without paying
a sum of Five Guineas in lieu of such subscription.

14. The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer, in
advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the
General Meeting in each year. If any Member neglect to pay his
subscription before the ensuing Annual Meeting, he shall be ex-
cluded from the benefits of the Institution, until all arrears due on
his share be paid up; and if any member neglect paying his sub-
scription for two years, he shall, after notice given him to that
effect, be excluded from the Society, and shall forfeit all right and
interest in the property of the Institution.

15. If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause
any loss or damage to the property of the Society, that Member
shall make good to the Society, the loss or damage so sustained.

16. Any Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards
the Society, and persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled
from the Society, after means having been used by the Council
without effect for bringing him to order; but such expulsion shall
not take place without giving a month's notice, at least, to the of-
fending Member, and without the concurrence of three-fourths of
the Members present at the Public Meeting of the Society, held
for that purpose.

17. Each Member on his admission shall sign an obligation,
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the
Society so long as he shall continue a Member of it.

18. These laws may be amended and enlarged at any General
or Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been
submitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two
months previous to the Meeting.

lul^s foil Jidmissi^n to th ^umnt

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL AND CONFIBMED BY THE GENERAL MEETING.

1. The Museum shall be open from half-past Ten to half-past
Twelve o'clock, on Tuesday and Thursday in each week. Strangers
paying for admission, may be admitted on any day (except Sunday)
by applying at the Baths.

2. Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally or by
a written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All strangers not so introduced, and all non-subscribers
residing in Whitby, or within ten miles of it, not Honorary Mem-
bers or benefactors, and not belonging to the household of a Mem-
ber or Subscriber, shall pay 0?te Shilling each for admission;
children and servants shall be admitted at half-price. A reduction
is also allowed to parties of more than two.

3. Under special circumstances, strangers may be admitted to
the Museum at those times when it is usually shut, by personal
introduction of one of the Council, or by an order from one of the
Secretai-ies or Curators.

4. The name and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the
Members introducing them, shall be entered in a bjok, kept for
that purpose in the Museum.

5. No person admitted to the Museum shall be permitted to
handle the specimens.

6. No person shall be allowed to take a stick or umbrella into
the Museum, or anything likely to occasion damage.

7. The Museum shall be open to the public on the first Monday
in each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions :—•

(1.) The admission shall be by ticket, given by any Member
or Subscriber.

(2.) Children under 14 years shall not be admitted, unless un-
der the care of an adult.

(3.) All who visit the Museum are expected to come in decent
clothes, and to conduct themselves properly, according to the
foregoing Rules.

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1858-9.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
CHR. RICHARDSON, Esq. | REV.J.B.BR0DRICK,M.A.

CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., (St. Hilda's.)

d^ommitt^iJ,

J. BLANCH ARD, Esq.
E. P. MEAD, M.D.
Me. J. STEVENSON.
Rev. W. KEANE, M.A.

Mr. henry KNAGGS.
Mr. W. STONEHOUSE.
J. DOWSON, Esq., M.D.
Dr. WILSON.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MULGRAVE.

THE RIGHT HON. LORD FEVERSHAM.

H. BARRICK,EsQ.,(West side)
J.B. CHAPMAN, Esq.
E. H. CHAPMAN, E q.
T. CHAPMAN, Esq., I .R.S.
E. W. CHAPMAN, Esq.

W. R. CHAPMAN, Esq.
Mr. RICHARD CRAVEN.
C.RICHARDSON,EsQ.,st.Hiida'
Mr. M. SIMPSON.
H. W. YEOMAN, Esq.

E. W. CHAPMAN, Esq. | Mr. F. K. ROBINSON.

Dr. MERRYWEATHER. | Mr,. W. N. CLARKSON.

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IIIMM

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MULGRAVE.

THE RIGHT HON. LOLD FEVERSHAM.

Anthony Atkinson, Esq.

Mr. Joseph Anderson.

n. Barrick, Esq., (West Side)

Thomas W. Belcher, Esq.

J. C. Bewick, Esq.

John Blanchard, Esq.

Rev. J. B. Brodrick, M.A.

T. Chapman, Esq.,F.R.S.,F.S.A

Edward Henry Chapman, Esq.

Edward W. Chapman, Esq.

Joseph B. Chapman, Esq.

W. R. Chapman, Esq.

William N. Clarkson, Esq.

Mr. John Corner.

Mr. Richard Craven.

Mr. W. Dotchon.

J. Dowson, Esq., M.D.

Mr. Isaac Greenbury.

Mr. Ralph Home.

Rev. J. Hughes, M.A.

Mrs. Hunton.

Joseph Hunter, Esq.

Rev. W. Keane, M.A.,M.R.A.S.

Rev. George Kearsley.

Mr. Robert Kirby,

Mr. Henry Knaggs.

E. Preston Mead, Esq., M.D,

G. Merryweather, Esq., M.D.

Mr. William Morley.

Mr. William Nicholson.

Mr. William Newton.

George Pierson, Esq.

C. Richardson, Esq.,

C. Richardson, Esq., (St. Hilda's)

Thomas Richardson, Esq.,

Mr. Silvester Reed.

Mr. F. K. Robinson.

E. Sherwood, Esq., M.D.

Mr. Martin Simpson.

Mr. M. L. Simpson.

Gideon Smales, Esq.

Mr. John Stevenson.

Trustees of Sneaton Estate.

Mr. William Stonehouse,

John Taylerson, Esq.

Mr. Thomas Hill Trueman.

Mr. Thomas Turnbull.

W. Usherwood, Jun., Esq.

Mr. George Vasey.

Thomas Watson, Esq.

John Wilson, Esq., M.D.

H. W. Yeoman, Esq.

John Yeoman, Esq., M.D.

^isrnsrxj^iLi stjbsoe.ibee.s.

Joseph Barker, Esq.
Robert Breckon, Esq.
John Buchannan, Esq.,

John Waddington, Esq.
James Walker, Esq.,

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HONORARY MEMBERS.

Professor Louis Agassiz, M.D Neufchatel.

Rev. Henry Acheson, B.A., F.C.P.S London,

Mr. S. Anderson, F.L.S Whitby.

Rev. R. J. Barlow Hutton Rugby.

William Bean, Esq Scarborough.

Charles Belcher, Esq Warwick.

Thomas Clark, Esq Liverpool.

Edwin Cockburn, Esq London.

W. H. Dikes, F.L.S Wakefield,

Dr. W. H. Foster, (Surgeon,) R.N Woolwich.

William Fryer, Esq Newcastle.

Rev. J. Gleaves, B.A Rothwelly Northamptonshire.

Rev. W. V. Harcourt, F.R.S., F.G.S York.

W. Hutton, E sq Newcastle.

Robert Knox, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.f., &c Edinburgh.

J. Leckenby, Esq Scarborough.

John Edward Lee, Esq Hull.

John Mewburn, E sq., M .D Stamford Upper Canada.

Major Constantine Moorsom Birmingham.

Sir Roderick L Murchison, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c London.

John Phillips, Esq., F.G.S. &c Oxford.

Mr. W. Robertson Newcastle.

Mr. J. W. Robinson London.

Rev. J. Rutherford Channelkirk.

Mr. Andrew Sanders Paramatta^ N.S.W.

W. D. Saul, Esq., F.G.S., &c .....: London.

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Rev. A. Sedgwick, D.D., F.R.S., &c Cambridge,

Wakefield Simpson, Esq New South Jfales.

Rev. W. Stobbs Stromness,

Arthur Strickland, Esq Bridlington Quay,

Mr. William Trueman Durham,

Rev. W. Turner Manchester,

George Watson, Esq Leeds,

W. J. West, Esq Tunbridge,

Mr. Thomas Wellbank London.

Mr. James Wilcox Hovingham,

Mr. J. Williamson Scarborough,

Thomas W. Williamson, Esq Beverley,

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DONATIONS

Geo. Armstrong, Esq. — A very fine crystal of Alum, from
the Sandsend Alum-works.

Thos. Chapman, Esq., F. R. S. — A Spanish Dollar, recovered
by Divers in 1858 from the wreck of H. M. S. Lutine, sunk off the
Texel in 1798, after having been 59 years under water.

Mrs. Gr. Clark. — Specimens in Natural History, Egg of Skate,
Eggs of Pupurialopillus, Eggs of the Whilk, Polysiphonia Brodioei,
Leathesia tuberiformis.

Mr. W. N. Clarkson. — 3 Silver Coins, Groat of Queen Mary,
coin of Wm. Rufus, Shilling of Elizabeth.

Mr. Flintoft. — Plan of Whitby Breakwater, 2 copies.

G. Hammond, Esq., Raven Hall. — ^A Viper in spirit, from Peak.

Rev. W. Keane, M.A. — Stalkarth's Naval Architecture, Folio.

J. Wilson, Esq., M.D. — Head of a Dolphin, from the Cape of
Good Hope.

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THE THIRTY-EIGHTH REPORT

OF THE

WHITBY

LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,

PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAl MEETiJIG, 26tb OCTOBEE, 1860;

WITH THE

LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE SOCIETY,
AND A LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBEBS.

Norman Font, Sneaion Church.

WHITBY:
SILVESTER REED, PRINTER, AND BOOKSELLER,

OLD MARKET PLACE.
1860.

/nrm nf a %t^tBl tn tlit Intittq.

Every person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any Sum
of Money, Specimens, Books, Instruments, or other property, is
requested to make use of the following form : —

" 1 give and bequeath to the Trustees, for the time being, of

the WmTBY LiTEEARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, the Sum of

to be paid out of such part of
my personal estate, as I may legally charge therewith (here
enumerate the effects or property intended to he bequeathed.) And
I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Society jor
the time being, shall be an effectual discharge to my Executors for
the said legacy, ^^

THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL EEPORT.

The official year having terminated, the duty once
more devolves upon the Council of placing before the
Society a short account of its proceedings during the
twelvemonth just elapsed.

The amount received during that period from
the admission of visitors is upwards of lOL, being
slightly in excess of the sum derived from this source
during the previous year ; a convincing proof that your
Museum offers considerable interest to strangers, and
that no decrease of revenue from this source need be
apprehended.

Your Council desire to return their best thanks to
those ladies and gentlemen through whose kindness
various important and interesting donations have been

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added to the stores of the Museum during the past
twelve months. A statement of these articles is ap-
pended to the present Report, compiled by Mr. Martin
Simpson, to whose valuable scientific services the
Council again beg to acknowledge themselves deeply
indebted.

Your Council have great pleasure in stating that
the following Lectures have been read during the
winter months by members of the society, viz. : —

On Monday, 5th December, 1859. — A Paper " On
Thunder and Lightning," by Mr. Martin Simpson.

On Friday, 13th January, I860.— The Rev. W.
Keane, A.m., delivered a Lecture '' On the Affinity
of the Hindoo-Germanic Languages to each other."

On 21st February. — An interesting Paper was read
by Dr. DowsoN, " On the Health of Whitby."

On 6th March. — A Lecture was given by Mr. E. W.
Chapman, " On the Science of Meteorology and the
Barometer."

And also one on the 3rd April, by the Rev. J. B.
Brodrick, A.m., " On Mormonism."

Your Council desire to convey to these gentlemen
the expression of their thanks for the interesting Lee-

fures with which they have favoured your society, and
they trust that papers of a similar nature may be read
during the ensuing winter, as an agreeable source both
of instruction and entertainment.

Appended to the present Report is a statement of
the society's pecuniary position, which, it is to be hoped,
will be found satisfactory.

In conclusion, your Council believe that the Museum
has lost none of its attraction, and that your society is
annually advancing in importance and usefulness.

LAWS AND EEGULATIONS.

1. The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and Philosophical
Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promoting the interests of
Science by such other means as it may be able to undertake.

2. All Subscribers of Two Guineas, or upwards, on admission, and
Half-a-Guinea annually, shall be Members of the Society ; and Sub-
scribers oi Five Guineas on admission, and Half -a- Guinea annually, or
of Ten Guineas at one time, without any annual subscription, shall be
'Governors of this Society.

3. The business of this Society shall be conducted by a Patron, a
President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and two
Curators, who with a Committee of eight Members, shall form the

, Council of the Society.

4. The Council shall meet for transacting business on the first Thurs-
day of every month, or as often as they shall find necessary ; and three
Members shall form a quorum.

5. All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the Meet-
ings of the Council.

6. A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last Friday
in October, in each year, for electing a new Committee, receiving the
report of the retiring Committee, auditing the Accounts of the Treasurer,
and transacting any other business that may occur. Special Meetings
may be called by the Council, or by any seven Members, a week's notice
being given.

7. The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous articles, whether
of Nature or Art ; to which may be added Scientific Books and Philoso-
phical Apparatus.

8. The Museum shall be open for the convenience of the Members,
on such days of the week and under such regulations as the Council

«liall appoint. The families of Members residing under their roof, shall
have the privilege of visiting the Museum. No other inhabitants of
Whitby shall be gratuitously admitted except Benefactors and Honorary
Members. Strangers who have their residence above ten miles from
Whitby, may be introduced by any member, or may be admiteed on
such terms as the Council shall fix. On special occasions, the Curators
or the Secretaries may admit Members or strangers to the Museum on
those days when it is usually shut.

*^* This Eegulation is modified by the 11th.

9. After the Society has existed one year, all new Members shall be
admitted by ballot, at a General Meeting of the Society, on such terms
as that meeting shall appoint ; but the Council may, at any of its Meet-
ings, admit to the benefits of the institution, additional subscribers, paying
Twelve Shillings yearly in advance. Such subscribers shall be admitted
by ballot, a majority of at least three fourths of the members present
being required for their admission ; and they shall have no share in the
property of the society, have no vote at its meetings, and shall hold no
ofB.ce in it ; but they shall have the privilege of introducing strangers to
the Museum, or persons belonging to their own families.

10. Gentlemen who have rendered important service to the society
may be elected Honorary Members, without paying any subscriptions ;
but such Honorary Members shall have no share in^the property of the
society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. The Museum shall be open to the public one day in each month,
under such restrictions as the Council shall deem necessary.

12. The proportion which each Member has in the property of the
Society shall be according to the whole amount paid for his share ; and
should the Institution be dissolved, the property shall be divided accord-
ingly. But m the event of such dissolution, all donations shall be
returned, if required, to the donors, or their representatives ; and all
members who have sold property to the society at a reduced price, shall
have the option of re-purchasing it at the same price.

13. Each Member of the Society shall be at liberty to sell or dispose
of his share ; and if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death,
descend to his representative ; but the Society shall decide by ballot,
whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted as a Member
of the Institution. When any share is transferred, all arrears due upon
it must be paid up ; and the representatives or assignee of a Life-gover-
nor shall not be exempted from the Annual Subscription of Half-a-

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'Ouinea^ without paying a sum of Five Guineas in lieu of such subscription.

14. The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer, in
^advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the General
Meeting in each year. If any Member neglect to pay his subscription
before the ensuing Annual Meeting, he shall be excluded from the bene-
fits of the Institution, until all arrears due on his share be paid up ; and
if any member neglect paying his subscription for two years, he shall,
after notice given him to that effect, be excluded from the Society, and
shall forfeit all right and interest in the property of the Institution.

15. If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause any
loss or damage to the property of the Society, that Member shall make
good to the Society, the loss or damage so sustained.

16. Any Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards the
Society, and persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled from the
Society, after means have been used by the Council without effect for
bringing him to order ; but such expulsion shall not take place without
giving a month's notice, at least, to the offending Member, and without
the concurrence of three-fourths of the Members present at the Public
Meeting of the Society, held for that purpose.

17. Each Member on his admission shall sign an obligation, binding
himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the Society so long
as he shall continue a Member of it.

18. These laws may be amended and enlarged at any General or
Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been submitted
to the Council for their consideration, at least two months previous to
the meeting.

^ults far Sllimrainti tn tjit JfiMEum.

3LD0PTED BY THE COUNCIL AND CONFIRMED BY THE GENERAL MEETING.

1. The Museum shall be open from half-past Ten to half-past Twelve
o'clock, on Tuesday and Thursday in each week. Strangers paying for
admission, may be admitted on any day (except Sunday) by applying at
the Baths.

2. Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally, or by a
written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from Whitby.
All strangers not so introduced, and all non-subscribers residing in
Whitby, or within ten miles of it, not Honorary Members or benefactors,
and not belonging to the household of a Member or Subscriber, shall
pay One Shilling each for admission ; children and servants shall be
admitted at half-price. A reduction is also allowed to parties of more
than two.

3. Under special circumstances, strangers may be admitted to the
Museum at those times when it is usually shut, by personal introduction
of one of the Council, or by an order from one of the Secretaries or
Curators.

4. The name and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the
Members introducing them, shall be entered in a book kept for that
purpose in the Museum.

5. No person admitted to the Museum shall be permitted to handle
the specimens.

6. No person shall be allowed to take a stick or umbrella into the
Museum, or anythmg likely to occasion damage.

7. The Museum shall be open to the pubKc on the first Monday in
each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions : —

(1.) The admission shall be by ticket, given by any Member or
Subscriber.

(2.) Children mider 14 years shall not be admitted, unless under the
care of an adult.

(3.) All who visit the Museum are expected to come in decent clothes
and to conduct themselves properly according to the foregoing Rules.

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OFMCEM F©! THE TEAl 18S®=(B1,

PATRON.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

PRESIDENT.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

CHR. RICHARDSON, Esq. | REV. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M.

TREASURER.

CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., St. HUda's.

COMMITTEE.

J, BLANCHARD, Esq.
E. P. MEAD, Esq., M.D.
Mr. J. STEVENSON.
Rev. W. KEANE, A.M.

Mr. henry KNAGGS.
Mr. W. STONEHOUSE.
J. DOWSON, Esq., M.D.
J. WILSON, Esq., M.D.

GOVERNORS BY SUBSCRIPTION.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MULGRAVE.

THE RIGHT HON. LORD FEVERSHAM.

H. BARRICK,EsQ., (West Side).
J. B. CHAPMAN, Esq.
E. H. CHAPMAN, Esq.
T, CHAPMAN, Esq,, F.R.S.
E. W. CHAPMAN, Esq.
W. R. CHAPMAN, Esq.

Mr. RICHARD CRAVEN.
CHRST. RICHARDSON, Esq.,

(St. Hilda's).
Mr. M. SIMPSON.
H. W. YEOMAN, Esq.

SECRETARIES.

J. TAYLERSON, Esq., M.D. | Mr. F. K. ROBINSON.

CURATORS.

G. MERRYWEATHER, Esq., M.D.
W. N. CLARKSON, Esq., M.D.

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY

THE MOST NOBLE THE MAEQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MULGRAVE-

THE RIGHT HON. LORD FEVERSHAM.

Anthony Atkinson, Esq.

Mr. Francis Anderson.

H. Barrick, Esq., (West Side.)

Thomas "W. Belcher, Esq.

Joseph Bewick, Esq.

John Blanchard, Esq.

Rev. J. B. Brodrick, A.M.

T. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

Edward Henry Chapman, Esq.

Edward W. Chapman, Esq.

Joseph B. Chapman, Esq.

W. R. Chapman, Esq.

WilHam N. Clarkson, Esq., M.D.

Mr. John Corner.

Mr. Richard Craven.

Mr. W. Dotchon.

John Dowson, Esq., M.D.

Rev. Mr. Glover.

Mr. Ralph Home.

Rev. WilHam Hewson, A.M.

Rev. Joseph Hughes, A.M.

Mrs. Hunton.

Joseph Hunter, Esq.

Rev. W. Keane, A.M., M.R.A.S.

Mr. Henry Knaggs.

E. Preston Mead, Esq., M.D.

G. Merry weather, Esq., M.D.

Mr. J. B. Nicholson.

Mr. William Newton.

George Peirson, Esq.

C. Richardson, Esq.

C. Richardson, Esq., (St. Hilda's).

Thomas Richardson, Esq.

Mr. Silvester Reed.

John J. Rigg, Esq.

Mr. F. K. Robinson.

E. Sherwood, Esq., M.D.

Mr. Martin Simpson.

Mr. M. L. Simpson.

Gideon Smales, Esq.

Mr. John Stevenson.

Trustees of Sneaton Estate.

Mr. WiUiam Stonehouse.

John Taylerson, Esq., M.D.

Mr. Thomas H. Trueman.

Thomas Turnbull, Esq.

WilHam Usherwood, Esq.

Mr. George Vasey.

Thomas Watson, Esq.

John Wilson, Esq., M.D.

H. W. Yeoman, Esq.

John Yeoman, Esq., M.D.

A.lNrifrTJ-A.L STJBSOI2/IBEI2/S.

Joseph Barker, Esq.
John Buchannan, Esq.

John Waddington, Esq.
James Walker, Esq.

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HONORARY MEMBERS.

Professor Louis Agassiz, M.D NeufchateU

Rev. Henry Acheson, B.A., F.C.P.S London.

Mr. Samuel Anderson, F.L.S , Whithy.

Rev. R. J. Barlow Hutton Rugby,

William Bean, Esq Scarborough,

Thomas Clark, Esq Liverpool.

Edwin Cockburn, Esq London.

W. H. Dikes, Esq., F.L.S Wakefield,

Dr. W. H. Foster, (Surgeon), R.N Woolwich.

WUliam Fryer, Esq Newcastle.

Rev. J. Gleaves, B. A Rothwell, Northamptonshire.

W. Hutton, Esq Newcastle.

R. E. Scoresby Jackson, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.S.E Edinburgh.

Robert Knox, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., &c Edinburgh.

J. Leckenby, Esq Scarborough.

John Edward Lee, Esq Hull.

John Mewbum, Esq., M,D Stamford, Upper Canada.

Major Constantine Moorsom Birmingham.

Sir Roderick L Murchison, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c .London.

John PhiUips, Esq., F.G.S., &c Oxford.

Mr. W. Robertson Newcastle.

Mr. J. W. Robinson London.

Rev. J. Rutherford Channelkirh.

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Mr. Andrew Sanders Paramatta, N. S. W.

Kev. A. Sedgwick, D.D., F.R.S., &c Cambridge,

Wakefield Simpson, Esq New South Wales.

Rev. W. Stobbs Stromness.

Arthur Strickland, Esq Bridlington Quay.

Mr, William Trueman , Durham.

Rev. W, Turner Manchester.

George Watson, Esq Whitby.

W. J. West, Esq Tunbridge.

Mr. Thomas Wellbank London.

Mr. J. Williamson Scarborough.

Thomas W. WilHamson, Esq Beverley.

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ID O Isr -A. T I O 3^ S

J. BEWICK, Esq.— Part 4 of the North of Englaud Minmg JournaL

Mr. D. CHETTLEBURGH.— 33 specimens of recent Shells ; 11
Ammonites from the lias of Lyme-Regis ; a Pholadomya from the Whitby
lias ; 3 Vertebrae of a Shark, and part of a Hippurite, from the Green
Sand, Cambridgeshire.

Mrs. G. CLARK. — Eggs of Purpura lapillus on the shell of Venus
Islandica ; a fine specimen of Aphrodita aculeata, or Sea Mouse, in spirit.

Mr. R. CRAVEN.— Lever's Year-Book.

Dr. DOWSON.— Sympson's " Hydrologia Chemica."

BOYAL SOC. OF EDINBURGH.— Proceedmgs of, for 1858-9.

Miss HEWSON. — Copper Ore from Roughton Gill mine, Coal Beck
Fells, Cumberland.

Rev. W. KEANE, A.M. — Book of Common Prayer, translated into
Sanscrit.

Dr. MEAD. — Yellow Quartz, from Caingorum, Scotland ; 4 speci-
mens of Black Hematite, New Jersey ; 2 specimens of ScapoHte, Arindel ;
Melanite, Norway ; fine stellated WaveUite, Bohemia ; and a specunen
of Flmt from Aberdeen.

C. EYRE PARKER, Esq., Torquay.— 3 specimens of Sea Plants.

C. RICHARDSON, Esq., Field House.— A List of Signals.

Mr. F. K. ROBINSON.— A rare Ammonite from the lias.

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Mr. M. SIMPSON.— 10 Ammonites, 3 Belemnites, and 12 Gaster-
opodous shells from the Yorkshire Oolite ; 2 Ammonites, 8 Belemnites
and Avicula cygnipes, from the Whitby Lias ; 3 specimens of fossil wood,
from the Lower Sandstone, Eskdaleside ; Head of the Kestrel.

Mr. SWALES, Sleights.— A Butterfly ; a Hawk Moth ; and 3 Bees.

Mrs. M. THISTLE. — A com of Constantino, found at Aislaby.

OMITTED IN THE LAST REPORT.

Rev. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M.—" Lays of the Sabbath."

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq.— Dr. Bigsby's paper on the Paleozoic
Rocks of New York.

Rev. W. HEWSON, A.M.— His work on Prophecy.

Dr. WILSON.— An Indian Idol.

Mrs. SCORESBY.— Dr. Scoresby's Voyage to Australia.

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THE THIRTY-NINTH REPORT

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LITEEAEY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,

PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, 25th OCTOBER, 1861;

WITH THE

LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE SOCIETY,

LIST OF THE OFFICERS & MEMBERS.

WHITBY:

PRINTED BY HORNE & SON, BRIDGE STREET.

1862.

FORM OF A BEQUEST^tO THE SOCIETY,

Every person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any Sum
of Money, Specimens, Books, Instruments, or other property, is
requested to make use of the following form : —

" / give and bequeath to the Trustees, for the time being, of
the Whitby Literaky and Philosophical Society, the Sum of

to be paid out of such part
of my personal estate, as I may legally charge therewith (here
enumerate the effects or property intended to be bequeathed). And
I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Society for
the time being, shall be an effectual discharge to my Executors for
the said legacy,^*

THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT.

The operations of a small community like the
Whitby Literary & Philosophical Society, with scanty
means at their disposal, cannot be very extensive, nor
of a kind likely to attract much public attention ; but
it is worthy of observation, that institutions having
for their object the unostentatious pursuit of science
often succeed best under a little obscurity.

If your Council has no great undertaking to report,
they can congratulate the Society on the increasing
stability and vigour of their Institution. Compared
with its condition ten years ago, there is every reason
for present satisfaction and future hope. A few books
have been purchased, and the Council would have
willingly expended more to improve the collection of
Coast Fossils, had an opportunity occurred ; but they
thought it desirable to use a prudent economy, and
by every means, and as soon as possible, to liquidate
the debt on the Institution. Towards this object,
there is already a balance of £113 6s. 8d. in favour
of your Institution, so that with similar economy and

care, it may be expected the whole debt will be speed-
ily extinguished and the Society be in a position to
undertake important improvements. Your Council
have voted £100 in reduction of the mortgage debt.

It is hoped that the prospect of permanence and
stability will inspire such confidence as to make the
Institution more an object of public patronage and
support than it has hitherto been. As a token of this,
the Council have great pleasure in referring to their
list of donations, which is both numerous and valua-
ble. They would particularise a large, beautiful, and
entirely new collection of Marine Plants, from Mrs.
G. Clark. From Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., the
President of the Society, they have received a hand-
somely bound copy of the first edition of " Spencer's
Fairy Queen," published in 1590; together with 17
volumes of the Archeologia. It will be recollected
that the office of President having become vacant by
the death of Mr. Robert Stephenson, Mr. Chapman,
at the last annual meeting, was unanimously chosen
his successor ; and though residing in London, and
consequently not able to attend many of the meetings,
the Council have no reason to regret his appointment.
His literary taste, business habits, and the great
interest he takes in his native town, and in the welfare
of this Society, eminently fit him for the office.

From Dr. Scoresby-Jackson, one of your honorary

members, the life of his uncle, Dr. Scoresby, F.R.S.,
&c., together with the remaining part of Dr. Scoresby's
published works and MSS. have been received ; and
also from Mrs. Beecroft, and from her daughter Mrs.
Morgan, a large collection of African curiosities and
specimens in natural history.

Your Council have to record with much satisfaction,
a resumption of those literary and scientific commu-
nications from members and friends of the Society,
which after a long interruption, commenced last ses-
sion. There have been five such during the past year,
viz, : —

" On the Life and Works of Darwin, as Poet, Phil-
osopher, and Physician," by Dr. DowsoN.

" On Ancient Rome ; illustrated by large photo-
graphs of the ruins, a plan of the city, and models of
antiquities," by the Rev. W. Andrew, M.A., Tutor of
Worcester College, Oxford.

" On the Geology of the Neighbourhood ; illus-
trated by specimens and large coloured geological
sections," by Mr. M. Simpson.

" On Photograpliy ; illustrated by numerous photo-
graphs and optical apparatus," by Mr. Stonehouse.

" On Social Abuses," by the Rev. J. B. Brodrick,
M.A.

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Your Council have much pleasure in stating, that
they have made arrangements for securing Mr. Simp-
son's services as permanent Curator of the Museum.

The Museum still continues to be an object of in-
terest to visitors, who on numerous occasions, have
expressed their satisfaction in having such a place of
instruction and amusement open to them, when they
were most at liberty to enjoy it. The amount received
from these admissions is £ J 1 . Many of the descriptive
labels having become obliterated, Mr. M. Simpson has
been much engaged in re-labelling, and has also been
able to add several hundreds of names to the catalogue,
chiefly of fossils of the oolitic series.

LAWS AND KEGULATIONS.

1. — The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and Phil-
osophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promoting
the interests of Science by such other means as may be found
practicable.

2. — All Subscribers of One Guinea^ or upwards, on admission,
and Half-a-Guinea annually, may be Members of the Society ; and
Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half-a- Guinea
annually, or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any annual sub-
scription, shall be Governors of this Society,

3. — The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron,
a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and
two Curators, who, with a Committee of eight Members, shall form
the Council of the Society.

4. — The Council shall meet on the first Thursday of every month,
or as often as necessary — three Members forming a quorum.

5. — All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. — A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October, in each year, for electing a new Committee,
receiving the report of the retiring Committee, auditing the Ac-
counts of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business. —
Special Meetings may be called by the Council, or by any seven
Members, a week's notice being given.

7. — The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous articles,
whether of Nature or Art ; to which may be added Scientific Books
and Philosophical Apparatus.

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8. — The Museum shall be open for the inspection of Members,
Subscribers, and their families, on such days of the week and under
such regulations as the Council shall appoint. On special occasions,
the Curators or the Secretaries may admit Members, Benefactors,
or Strangers, on those days when it is usually shut.

9. — All new Members shall be admitted by ballot, at a General
Meeting of the Society, on such terms as that meeting shall appoint ;
but the Council may, at any of its meetings, admit to the benefits
of the Institution, Subscribers paying Twelve Shillings yearly in
advance. Such Subscribers shall have no share in the property of
the Society, nor vote at its meetings, nor hold office in it ; but they
shall have the privilege of introducing strangers and members of
their own family to the Museum, and of attending Lectures on the
same terms as Members of the Society.

10. — Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the
Society may be elected Honorary Members, but such Honorary
Members, unless Subscribers, shall have no share in the property of
the Society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. — The Museum may be open to the public under such restric-
tions as the Council shall deem necessary.

12. — Every Member shall be at liberty to sell or dispose of his
share ; and if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death,
descend to his representative ; but the Society shall decide by ballot
whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted as a Mem-
ber of the Institution. When any share is transferred, all arrears
due upon it must be paid up ; and the representative or assignee of
a Life-governor shall continue to pay the Annual Subscription of
Half' a- Guinea, or Five Guineas in lieu of such subscription.

13. —The Annual Subscriptions shall be paid to the Treasurer, in
advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the
General Meeting in each year. If any Member neglect to pay his
subscription before the ensuing Annual Meeting he shall be excluded
from the benefits of the Institution, until all arrears due on his share
be paid up ; and if any Member neglect paying his subscription for
two years, he shall, after notice given him by the Secretary to that

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effect, be excluded from the Society, and forfeit all right and interest
in the property of the Institution.

14, — If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause
any loss or damage to the property of the Society, such Member
shall make good the loss or damage so sustained.

15. — Any Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards the
Society, or persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled, after
means have been used by the Council without effect for bringing him
to order ; but such expulsion shall not take place without giving him
a month's notice, nor without the concurrence of three-fourths of
the Members present at a meeting of the Society held for that
purpose.

16. — Each Member on his admission shall sign an obligation,
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the
Society so long as he continues a Member.

17. — These laws may be amended or enlarged at any General or
Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been sub-
mitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two months
previous to the meeting.

18. — Members can borrow and take away from the Museum, books
belonging to the Society, by permission, and under regulations
sanctioned by the Council.

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RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE MUSEUM.

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL AND CONFIRMED AT A GENERAL MEETING.

1 . — The Museum shall be open every week-day by application at
the Baths.

2. — Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally or by
a written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All persons not so introduced, not being Honorary Mem-
bers, Benefactors, or belonging to the household of Members or
Subscribers, shall pay Sixpence each for admission ; children and
servants shall be admitted at half-price.

3. — The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the
Members introducing them, shall be entered in a book kept for that
purpose.

4. — No person shall be permitted to handle the specimens, or
take a stick or umbrella into the Museum, or anything likely to
occasion damage.

5. — The Museum shall be open to the public on the first Monday
in each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions :—

6. — The admission shall be by ticket, given by Members or Sub-
scribers.

7. — Children under fourteen years shall not be admitted, unless
under the care of an adult.

8. — All who thus visit the Museum are expected to conduct them-
selves in an orderly manner.

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OFPICERS FOR THE YEAR 1861-62.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.
CHR. RICHARDSON, Esq. | REV. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M.

CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., St. Hilda's.

€axavaxititz.

CORNER, Mb. JOHN
DOWSON, Dr.
KEANE, Rev. W., A.M.
KNAGGS, Mb. HENRY

MEAD, Dr.
STEVENSON, Mr. J.
STONEHOUSE, Mr. W.
WILSON, Db.

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THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF MULGRAVE.

THE RIGHT HON. LORD FEVERSHAM.

H. BARRICK, Esq.
J. BLANCHARD, Esq.
J. B. CHAPMAN, Esq.
E. H. CHAPMAN, Esq.
T. CHAPMAN, Esq.
E. W. CHAPMAN, Esq.

TAYLERSON, Dr.

W. N. CLARKSON, Esq.

W. R. CHAPMAN, Esq.
Mr. RICHARD CRAVEN.
CHR. RICHARDSON, Esq.,

(St. Hilda's).
Mr. M. SIMPSON.
H. W. YEOMAN, Esq.

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I ROBINSON, Mr. F. K.

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUESS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MULGRAVE.

THE RIGHT HON. LORD FEVERSHAM.

Anthony Atkinson, Esq.

Anthony Owst Atkinson, Esq., M.A.

Mr. Francis Anderson.

H. Barrick, Esq. (West Side).

Thomas W. Belcher, Esq.

Joseph Bewick, Esq.

John Blanchard, Esq.

Rev. J. B. Brodrick, A.M.

T. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

Edward Henry Chapman, Esq.

Edward W. Chapman, Esq.

Joseph B. Chapman, Esq.

W. R. Chapman, Esq.

William N. Clarkson, Esq.

Mr. John Corner.

Mr. Richard Craven.

Mr. W. Dotchon.

John Dowson, Esq., M.D,

Rev. John Glover.

Mr. Ralph Home.

Rev. William Hewson, A.M.

Rev. Joseph Hughes, A.M.

Mrs. Hunton.

Joseph Hunter, Esq.

Rev. William Keane, A.M.

Mr. Henry Knaggs.

E. Preston Mead, Esq., M.D.

G. Merryweather, Esq., M.D.

Mr. J. B. Nicholson.

Mr. William Newton.

George Peirson, Esq.

C. Richardson, Esq.

C. Richardson, Esq. (St. Hilda's).

Thomas Richardson, Esq.

Mr. Silvester Reed.

John J. Rigg, Esq.

Mr. F. K. Robinson.

E. Sherwood, Esq., M.D.

Mr. Martin Simpson.

Mr. M. L. Simpson.

Gideon Smales, Esq.

Mr. John Stevenson.

Trustees of Sneaton Estate.

Mr. William Stonehouse.

John Taylerson, Esq., L.R.C.P.

H. S. Thompson, Esq., M.P.

Mr. Thomas H. Trueman.

Thomas TurnbuU, Esq.

William Usherwood, Esq.

Mr. George Vasey.

Thomas Watson, Esq.

John Wilson, Esq., M.D.

H. W. Yeoman, Esq.

John Yeoman, Esq., M.D.

ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS.

Joseph Barker, Esq.
John Buchannan, Esq.

\ John Waddington, Esq.
I James Walker, Esq.

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HONORARY MEMBERS.

Professor Louis Agassiz, M.D Neufchdtel.

Rev. Henry Acheson, B.A., F.C.P.S London.

Mr. Samuel Anderson, F.L.S Whitby,

Rev. R. J. Barlow Hutton Bughy.

William Bean, E sq Scarborough.

Edwin Cockburn, Esq London.

W. H. Dikes, Esq., F.L.S Wakefield.

Dr. W. H. Foster (Surgeon R.N.) Woolwich.

William Fryer, Esq Newcastle.

W. Hutton, Esq Newcastle.

R. E. Scoresby-Jaekson, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E Edinburgh.

Robert Knox, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., ka Edinburgh.

J. Leckenby, Esq Scarborough.

John Edward Lee, Esq Hull.

John Mewburn, Esq., M.D Stamford^ Upper Canada.

Major Constantino Moorsom Birmingham.

Sir Roderick I. Murchison, F.R.S., F.G.S., <fec London,

John Phillips, Esq., F.G.S., &c Oxford.

Mr. W. Robertson Newcastle,

Mr. J. W. Robinson ...,, London.

Rev. J. Rutherford Channelhirh,

Mr. Andrew Sanders Stockton,

Rev. A. Sedgwick, D.D.. F.R.S., &c Cambridge.

Wakefield Simpson, Esq New South Wales.

Rev. W. Stobbs Stromness.

Arthur Strickland, Esq Bridlington Quay.

Mr. William Trueman Durham,

Rev. W. Turner Manchester.

George Watson, Esq Whitby.

W. J. West, Esq Tunbridge,

Mr. Thomas Wellbank London.

Mr. J. Williamson Scarborough.

Thomas W. Williamson, Esq Beverley.

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DONATIONS.

Mr. J. Andrew — The Head of a Porpoise.

Mr. Bate — 3 Siamese Coins, 1 Silver (l|d.) Coin of William iv,,
and a Religious Medalion.

Robt. Barry, Esq. — A fine model of a Chinese War Junk.

Mrs. Beecroft — 18 Jars and Bottles containing Lizards, Snakes,
and Insects in spirits ; 2 African Gods and Skin of a Pangolin.

T. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S. — 17 parts of the publications of the
Antiquarian Society ; a portion of Spencer's Fairy Queen, old type.

Mrs. George Clark — 50 specimens of rare Plants, 4 rare Algce
and 6 Seprarise, and 4 small Shells.

W. N. Clarkson, Esq. — Ammonites Tubellus, from the Lower
Lias, R, H. Bay.

Mr. R. Craven — The Book of Malachi, translated into the Maori
language by the Rev. G. Smales, Missionary in New Zealand, for-
merly of Whitby.

Mrs. HuNTON — a small Fish from China.

Mrs. Morgan — 2 young Crocodiles.

Master W. H. Robson, Warrington — A collection of 21 recent
Shells of Species not previously in the Museum.

The following books have been received as part of Dr. Scoresby's
bequest : — Arctic Regions, 2 vols. ; Voyage to Greenland ; German
Translation of ditto ; Magnetical Investigations, 3 vols. ; Essays

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on Magnetism ; Zoistic Magnetism ; Franklin Expedition ; Memo-
rials of the Sea, 2 vols. ; Esk and Lively ; American Factories ;
Memorial of his Son ; Unity of the Church ; Discourses to Seamen ;
Seaman's Prayer Book ; Krant's Greenland, in German, 2 vols.

Dr. Scoresby-Jackson — his life of his late uncle, the Rev. Dr.
Scoresby, F.R.S., &c.

Mr. Martin Simpson — Spongy Corolines and Lias Fossils, 8 spe-
cimens of Fossils from the Yorkshire Oolite, and a copy of his
Lecture on the Geology of the District.

Mr. Edward Tindall, Burlington — 25 specimens from the Chalk
of Flamborough.

The British Association — their 29th Report.

The Royal Society of Edinburgh— the proceedings of, for
1859—60.

The Liverpool Literary & Philosophical Society— the pro-
ceedings of, for their 50th Session.

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LITEEARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,

PBBSBNTED AT THB A2INUAL MBBTINa, 31ST OCTOBBBi 1862,
WITH THE

AND A

LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

PRINTED BY WILLIAM NEWTON, BAXTERGATE.
1862.

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Eivery 'person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any Sum
of Money, Specimens^ Books, Instruments, or other property, is
requested to make use of the following form : —

" I give and bequeath to the Trustees, for the time being, of
the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, the Sum
of to be paid out of such part

of my personal estate, as I may legally charge therewith (here
enumerate the effects or property intended to be bequeathed).
And I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Society
for the time being, shall be an effectual discharge to my Executors
for the said legacy, ^^

FORTIETH REPORT.

In presenting their Fortieth Annual Report, the
Council have again to congratulate the Members on
the steady, progressive, and successful position of the
Society.

The pecuniary embarrassments which aforetime
so much impeded its progress and limited its opera-
tions, are now fast disappearing, and it is hoped that
in a short time all these unpleasant reminiscences of
the past will be but incentives to renewed exertion
for the future.

The debt on the Building is now reduced to <£300,
and your Council hope by curtailing their ex-
penditure, and by making only limited and timely
purchases, to be enabled shortly to lessen even this
trifling encumbrance. Beyond the purchase of a few
British Birds and of a few Books, urgently required,
your Council have expended nothing beyond the
unavoidable disbursements of the year.

An Abstract of these accounts, shewing the Society's
position, will be found appended.

Your Council have to lament the death of Mr.
Joseph Bewick, who had gained for himself a
considerable amount of reputation for his scientific
and practical knowledge of Geology.

The experiment of reducing the admission money
to the Museum, has not been found so successful as
its advocates prognosticated, only £7 having been
received during the year, as compared with <£10
or j612 of past years. This want of success may
however be attributed to the badness of the season,
or the superior attraction of the great Exhibition.

The reading of Papers during the winter was well
sustained, and was a source of considerable gratifica-
tion to many members who availed themselves of the
privilege of hearing them, and was a special means
of sustaining the interest felt in the Society's opera-
tions.

The following Lectures were given : —

The Rev. J. B. Brodrick, M.A. — '' On the Rise and
Progress of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical
Society." — November 12th.

The Rev. W. Keane, M.A. — '' On Salmon Fishing
in the Esk." — December 9th.

Charles Bagnall, Esq. — " My visit to Egypt." —
January 6th, 1862.

Mr. Martin Simpson, — ^'On the Rev. Dr. Young."
— February

The Rev. W. Hewson, M.A.,— " On Popular
Superstitions."

Charles Bagnall, Esq. — ''Mount Sinai." — Oct.
29th.

A Conversazione was held on March 11th, at
which a paper was read by Dr. Dowson, on the
connexion of Insanity with different occupations ;
another by Mr. M. Simpson, on the Brocklebeck
Geological Section and other interesting communica-
tions made.

The number of donations to the Museum well
attest the interest which friends both at home and
abroad still take in its increase and attractions, so
much so that your Council are being continually
placed in straits for their suitable deposit and
exhibition, indeed their most pressing want at
present is accommodation.

It is hoped that with the general spread of
knowledge and the higher tests of educational
proficiency every way now exacted, an institution
so well fitted to assist in the developement of youth-
ful minds, and afterwards of maintaining them,
will not fail to meet with friends who by their
personal exertions and pecuniary assistance, will not
allow Whitby to be at all behind-hand in needful
accommodation to an institution of such utility and
promise as the Literary and Philosophical Society.

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%m^ m& Sl^jgitktions.

1, — The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and
Philosophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for pro-
moting the interests of Science by such other means as may be
found practicable.

2. — All Subscribers of One Guinea, or upwards, on admission,
and Half-a- Guinea annually, may be members of the Society ;
and Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half-a- Guinea
annually, or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any annual
subscriptions, shall be Governors of this Society.

3. — The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron,
a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries,
and two Curators, who, with the Committee of eight Members,
shall form the Council of the Society.

4. — The Council shall meet on the first Thursday of every
month, or as often as necessary — three Members forming a
quorum.

5. — ^All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. — A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the
last Friday in October, in each year, for electing a new Committee,

receiving the report of the retiring Committee, auditing the
Accounts of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business. —
Special Meetings may be called by the Council, or by any seven
Members, a week's notice being given.

7. — The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiqui-
ties, specimens of Natural History, vrith other miscellaneous
articles, vrhether of Nature or Art ; to which may be added
Scientific Books and Philosophical Apparatus.

8. — The Museum shall be open for the inspection of Members,
Subscribers, and their families, on such days of the week and
under such regulations as the Council shall appoint. On special
occasions, the Curators or the Secretaries may admit Members,
Benefactors, or Strangers, on those days when it is usually shut.

9. — All new Members shall be admitted by ballot, at a General
Meeting of the Society, on such terms as that meeting shall
appoint ; but the Council may, at any of its meetings, admit to
the benefits of the Institution, Subscribers, paying Twelve Shill-
ings yearly in advance. Such Subscribers shall have no share in
the property of the Society, nor vote at its meetings, nor hold
office in it ; but they shall have the privilege of introducing
strangers and members of their own family to the Museum, and
of attending Lectures on the same terms as Members of the
Society.

10. — Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the
Society may be elected Honorary Members, but such Honorary
Members, unless Subscribers, shall have no share in the property
of the Society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. — The Museum may be open to the public under such re-
strictions as the Council may deem necessary.

12. — Every member shall be at liberty to sell or dispose of his
share; and if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death,
descend to his representative ; but the Society shall decide by
ballot whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted

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as a Member of the Institution. When any share is transferred,
all arrears due upon it must be paid up ; and the representative
or assignee of a Life-govenor shall continue to pay the Annual
Subscription of Half-a- Guinea, or Five Guineas in lieu of such
subscription.

13. — The Annual Subscriptions shall be paid to the Treasurer,
in advance, in the month of November, or within a month after
the General Meeting in each year. If any member neglect to pay
his subscription before the ensuing Annual Meeting he shall be
excluded from the benefits of the Institution, until all arrears due
on his share be paid up ; and if any Member neglect paying his
subscription for two years, he shall, after notice given him by the
Secretary to that effect, be excluded from the society, and forfeit
all right and interest in the property of the Institution.

14. — If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause
any loss or damage to the property of the Society, such Member
shall make good the loss or damage so sustained.

15. — Any Member <vho is guilty of improper conduct towards
the Society, or persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled,
after means have been used by the Council without effect for
bringing him to order ; but such expulsion shall not take place
without giving him a month's notice, nor without the concurrence
of three-fourths of the Members present at a meeting of the
Society held for that purpose.

16. — Each Member on his admission shall sign an obligation,
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the
Society so long as he continues a Member.

17. — These laws may be amended or enlarged at any General or
Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been
submitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two
months previous to the meeting.

18. — ^Members can borrow and take away from the Museum,
books belonging to the Society, by permission, and under regula-
tions sanctioned by the Council.

RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE MUSEUM.

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL AND CONFIRMED AT A GENERAL MEETING.

1. — The Museum shall be open every week-day by application
at the Baths.

2. — Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally or by
a written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles
from Whitby. All persons not so introduced, not being Honorary
Members, Benefactors, or belonging to the household of Members
or Subscribers, shall pay Sixpence each for admission ; Children
and servants shall be admitted at half-price.

3. — The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of
the Members introducing them, shall be entered in a book kept
for that purpose.

4. — No person shall be permitted to handle the specimens, or
take a stick or umbrella into the Museum, or anything likely to
occasion damage.

5. — The Museum shall be open to the public on the first Monday
in each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions: —

6. — The admission shall be by ticket, given by Members or
Subscribers.

7. — Children under fourteen years shall not be admitted, unless
under the care of an adult.

8. — ^AU who thus visit the Museum are expected to conduct
themselves in an orderly manner.

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1862—1863.

atrxrn,

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

CHR. RICHARDSON, Esq. | REV. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M.

CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., St. Hilda's.

CORNER, Mr. JOHN
DOAVSON, Dr.
KEANE, Rev. W., M.A.
PANNETT, R. W. Esq.

RlOa, J. J. Esq.
STEVENSON, Mr. J.
STONEHOUSE, Mr. W.
WILSON, Dr.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OFMULGRAVE.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

BARRICK, H. Esq.
BLANCHARD, J. Esq.
CHAPMAN, J. B. Esq.
CHAPMAN, E. H. Esq.
CHAPMAN, T. Esq.
CHAPMAN, E. W. Esq.
CHAPMAN, W. R. Esq.

CRAVEN, Mr. RICHARD,
RICHARDSON, CHR., Esq.,

(St. Hildas).
SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN
YEOMAN, H. W. Esq.
SMALES, Rev. GIDEON

TAYLERSON, Dr. | ROBINSON, Mr. F. K.

CLARKSON, W. N. Esq. | SIMPSON, Mr. M.

II

MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGPIT HON. THE EARL OF MULGRAVE.

THE RIGHT HON. LORD FEVERSHAM.

Atkinson, Anthony, Esq.
Atkinson, Anthony Owst, Esq., M.A.
Anderson, Mr. Francis
Barrick, H., Esq., (West Side)
Belcher, Thomas W., Esq.
Blanchard, John, Esq,
Brodrick, Kev. J. B., A.M.
Chapman, T., Esq., F.E S. F.S.A.
Chapman, Edward Henry, Esq.
Chapman, Edward VY., Esq.
Chapman, Joseph B., Esq.
Chapman, W. R., Esq.
Clarkson, W. N., Esq.
Corner, Mr. John
Craven, Mr. Eichard
Chiesman, Mr.
Dotchen, Mr. William
Dowson, John, Esq., M.D.
Dobson, Mr, Roger
Glover, Rev. John
Home, Mr. Ralph
Hewson, Rev. William, A.M.
Hughes, Rev. Joseph, A.M.
Hunton, Mrs.
Hunter, Joseph, Esq.
Keane, Rev. William, A.M.
EJiaggs, Mr. Henry-
Mead, E. Preston, M.D.
Merryweather, G., Esq., M.D.
Nicholson, Mr. J. B.

Newton, Mr. William
Pierson, George, Esq.
Richardson, C, Esq.
Richardson, C, Esq., (St. Hilda's).
Richardson, Thomas, Esq.
Readman, Thos. H.
Rigg, John J. Esq.
Reed, Mr. Silvester
Robinson, Mr. F. K.
Sherwood, E., Esq., M.D.
Simpson, Mr. Martin
Simpson, Mr. M. L.
.Smales, Gideon, Esq.
Smales, Rev. Gideon
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq.
Strickland, Charles William, Esq.
Snowden, Mr. Matthew
Stevenson, Mr. John
Trustees of Sneaton Estate
Stonehouse, Mr. William
Taylerson, John, Esq., L.R.C.P,
Thompson, H. S.. Esq., M.P.
Trueman, Mr. Thomas H.
Tumbull, Thomas, Esq.
Usherwood, William, Esq.
Vasey, Mr, George
Watson, Thomas, Esq,
Wilson, John, Esq., M,D.
Yeoman, H. W., Esq,
Yeoman, John, Esq., M.D.

ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS.

j Barker, Joseph, Esq.

Buchannan, John, Esq,

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HONORARY MEMBERS,

Agassi25, Professor Louis, M .D Neufchdtel.

Acheson, Eev. Henry, B.A., F.C.P.S London,

Anderson, Mr. Samuel, F.L.S « Whitby.

Andrew, Rev. W., M.A KirkdaJe.

Bagnall, Charles, Esq Foutherly Hall, Lichfield.

Barlow, Rev. R. J Hutton Rugby.

Bean, William, Esq Scarborough.

Cockburn, Edwin, Esq .....London.

Dikes, W. H. Esq., F.L.S Wakefield.

Foster, Dr. W. H., (Surgeon R.N.) Woolwich,

Fryer, William, Esq Newcastle.

Knox, Robert, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., &c Edinburgh.

Leckenby, J. Esq Scarborough.

Lee, John Edward, Esq Hull.

Mewburn, John, Esq., M.D Stamford, Upper Canada.

Moorsom, Maj or Constantino Birmingham.

Murchison, Sir Roderick L, F.R.S., F.G.S. &c., London.

Phillipps, John, Esq., F.G.S., &c Oxford,

Robertson, Mr. W Newcastle.

Robinson, Mr. J. W London.

Scoresby-Jackson, R. E., Esq,, M.D., F.R.S.E Edinburgh.

Sanders, Mr. Andrew Stockton.

Sedgwick, Rev. A., D.D., F.R. S Cambridge.

Simpson, Wakefield, Esq New South Wales.

Stobbs, Rev. W Stromness.

Strickland, Arthur, Esq, Bridlington Quay.

Trueman, Mr. William , Durham.

Turner, Rev. W Manchester.

West. W. J., Esq Tunbridge.

Wellbank, Mr. Thomas London,

Williamson, Mr. J Scarborough.

Williamson, Thomas W., Esq , Beverley.

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I>03M.^'nO£^S

Mr. I. Bate — 8 Foreign Silver Coins.

Rev. J. Brodrick, M.A. — A Belgian J Frank Piece ; Manuscript
Copy of Lecture on Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society.

Rev. A. W. Brown, A.M., Northampton — His papers on the
History and Law of Bells, and on the ancient Seal of Northamp-
ton.

Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. — 3 vols, of the
Archeologia. Proceedings of the London Antiquarian Society,
and a bound copy of Jones' Poems.

Mrs. G. Clark — A collection of about 50 Shells from Guernsey.

William Clarkson, Esq. — 2 Rare Ammonites.

Mr. Robert Cole — A fine specimen of Sepia todarus, found on
Whitby Sands.

Mr. Richard Horne — ^A Silver Coin.

— Kershaw, Esq., Warwick ; 3 specimens of the Wings of
Insects, and 4 Corals from the lower Lias in Warwick — a specimen
of Lingula from the upper Lias, Saltwick.

Mr. Kitchen — A Pipe Fish.

Mr. Parker — a collection of Algae.

Geo. Reade, Esq. — 2 Sharks Teeth and a Coprolite, from the
Lias at Ljrme Regis.

Mr. M. Simpson — 15 Fossils from the Yorkshire Oolite.

Rev. G. Smales — 2 Human Skulls, (New Zealanders); 3 Lower
Jaws of Dolphin, and Bones of the Albatros.

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Thos. Stephenson. Esq. — 2 Fishes in Spirit ; 3 Pipe Fishes ;
1 2 Crustacea ; 2 Star Fishes.

Messrs. Stephicnson and Rkade — 2 fine specimens of Star
Fish, taken at Whithy.

Mr. W. Trueman — 2 old views of Whitby.

Dr. Taylerson — An account of the Egyptian Mummy at Leeds;
Natural History of the Frog -fish ; Monograph of the fresh water
Mollusca of the United States; an old view of Whitby 1717 ;"
Dr. Young's M.S. History of Whitby ; a coloured view of
Haggerlythe, including the Old Ebenezer, by R. M. Atty, Esq.,
dated April, 1787.

S. Wilkinson, Esq. — 15 Spined Stickleback in Spirit.

Mr. John Winspear, of York — a Microscopic pair of Scissors,
weighing only |o of a grain.

Dr. Wilson — Annual Address of the Scottish Antiquarian
Society.

The Royal Society of London — Their proceedings for 1861.

The Royal Society op Edinburgh — Their proceedings for
1861.

The Society of Arts — Their Journal.

The Scarbro' Philosophical Society — Their 30th Report.

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THE FORTY-FIRST REPORT

. OP THE

"WHITBY

LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,

PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, 30tH OCTOBER, 1863,
WITH THE

AND A

LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

" THESE BE THE ARMS OF THE MONASTERY OF WHITBY,
WHICH MONASTERY IS FOUNDED OF ST. YLDA."

Copied from the Manuscript of Tong's Eeraldie Visitation to the Counties,
A.D. 1530, now in the British Museum.

WHITBY:
PRINTED BY SILVESTER REED, OLD MARKET PLACE.

1863.

^0rm of n ^qmst io i^t ^otui^a.

Every person desirous of bequeathing- to the Booiety any
Sum of Jdoney, Specimens, ^ooks, Instruments, or other pro-
perty, is requested to make use of the following- form :--

"I give and bequeath to the trustees, for the time being, of
the Whitby Literary and (Philosophioal Society, the Sum of

to be paid out of suoh part of my
personal estafe, as I may legally charge therewith (here
enumerate the effects or property intended to be bequeathed),
find I direct that the receipt of the treasurer of the said
Society for the time being, shall be an effectual discharge
to my Executors for the said legacy.''

FOKTY-FIRST REPORT,

The forty-first year of this society's operations like
that of several preceding ones, has been unmarked by
any transactions of special interest.

The desire to husband the funds of the institution so
as to enable your council to ejffect a further reduction
of the debt on the building, has tended much to restrict
their sphere of action, and to limit their outlays for the
Museum, which have chiefly been for British Birds and
a few books.

To the Donations of friends, therefore, which on
reference to the list appended, will be found to be both
numerous and valuable, has the society been mainly in-
debted for its augmented treasures.

Your council have great pleasure in stating, that by
the payment of lOOL out of a balance in the hands of
their treasurer, they have been enabled to reduce the
mortgage on the building to 200Z., and feel animated

by the hope that by a little longer continued care and
economy, aided by the kind offices of liberal friends,
they may shortly extinguish the debt altogether.

Freed from pecuniary difficulties, your Council would
be able to direct their attention to several necessary
alterations in the Museum, and some improvements in
the fabric.

Through the death of the Marquis of Normanby, the
society has to lament the loss of its first Patron, who
for nearly thirty years has not only been a bright
ornament of the institution, but at all times a steady
friend and liberal benefactor.

It is hoped the excellent qualities of the father will
be inherited by the son, and that the loss sustained by
the institution will be but transient and reparable.

The members will be happy to learn that the present
Marquis on the application of one of your Vice-Presi-
dents, has kindly consented to become his father's
successor as Patron of the Society.

The reading of Papers during the winter was well
sustained, and secured the attendance of larger audi-
ences than on some previous years.

The following is the list : —

The Rev. William Keane, A.M. — " On Hindoo-
Germanic Superstitions." — December.

The Rev. J. B. Brodrick, A.M. — ''England, past,
present, and future." — January 13th, 1863.

Dr. DowsoN. — " On the Yorkshire Dialect." —
February 10th.

The Rev. Gideon Smales. — " On the Polynesian
Language." — March 12th.

The Rev. William Keane, A.M. — " On Doomsday
Book."— April 14th.

The Museum still continues to attract a numerous
list of visitors, the numbers being larger this year than
on some previous years, and the money received for
admission correspondently increased — viz., 10/.

The treasurer's account (an abstract of which will be
found on the last page) exhibits a healthy financial
aspect.

Altogether your Council feel satisfied with the po-
sition of the society, and see no cause of apprehension
for its future, but on the contrary look confidently
forward to years of augmented prosperity and increased
utility.

6

J^atos aittr ^J^t^nlnixGn^*

1. — The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and Philo-
sophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promoting the
interests of Science hy such other means as may be found practicable.

2. — All Subscribers of One Guinea, or upwards, on admission, and
Half -a- Guinea annually, may be members of the Society; and Sub-
scribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half -a- Guinea annually,
or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any annual subscription, shall
be Governors of this Society.

3. — The busmess of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron, a
President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and two
Curators, who, with the Committee of eight Members, shall form the
Council of the Society.

4. — The Council shall meet on the first Thursday of every month, or
as often as necessary — three Members forming a quorum.

5. — ^AU Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetmgs of the Council.

6. — A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October, in each year, for electing a new Committee, receiv-
ing the report of the retiring Committee, auditing the Accounts of the
Treasurer, and transacting any other business. — Special Meetmgs may
be called by the Council, or by any seven Members, a week's notice
being given.

7. — The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous articles, whether

of Nature or Art ; to which may be added Scientific Books and Philo-
sophical Apparatus.

8. — The Museum shall be open for the inspection of Members, Sub-
scribers, and their families, on such days of the week and under sucl^.
regulations as the Council shall appoint. On special occasions, the
Curators or the Secretaries may admit Members, Benefactors, or
Strangers, on those days when it is usually shut.

9. — ^All new Members shall be admitted by ballot at a General
Meeting of the Society on such terms as that meeting shall appoint ;
but the Council may, at any of its meetings, admit to the benefits of the
Institution Subscribers paymg Twelve Shillings yearly in advance.
Such Subscribers shall have no share in the property of the Society,
nor vote at its meetings, nor hold office in it ; but they shall have the
privilege of introducing strangers and members of their own family to
the Museum, and of attending Lectures on the same terms as Members
of the Society.

10.— Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the Society
may be elected Honorary Members, but such Honorary Members,
unless Subscribers, shall have no share in the property of the Society,
or in the management of its concerns.

11. — The Museum maybe open to the pubHc under such restrictions
as the Council may deem necessary.

12. — Every Member shall be at liberty to sell or dispose of his
share ; and if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death, descend
to his repsesentative ; but the Society shall decide by ballot whether
the purchaser or representative shall be admitted as a Member of the
Institution. When any share is transferred, all arrears due upon it
must be paid up ; and the representative or assignee of a Life-governor
shall continue to pay the Annual Subscription of Half-a-Guinea or
Five Guineas in Heu of subscription.

13. — The Annual Subscriptions shall be paid to the Treasurer, in
advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the

a

General Meeting in each year. If any member neglect to pay his sub-
scription before the ensuing Annual Meeting he shall be excluded from
the benefits of the Institution until all arrears due on his share be paid
up ; and if any Member neglect paying his subscription for two years,
he shall, after notice given him by the Secretary to that effect, be ex-
cluded from the society, and forfeit all right and interest in the property
of the Institution.

14. — If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause any
loss or damage to the property of the Society, such Member shall make
good the loss or damage so sustained.

15. — Any Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards the
Society, or persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled, after
means have been used by the Council without effect for bringing him to
order ; but such expulsion shall not take place without giving him a
month's notice, nor without the concurrence of three-fourths of the
Members present at a meeting of the Society held for that purpose.

16. — Each Member on his admission, shall sign an obligation binding
himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the Society so long
as he continues a Member.

17. — These laws may be amended or enlarged at any General or
Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been submitted
to the Council for their consideration, at least two months previous to
the meeting.

18. — Members can borrow or take away from the Museum books
belonging to the Society, by permission and under regulations sanc-
tioned by the Council.

^ute fnr ^iraissinn tn tliB ^E^usBtiin,

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL AND CONFIRMED BY A GENERAL MEETING.

1. — The Museum shall be open every week-day by application at
the Baths.

2, — Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally or by a
written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All persons not so introduced, not being Honorary Members,
Benefactors, or belonging to the household of Members or Subscribers,
shall pay Sixpence each for admission ; Children and servants shall be
admitted at half-price.

3. — The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the
Members introducing them, shall be entered in a book kept for that
purpose.

4. — No person shall be permitted to handle the specimens, or take
a stick or umbrella into the Museum, or anything Hkely to occasion
damage.

5. — The Museum shall be open to the public on the first Monday in
each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions : —

6. — The admission shall be by ticket given by Members or Sub-
scribers.

7. — Children under fourteen years shall not be admitted unless
under the care of an adult.

8. — All who thus visit the Museum are expected to conduct them-
selves in an orderly manner.

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briCEKS rOK THE ^EAK 1863-64.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NOEMANBY.

<PItE8I(2)EJTT: '
THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.
VIGE-CPI^E8I(2)EJ^^3 :
CHR. RICHARDSON, Esq. | Rev. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M.

CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., St. Hilda's.

coMMi^r^TEE

CHIESMAN, Mb. W. G.
CORNER, Mr. JOHN
DOWSON, De.
KEANE, Rev. W., A.M.

PANNETT, R. E., Esq.
RIGG, J. J., Esq.
STEVENSON, Mr. J.
WILSON, Dr.

aOVEIiJ^OIt& BY BUSSGIiICp9:iOJT.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

CRAVEN, Mr. RICHARD
RICHARDSON, C. Esq.

BARRICK, H. Esq.
BLANCHARD, J. Esq.
CHAPMAN, J. B. Esq.
CHAPMAN, E. H. Esq.
CHAPMAN, T. Esq.
CHAPMAN, E. W. Esq.
CHAPMAN, W. R. Esq.

(St. Hilda's).
SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN
SMALES, Rev. GIDEON
YEOMAN, H. W. Esq.

8EGIiE9rjlIiIE8 :
TAYLERSON, Dr. | ROBINSON, Mr. F. K.

CUIt:^QrOIi8 :
CLARKSON, W. N., Esq. | SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN.

n

3ffimtitrs nf % $mn\v{.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

Atkinson, Anthony Esq.
Atkinson, Anthony 0. Esq., a.m.
Anderson, Mr. Francis
Barrick, H. Esq., (West side)
Belcher, Thomas W. Esq.
Blancliard, John Esq.
Brodrick, Rev. J. B., a.m.
Chapman, T. Esq., f.e.s., f.s.a.
Chapman, Edward Henry Esq.
Chapman, Edward W. Esq.
Chapman, Joseph B. Esq.
Chapman, W. R. Esq.
Cholmley, Mrs.
Clarkson, W. N. Esq.
Corner, Mr. John
Craven, Mr. Richard
Chiesman, Mr. W. G.
Dotchon, Mr. Wilham
Dowson, John Esq., m.d.
Frankland, Mrs.
Glover, Rev. John
Home, Mr. Ralph
Hewson, Rev. William a.m.
Hughes, Rev. Joseph a.m.
Hunton, Mrs.
Hunter, Joseph Esq.
Huntrods, Thomas Esq.
Keane, Rev. William a.m.
Knaggs, Mr. Henry
Mead, E. Preston Esq., m.d.
Merryweather, G. Esq., m.d.

Nicholson, Mr. J. B.
Newton, Mr. William
Owen, Rev. John
Pannett, R. E. Esq.
Peirson, George Esq.
Percival, Captain
Richardson, C. Esq.
Richardson, C. Esq., (St. Hilda's)
Richardson, J. B. Esq.
Richardson, Thomas Esq.
Roadman, Mr. T. H.
Rigg, John J. Esq.
Reed, Mr. Silvester
Robinson, Mr. F. K.
Sherwood, E. Esq., m.d.
Simpson, Mr. Martin
Smales, Gideon Esq.
Smales, Rev. Gideon
Stephenson, Thomas Esq.
Strickland, Charles William Esq.
Snowden, Mr. Matthew
Stevenson, Mr= John
Stonehouse, Mr. WiUiam
Taylerson, John Esq., l.r.c.p.
Thompson, H. S. Esq., m.p.
Trueman, Mr. Thomas H.
Turnbull, Thomas Esq.
Usherwood, William Esq., a.m.
Wilson, John Esq., m.d.
Yeoman, H. W. Esq.
Yeoman, John Esq., m.d.

ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS.
Buchannan, John Esq. | Barker, Joseph Esq.

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i3:oN"OK.j^E."Z" nyi:Eisv^BEE.s.

Agassiz, Professor Louis, m.d NeufchateL

Acheson, Rev, Henry, b.a., f.c.p.s London.

Anderson, Mr. Samuel, f.l.s Whitby.

Andrew, Rev. W., m.a Whitfield.

Bagnall, Charles, Esq Fotherly Hall, Lichfield.

Rarlow, Rev. R. J Hutton Rugby.

Bean, William, Esq., Scarborough.

Cockburn, Edwin, Esq London.

Dilies, W. H. Esq., f.l.s Wakefield.

Fryer, William, Esq Newcastle.

Knox, Robert, Esq., m.d., f.e.s.e., &c Edinburgh,

Leckenby, J. Esq Scarborough,

Lee, John Edward, Esq Hull.

Mewburn, John, Esq., m.d Stamford, Upper Canada.

Moorsom, Major Constantine • Birmingham.

Murchison, Sir Roderick I., f.e.s., f.g.s., &c London.

Phillips, John, Esq., F.G.S., &c Oxford.

Robertson, Mr. W Newcastle.

Scoresby- Jackson, R. E., Esq., m.d., f.r.s.e Edinburgh.

Sanders, Mr. Andrew . Stockton.

Sedgwick, Rev. A., d.d., f.e.s, Cambridge.

Simpson, Wakefield, Esq New South Wales.

Stobbs, Rev. W Stromness.

Strickland, Arthur, Esq Bridlington Quay.

Trueman, Mr. William Durham.

West, W. J., Esq Tunbridge.

Wellbank, Mr. Thomas London.

Williamson, Mr. J Scarborough.

Williamson, Thomas W., Esq Beverley.

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■000-

m. PETER APPLETON.— An Ephemera.

ANTHONY OWST ATKINSON, Esq., A.M., (HuU).— 2 Ostrich
Eggs.

Mr. ISAAC BATE. — 6 Silver Coins ; a specimen of the Torbane-hill
Mineral and Paraffine Candle.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.— The Report of the
Astronomer Royal for 1862-3.

The Rev. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M.— Coin of WiUiam III.

Mrs. GEORGE CLARK.— A Sepia Octopodia taken at Whitby ; 5
British Shells ; 2 Corallines ; and Head of a Snipe.

Mr. JOHN CORNER.— An old View of Whitby from the Sea.

Captain EVERERD, R.N.— A superb Chinese Robe.

Dr. SCORESBY- JACKSON.— His Book on Medical Meteorology.

Mr. G. KITCHEN.— A Curlew, shot atUpgang; 4 Crustacea; a Cal-
ifornian Quail ; and a specimen of French Jet.

Mr;LISTER,(Glaisdale).— A Kestrel; Golden Plover ; Wood Wren;
Ring Ouzel ; and a Crested Lapwing.

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GEORGE READE, Esq.— An Asterias Albida.

Mr. M. SIMPSON. — 100 specimens of carboniferous Fossils from Scot-
land ; 2 Autograph Letters from Dr. Bucldand ; and the official
Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of 1862.

The Rev. GIDEON SMALES.— A collection of 50 New Zealand SheUs.

Dr. TAYLERSON.—A collection of Copper Corns.

Mr. JOHN TAYLOR.— A List of the Subscribers to the building of the
Whitby Workhouse in 1794.

R. B. TENNANT, Esq., and J. OLIVER, Esq., (London).— 8 speci-
mens of Hematite Iron Ore from Auchencairn ; 3 specimens of
Copper Ore ; 1 of Sulphate of Barytes ; and 1 of Silver from
Kirkudbrightshire.

Mr. WM. TRUEMAN, (Durham).— Gibson's Paper on the Whitby and
Pickering Canal.

Mr. EDWIN TURNBULL.— Specimen of French Jet.

GEORGE WADDINGTON, Esq. —Fossil Plant from Bromley FaU.

JAMES WILKINSON, Esq.— Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibi-
tion of 1851.

Royal Society of Edinburgh. — Transaction, vol. xxiii. pt. 1, session
1861-2 ; Proceedings for 1861-2.

Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. — No. 16 of
their Proceedings.

W. N. CLARKSON, Esq.— A Groat of Henry IV.

Mr. T. H. READMAN.— A copy of the " Anomalioe," a Whitby
pubhcation of 1798, by William Watkins.

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THE FORTY-SECOND REPORT

^WHIITBir

PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, 28TH OCTOBER, 1864,

laujs and l^ulaiiaus 4 M ^Hkkf

^isT or THz erncxKS and Mxmbeks

WHITBY :

PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF WILLIAM NEWTON,

BAXTERGATE,

1864.

[Qxm of a ^^iju^Ht k th^ .^ori%

Every person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any
Sum of Money ^ Specimens, Books, Instruments, or other property^
is requested to make use of the folloioing form :—^

^^ I give and bequeath to the Trustees, for the time being, of
the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, the Sum of

to he paid out of such part of my
personal estate, as I may legally charge therewith (here enu-
merate the effects or property intended to be bequeathed J. And
I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Society for
the time being, shall be an effectual discharge to my Executors
for the ^aid legacy,''^

REPORT.

It is now forty-two years since the Whitby Literary
and Philosophical Society was established, and upon
last year's affairs and proceedings, we find nothing
unfavourable to prosperity and progression. To the
Museum collection, additions have been made chiefly
by gift, with a few specimens obtained by purchase
in the Ornithological department; and the finances
of the Society are calculated, in those respects, to
mark its stability.

Since the publication of the last Report, Eugene F.
Noel, Esq., of London, has become a life governor
of the Institution ; whilst among the Donations, in
addition to its local interest, we find the valuable
gift of the six-inch Ordnance Map of Yorkshire, in
its serial sheets, presented, with other things, by our

President, Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., F.A.S; and
a selection of Fossil Plants from \V. Beane, Esq., of
Scarborough, one of our honorary members.

The Council keep in view the reduction of the
building debt, and trust they will shortly be able still
further to lessen the amount which remains.

During the last year, death has removed another
of our friends, or rather, we may say, of our Founders,
whose exertions in the establishment of this Society,
are by many of us remembered. We allude to the
late John Mewburn, Esq., M.D., of Stamford, Nia-
gara, Upper Canada, whose name stands associated
with the efforts of Young, Ripley, Bird, and others
of its early members, in giving the Society a position
among our local institutions, and in ably defining
and carrying out the objects of its formation. To
the solid basis laid in their day, without disparaging
the subsequent augmentations of their successors,the
Museum is indebted for what constitutes the most
valuable portion of its attractions, — namely, a choice
selection of the fossils for which the neighbourhood
of Whitby is so renowned, and which, under the care

and arrangement of our talented Curator, has ren-
dered it a treasure of reference to the geologist, as
as well as, in other respects, a repository of instruc-
tion to the more general investigator. Let us then,
as one of our members has well remarked on a former
occasion, endeavour to increase our collection, thank-
ful to those enlightened men who in past years had
zeal enough in the cause of science to undertake its
formation, leaving to us the comparative easy task of
preservation and addition, at the same time keeping
in view the importance of extending the place at a
convenient period, for its better accommodation ; some
of our valuable specimens being imperfectly exhibited,
and many objects of interest with other material
addenda of the institution, not exhibited at all.

There are instances where certain of our fossils
are refered to as markworthy illustrations in the
books of eminent geologists ; and in this way, for a
forthcoming pubhcation. Professor Phillips of Oxford,
has just visited the Whitby collection, and ob-
tained drawings of a number of the rare Belemnites
belonging to this quarter. These, we believe, were

sometime ago taken from the strata for the Museum
by Mr. Martin Simpson, and judging from the
singular excellence and variety of the specimens, we
should despah', so to speak, of seeing them replaced
by a similar set, except by one whose knowledge
of the fossiliferous beds was equal to his own.
The last year's Lectures were the following; —

Mr. Martin Simpson, — "On College Education in
connection with Dr, Young and Edinburgh." —
November.

The Rev. W. Keane, A.M.— " On the Primitive
Religions of the East." — December.

The Rev. G. Smales,— '*On the Mythology of the
Maoris." — January.

Mr. Chiesman, — '^Education in former days." —
March.

The Rev. W. Hewson, A.M. — ''On the Argon-
auts."— April.

The admission money for the last year is £9,

The donations to the Museum will be found on a
further page ; and an abstract of the Treasurer's
account on the last.

S: a ur s and ^ ^ 3 u I a t i a ii s»

1. — The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary ANr>
Philosophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for pro-
moting the interests of Science by such other means as may be
found practicable.

2. — All Subscribers of One Guinea, or upwards, on admission
and Half -a- Guinea annually, may be members of the Society ; and,
Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half -a- Guinea
annually, or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any annual
subscription, shall be Governors of this Society.

3. — The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron,
a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries,
and two Curators, who, with the Committee of eight Members,
shall form the Council of the Society.

4. — The Council shall meet on the first Thursday of every
month, or as often as necessary— ^three Members forming a quo-
rum.

5. — All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. — A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October, in each year, for electing a new Committee,
receiving the report of the retiring Committee, auditing the
Accounts of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business.—
Special Meetings may be called by the Council, or by any sevei)
Members, a week's notice being given.

7. — The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Anti-

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quities, specimens of Natural History, witb other miscellaneons
articles, whether of nature or Art ; to which may be added
Scientific Books and Philosophical Apparatus.

8. — The Museum shall be open for the inspection of Members,
Subscribers and their families, on such days of the week and
under such regulations as the Council shall appoint. On special
occasions, the Curators or the Secretaries may admit Members,
Benefactors, or Strangers, on those days when it is usually shut.

9. — All new Members shall be admitted by ballot at a General
Meeting of the Society on sucli terms as that meeting shall
appoint ; but the Council may, at any of its meetings, admit to
the benefits of the Institution Subscribers paying Twelve Shillings
yearly in advance. Such Subscribers shall have no share in the
property of the Society, nor vote at its meetings, nor hold office
in it ; but they shall have the privilege of introducing strangers
and members of their own family to the Museum, and of attending
Lectures on the same terms as Members of the Society.

10. — Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the
Society may be elected Honorary Members, but such Honorary
Members, unless Subscribers, shall have no share in the property
of the Society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. — The Museum may be open to the public under such
restrictions as the Council may deem necessary.

12. — Every Member shall be at liberty to sell or dispose of his
share ; and it not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death,
descend to his representative ; but the Society shall decide by
ballot whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted
as a Member of the Institution. When any share is transferred,
all arrears due upon it must be paid up ; and the representative
or assignee of a Life-governor shall continue to pay the Annual
Subscription of Half- a- Guinea or Five Guineas in lieu of
subscription.

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13. — The Annual Subscriptions shall be paid to the Treasurer,
in advance, in the month of November, or within a month after
the General Meeting in each year. If any Member neglect to
pay his subscription before the Annual Meeting, he shall be
excluded from the benefits of the Institution until all arrears due
on his share be paid up ; and if any Member neglect paying his
subscription for two years, he shall, after notice given him by the
Secretary to that effect, be excluded from the Society, and forfeit
all right and interest in the property of the Institution.

14. — If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall
cause any loss or damage to the property of the Society, such
Member shall make good the loss or damage so sustained.

15. — Any Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards
the Society, or persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled,
after means have been used by the Council without effect for
bringing him to order ; but such expulsion shall not take place
without giving him a month's notice, nor without the concurrence
of three-fourths of the Members present at a meeting of the
Society held for that purpose.

16. — Every Member on his admission, shall sign an obligation
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the
Society so long as he continues a Member.

17. — These laws may be amended or enlarged at any G-eneral
or Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been
submitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two
months previous to the meeting.

18. — Members can borrow or take away from the Museum
books belonging to the Society, by permission, and under regu-
lations sanctioned by the Council.

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^ttks for M^Ammm U th ^Imcnm.

Adopted by the Council and Confirmed by a General Meeting.

1. — The Museum shall be open every week-day by application
at the Baths.

2. — Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally or
by a written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles
from Whitby. All persons not so introduced, not being Honorary
Members, Benefactors, or belonging to the household of Members
or Subscribers, shall pay Sixpence each for admission ; Children
and Servants shall be admitted at half-price.

3. — The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the
Members introducing them, shall be entered in a book kept for
that purpose.

4. — No person shall be permitted to handle the specimens, or
take a stick or umbrella into the Museum, or anything likely to
occasion damage.

5. — The Museum shall be open to the public on the first
Monday in each month, from 11 to 1, under tlie following re-
strictions : —

6. — ^The admission shall be by ticket given by Members or
Subscribers.

7. — Children under fourteen years shall not be admitted unless
under the care of an adult.

8. - All who thus visit the Museum are expected to conduct
themselves in an orderly manner.

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THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S.. F.S.A.

CHR. RICHARDSON, Esq. | Rev. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M.

CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., St, Hilda's.

CHIESMAN, Mr. W. G.
CORNER, Mr. JOHN
DOWSON, Dr.
KEANE, Rev. W., A.M.

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PANNETT, R. E., Esq.
RIGG, J. J., Esq.
STEVENSON, Mb. J.
WILSON, Dk.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

CRAVEN, Mr. RICHARD

BARRICK, H. Esq.
BLANCHARD. J. Esq.
CHAPMAN, J. B. Esq.
CHAPMAN, E. H, Esq.
CHAPMAN, T. Esq.
CHAPMAN, E. W. Esq.
CHAPMAN, W. R. Esq.

NOEL, E. F. Esq.
RICHARDSON. C. Esq.,

(St. Hilda's).
SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN
SMALES, Rev. GIDEON
YEOMON, H. W. Esq.

TAYLERSON, Dr. | ROBINSON, Mr. F. K.

CLARKSON, W. N., Esq. | SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN

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THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

Atkinson, Anthony Esq.
Atkinson, Anthony O. Esq., a.m
Anderson, Mr. Francis
Barrick, H. Esq., (West side)
Belcher, Thomas W. Esq.
Blanchard, John Esq.
Brodrick, Rev. J. B., a.m.
Chapman, T. Esq., p.r.s., f.s.a.
Chapman, Edward Henry Esq.
Chapman, Edward W. Esq.
Chapman, Joseph B. Esq.
Chapman, W. R. Esq.
Cholmley, Mrs.
Clarkson, W. N. Esq.
Corner, Mr. John
Craven, Mr. Richard
Chiesman, Mr. W. G.
Dotchon, Mr. William
Dowson, John Esq,, m.d.
Fr ink land, Mrs.
Glover, Rev. John
Home, Mr. Ralph
Hewson, Rev. William a.m.
Hughes, Rev. Joseph a m.
Hunton, Mrs.
Hunter, Joseph Esq.
Huntrods, Thomas Esq.
Keane, Rev. William a.m.
Knaggs, Mr. Henry
Mead, E. Preston Esq., m.d.
Merry weather, G. Esq., m.d.

Nicholson, Mr. J. B.
Newton, Mr. William
Owen, Rev. John
Pannett, R. E. Esq.
Peirson, George Esq.
Percival, Captain
Richardson, C. Esq.
Richardson, C. Esq.,(StHilda's)
Richardson, J. B. Esq.
Richardson, Thomas Esq.
Readraan, Mr. T. H .
Rigg, John J. Esq.
Reed, Mr. Silvester
Robinson, Mr. F. K.
Sherwood, E. Esq., m.d.
Simpson, Mr. Martin
Smales, Gideon Esq.
Smales, Rev. Gideon
Stephenson, Thomas Esq.
Strickland, Charles William Esq
Snowden, Mr. Matthew
Stevenson, Mr. John
Stonehouse, Mr. William
Taylerson. «Tohn Esq., l.r.c.p.
Thompson, II. 8. Esq., m.p.
Trueman, Mr. Thomas H.
TurnbuU, Thomas Esq.
Usherwood, William Esq., a.m.
Wilson, John Esq., m.d.
Yeoman, H. W. Esq.
Yeoman, John Esq., m.d.

ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS.

Buchannan, John Esq. | Barker, Joseph Esq.

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jiz, Professor Louis, m.1> ...... Keufchaiel.

Acheson, Rev. Henry, b.a., f.c.p.s. London.

Anderson, Mr. Samuel, f.l.s Whilbi/.

Andrew, Rev. W., m.a. , Whitfield.

Bagnall, Charles, Esq Fotherly HalU Lichfield.

Barlow, Rev. R J Hutton Rugby.

Bean, William, Esq Scarlorough.

Cockburn, Edwin, Esq , London.

Dikes, W. H. Esq., f.l.s Wakefield.

Fryer, William, Esq Newcastle,

Knox, Robert, Esq., m.d., f.r.s.e., &c Edinburgh,

Leckenby, J. Esq Scarborough.

Lee, John Edward, Esq... Hull.

Moorsom, Ma] or Constantine Birmingham.

Murchison, Sir Roderick L, f.r.s., f.g.s., &c ,.. London.

Phillips, John, Esq., f.G.s., &c Oxford.

Robertson, Mr. W Newcastle.

Scorsby- Jackson, R. E. Esq., m.d., f.r.s.e Edinburgh.

Sanders, Mr. Andrew.... Stockton.

Sedgwick, Rev, A., d.d., f.r.s Cambridge.

Simpson, Wakefield, Esq ....New South Wales.

Stobbs, Rev. W Siromness.

Strickland, Arthur, Esq.. Bridlington Quay.

Trueman, Mr. William Durham.

West, W. J. Esq Tunbridge.

Williamson, Mr. J Scarborough.

Williamson, Thomas W», Esq Beverley.

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W. BEAN, Esq., Scarborough.— 18 specimens of Fossil Plants,
from Gristhorp, near Scarborough.

The LORD BISHOP OF OXFORD.— A Silver Maundy
Penny of 1862.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq.— Volume of the Archoeologia;
Proceedings &c., of the London Antiquarian Society; 12
sheets of the 6 in. Ordnance Map of East. Yorkshire; Anniver-
sary Address of the Anthropological Society of London ; Lloyd's
Register of British and Foreign Shipping for 1863 — 4.
Edinburgh Royal Society. — The Society's Proceedings.

Rev. W. HEWSON, A.M.— A grotesque Oriental Figure,
coloured and gilded ; and other figures carved in a circular disc
of soapstone.

Hull Literary & Philosophical Sjciety. — The Society's
Annual Report.

J. LECKENBY, Esq., Scarborough. — His Pamphlet on the
Sandstones and Shales of Scarborough.

Mr. LISTER, Glazedale.— Four British birds.

Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society. — The
Society's Proceedings.

Mr. PARKER , Wales. — 28 specimens of Algoe,

Mr. MARTIN SIMPSON.— Dr. Carte's description of a new
species of Plesiosaurus from Whitby ; Symond's British Rainfall ;
Pinnafolium; Four Belemnites from the Lower Lias, R. H. Bay.

THOMAS STEPHENSON, Esq.— A fine large specimea of
the Astacus aranoeus.

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LITEEART & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY,

PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, 27th OCTOBER, 1866,

WITH TUB

^afos 9;nir ^l^guktbns 0f il^t $amt^,

LIST OF THE OFFICERS & MEMBERS.

WHITBY :
PRINTED BY HORNE & SON, GAZETTE OFFICE, BRIDGE-ST.,

1865.

FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY,

Every person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any Sum of
Money, Specimens, Books, Instruments, or other property, is
requested to make use of the following form : —

" I give and "bequeath to the Trustees for the time being t of
the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, the Sum of

to be paid out of such
part of my personal estate, as I may legally charge therewith
(here enumerate the effects or property intended to be bequeathed).
And I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Society,
for the time being, shall be an effectual discharge to my\Executors
for the said legacy,''

REPORT.

In writing the Forty-Third Keport of the WhitbY
Literary and Philosophical Society, as a summary
of its proceedings and a statement of its accounts for
the past year, it will be seen that there is every cause
for satisfaction with the position of the Institution in
both these implied departments.

The last Eeport intimated the commencement of a
collection of the wild birds and quadrupeds frequenting
the neighbourhood of Whitby, of the variety of which,
few, it is said, have any correct idea ; and the desirabil-
ity of such a collection has repeatedly been suggested
by the curious in those respects, who have visited the
Museum. To carry out this view, v/ith the sanction
of the Council, ^ spacious glass case has been erected
for their reception, and above a hundred specimens
have already been obtained. Some of these are gifts
from gentlemen who have kindly aided our intentions,
but the greater portion have been procured through
the exertions of Mr. George Kitching, the preserver of

objects belonging to this branch of Natural History.
The number of British birds is estimated to be above
three hundred ; and according to those who are con-
versant on the subject, it w^ould appear that about two
hundred species are to be found in the glens, moors,
and cliffs of this quarter; so if we have so far collected
the half of what belongs to us, we may hope to gain
the remainder at no distant period. Of the variety
already on our shelves, it is but a merited compliment
to Mr. Kitching, to say, that his management as
regards the animation or life-likeness of the assemblage,
bespeaks a high degree of skill in those matters ; and
though he possesses a knowledge of their haunts in
the district, still many of them are only occasionally
to be met with after much pursuit ; while the liberal
terms on which he has supplied the specimens to the
Museum, deserve the thanks of the Society. The
credit of the arrangement is due to the curator, Mr.
Martin Simpson.

In the present list of donors, several will be found
who have been liberal on former occasions. Mrs.
Clark has given a number of the Coal Fossils from
Halifax. Mr. John Corner has presented Gibson's

two large and scarce Prints of Whitby Abbey ; and
Dr. Taylerson a View of Whitby on the east side of
the river entrance as it appeared in 1 785 ; in this way
intimating that a public museum is a fitting repository
for old views, maps, books, and so forth, which have
a special reference to the town and neighbourhood
wherein that museum is formed. Many a curious
item of the above description has already been pre-
served ; and as a further hint to our frends in this
part and elsewhere, many more of a similar kind
might be added to the collection.

The visitor's admission money for the past twelve-
month amounts to £6 10s.

The last winter's Lectures were the following : —

November. — "On Books : their Readers and Writers."
Eev. J. B. Brodrick, A.M.

December. — " Other Inhabited Worlds besides the
Earth." Rev, J. Hughes, A.M.

January. — " Dr. Young's College Education." Con-
tinued. Mr. Martin Simpson.

February. — " On the late Sir Robert Peel." Rev. J.
Owen.

March. — " Scholastic Lore in Days of Yore." W. G,
Chiesman, Esq.

LAWS AND EEGULATIONS.

1. — The Society shall be called the Whitby Literary and
Philosophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for
promoting the interests of Science by such other means as may
be found practicable.

2. — All Subscribers of One Guinea, and upwards, on admission
and Ealf-a- Guinea annually, may be members of the Society ; and
Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission and Half -a- Guinea
annually, or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any annual
subscription, shall be Governors of this Society.

3. — The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron,
a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and
two Curators, who, with the Committee of eight Members, shall
form the Council of the Society.

4. — The Council shall meet on the first Thursday of every month,
or as often as necessary, — three Members forming a quorum.

5. — All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. — A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October, in each year, for electing a new Committee,
receiving the report of the retiring Committee, auditing the Accounts
of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business. — Special
Meetings may be called by the Council, or by any seven Members, a
week's notice being given.

7. — The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous articles,
whether of nature or art ; to which may be added Scientific Books
and Philosophical Apparatus.

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8. — Tlie Museum shall be open for the inspection of Members
Subscribers, and their families, on such days of the week and under
»uch regulations as the Council shall appoint. On special occasions,
the Curators or the Secretaries may admit Members, Benefactors, or
Strangers, on those days when it is usually shut.

9. — All new Members shall be admitted by ballot at a General
Meeting of the Society on such terms as that meeting shall appoint ;
but the Council may, at any of its meetings, admit to the benefits of
the Institution, Subscribers paying Twelve Shillings yearly in ad-
VBince. Such Subscribers shall have no share in the property of the
Society, nor vote at its meetings, nor hold office in it ; but they
shall have the privilege of introducing strangers and members of
their own family to the Museum, and of attending Lectures, on the
same terms as Members of the Society.

10. — Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the
Society may be elected Honorary Members, but such Honorary
Members, unless Subscribers, shall have no share in the property of
the Society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. — The Museum may be open to the public under such restric-
tions as the Council may deem necessary.

12. — Every Member shall be at liberty to sell or dispose of his
share ; and if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death,
descend to his representative ; but the Society shall decide by ballot
whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted as a
Member of the Institution. When any share is transferred, all
assignees of a Life-governor shall continue to pay the Annual Sub-
scription of Half -a- Guinea or Five Guineas in lieu of subscription.

13. — The Annual Subscriptions shall be paid to the Treasurer, in
advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the
General Meeting in each year. If any Member neglect to pay his
subscription before the Annual Meeting, he shall be excluded from
the benefits of the Institution until all arrears due on his share be
paid up ; and if any member neglect paying his subscription for
two years, he shall, after notice given him by the Secretary to thai
effect, be excluded from the Society, and forfeit all right and interest
in the property of the Institution.

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14. — If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause
any damage to the property of the Society, such Member shall
make good the loss or damage so sustained.

15. — Any Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards the
Society, or persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled, after
means have been used by the Council without effect for bringing him
to order ; but such expulsion shall not take place without giving
him a month's notice, nor without the concurrence of three-fourths
of the Members present at a meeting of the Society held for that
purpose.

16. — Every Member on his admission, shall sign an obligation
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the
Society so long as he continues a Member.

17. — These Laws may be amended or enlarged at any General
or Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been
submitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two months
previous to the meeting.

18.— Members can borrow or take away from the Museum books
belonging to the Society, by permission, and under regulations
sanctioned by the Council.

RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE MUSEUM.

Adopted by the Council and ConfirmedJbyJa General Meeting.

1 . — The Museum shall he open every week-day by application at
the Baths.

2. — Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally or by a
written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All persons not so introduced, not being Honorary
Members, Benefactors, or belonging to the household of Members
or Subscribers, shall pay Sixpence each for admission ; Children
and Servants shall be admitted at half-price.

3. — The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of the
Members introducing them, shall be entered in a book kept for that
purpose.

4. — No person shall be permitted to handle the specimens, or
take a stick or umbrella into the Museum, or anything likely to
occasion damage.

5. — The Museum shall be open to the public on the first Monday
in each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions : —

6. — The admission shall be by ticket given by Members or Sub-
scribers.

7. — Children under fourteen years shall not be admitted unless
under the care of an adult.

8. — All who thus visit the Museum are expected to conduct them-
selves in an orderly manner.

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OFFICERS FOR THE TEAR 1865-6.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., F.S A,

€HR. RICHARDSON, Esq, | Rev. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M,

^xmmxzx :

CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., St. Hilda's.

€onntxl :

CHIESMAN, Mb. W. G.
DOWSON, Dr.
KEANE, Rev. W., A.M.
OWEN, Rev. J.

PANNETT, R. E. Esq.
RIGG, J. J., Esq.
STEVENSON, Mb. J.
WILSON, Db.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

BARRICK, H. Esq.
BLANCHARD, J. Esq.
CHAPMAN, J. B., Esq.
CHAPMAN, E, H,, Esq.
CHAPMAN, T., Esq.
CHAPMAN, E. W., Esq.
CHAPMAN, W. R., Esq.

CRAVEN, Mr. RICHARD
NOEL, E. F., Esq.
RICHARDSON, C, Esq., St. Hilda'i
SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN
SMALES, Rev. GIDEON
YEOMAN, H. W., Esq.

^uxitiuxm ;

TAYLERSON, Db. | ROBINSON, Mb. F. K.

€nxKtoxB ;

CLARKSON, W. N., Esq. | SIMPSON, Mb. MARTIN

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

Atkinson, Anthony, Esq.
Atkinson, Anthony O., Esq., A.M.
Anderson, Mr. Francis
Barrick, H., Esq. (West Side)
Belcher, Thomas W., Esq.
Blanchard, John, Esq.
Brodrick, Rev. J. B., A.M.
Chapman, T., Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.
Chapman, Edward Henry, Esq.
Chapman, Edward W., Esq.
Chapman, Joseph B., Esq.
Chapman, W. R., Esq.
Cholmley, Mrs.
Clarkson, W. N., Esq.
Corner, Mr. John
Craven, Mr. Richard
Chiesman, Mr. W. G.
Dotchon, Mr. William
Dowson, John, Esq., M.D.
Frankland, Mrs.
Glover, Rev. John
Home, Mr. Ralph
HewsoD, Rev. William, A.M.
Hughes, Rev. Joseph, A.M.
Hunton, Mrs.
Hunter, Joseph, Esq.
Huntrods, Thomas, Esq.
Keane, Rev. William, M.A.
Knaggs, Mr. Henry
Mead, E. Preston, Esq., M.D.
Merryweather, G., Esq., M.D.

Nicholson, Mr. J. B.
Newton, Mr. William
Owen, Rev. John
Pannett, R. E., Esq.
Peirson, George, Esq.
Percival, Captain
Richardson, C, Esq.
Richardson, C, Esq. (St. Hilda's)
Richardson, J. B., Esq.
Richardson, Thomas, Esq.
Readman, Mr. T. H.
Rigg, John J., Esq.
Reed, Mr. Silvester
Rohinson, Mr. F. K.
Sherwood, E., Esq., M.D.
Simpson, Mr. Martin
Smales, Gideon, Esq.
Smales, Rev. Gideon
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq.
Strickland, Charles William, Esq.
Snowdon, Mr. Matthew
Stevenson, Mr. John
Stonehouse, Mr. William
Taylerson, John, Esq., L.R.C.P.
Thompson, H. S., Esq.
Trueman, Mr. Thomas H.
Turnbull, Thomas, Esq.
Usherwood, William, Esq., A.M.
Wilson, John, Esq., M.D.
Yeoman, H. W., Esq.
Yeoman, John, Esq., M.D.

ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS.
Buchannan, John, Esq. | Barker, Joseph, Esq.

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HONORARY MEMBERS.

Agassiz, Professor Louis, M.D Neufchatel.

Acheson, Kev. Henry, B A., F.C.P.S London.

Anderson, Mr. Samuel, F.L.S Whitby.

Bagnall, Charles, Esq., M.P Sneaton Castle.

Barlow, Rev. R. J Button Rugby.

Bean, William, Esq Scarborough.

Cockburn, Edwin, Esq London.

Dikes, W. H., Esq., F.L.S Wakefield.

Fryer, William, Esq Newcastle.

Leckenby, J., Esq Scarborough.

Lee, John Edward, Esq Hull.

Moorsom, Major Constantino Birmingham.

Murchison, Sir Roderick I., F.R.S., F.G.S., <fcc London.

Phillips, John, Esq., F.G.S., &c Oxford.

Robertson, Mr. W Newcastle.

Scoresby-Jackson, R. E., Esq., M.D., F.U.^.'E.... Edinburgh.

Sanders, Mr. Andrew Stockton.

Sedgwick, Rev. A., D.D., F.R.S Cambridge.

Stobbs, Rev. W Stromness.

Strickland, Arthur, Esq Bridlington Quay.

West, W. J., Esq Tunbridge.

Williamson, Mr. J. Scarborough.

Williamson, Thomas W., Esq Beverley.

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DONATIONS

Presented to the Museum since the last E>eport.

Mr. ISAAC BATE.— A Prussian Silver Coin. Silver Twopence
of Queen Anne.

T. W. BELCHER, Esq.— The Long-eared Bat.

Rev. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M.— Female Sparrow Hawk.

J. BUCHANNAN, Esq.— Large Lobster, from Cape Cod, in a
glass case.

Mrs. CLARK. — 34 specimens of Coal Fossils, from Halifax.

THOS. CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.— Proceedings of the
Antiquarian Society of London, Earl Stanhope's Address to the
Society of Antiquaries.

Mr. JOHN CORNER.— Gibson 8 two large Prints of Whitby
Abbey, glazed and framed.

EDINBURGH ROYAL SOCIETY.-Their Proceedings, 1863.4.

Mrs. HUNT ON. — Chinese Weighing Machine, small, for the
hand. Three Brass Idols. Eighteen pieces of Chinese Money.
Chinese Wooden Implement for Feeding an Infant.

Mr. G. KITCHING.— River Lamprey, from the Esk. Head of
a Cuttle Fish.

LIVERPOOL LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
— Their Proceedings, No. 18.

GEO. READE, Esq.— A fine specimen of the Owlet and the
Coot.

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Mr. F. K. ROBINSON.—^cZp to Family Devotion, Rev. Thos.
Watson*s, Wliitbj.

Rules to be •* observed and performed " by the Brotherly Society
" held at the House of Mr. Thomas Clark, commonly known by the
sign of the Golden Lion, in Whitby, in the county of York.'*
Printed by Webster of Whitby ; with the names of 140 members.

THOS. STEPHENSON, Esq.— Two small Fishes.

Dr. TAYLERSON.— An East-side View of Whitby, from the
site of the present West Pier Battery, marked as drawn by R. M.
Atty, 1785.

Mr. E. TINDALE, Burlington. — Crag Fossils from that quarter.

H. S. THOMPSON, Esq.— Golden Pheasant.

G. W. WADDINGTON, Esq,— Ammonites Heterophyllus from
the Pecten cygnipes ironstone band,

YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. — Four Litho-
graphic Prints of the Moa, from New Zealand ; the JDiornis rohustus
of Professor Owen.

Donor unknown. — A Death's-head Moth.

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THE FORTY-FOURTH REPORT

OF THB

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PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, 26th OOTOBEE, 1866,

WITH THE

LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE SOCIETY,

LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS,

WHITBY:
PKINTED BY LOCKEY & CLARK, "TIMES*' OFFICE, BAXTERGATE.

18GC.

FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY.

Every person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any Sum of
Money, Specimens, Books, Instruments, or other property, is
requested to make use of the following form : —

** I give and heqiieath to the Trustees for the time heing, of
the Whitby IMerary and Philosophical Society, the Sum of

to he ][>aid out of such
part of my personal estate, as I may legally charge therewith
(here enumerate the effects or property intended to he bequeathed)
And 1 direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Society,
for tlie time heing, shall be an effectual discharge to my Executors
for the said legacy"

REPORT.

The period has again arrived for presenting the
Annual Report of the Whitby Literary and Philo-
sophical Society, this being the forty -fourth year of its
existence.

The payment of the debt on the building which
the Society holds having been steadily kept in view,
it is now gratifying to annoance, that the discharge
of the whole* will shortly be accomplished. The
Society will then be at greater liberty to devote
more of its means for the better accommodation of
its collection, a step which all acknowledge to be
urgently needful. This last point, however, is matter
for future consideration.

Several valuable donations, during the past year,
have been presented to the. Museum. Edmund
Coulson, Esq., has given a large collection of Plants
and Shells, made in the neighbourhood of Whitby,
by the late Wm. Hunter and Wm. Middleton, Esqrs.,

both of whom are alluded to for their knowledge of
botany, by Dr. Young, in his history. We may here
mention that Mr. Middleton was the author of a
botanical work in French, which, like Jones's
" Whitby — a Poem," has hitherto eluded research.
Mrs. G. Clark has presented a variety of marine
Plants, collected on our shores ; Mr. Martin Simpson,
about two hundred specimens of Belemnites from the
Whitby lias ; John Leckenby, Esq., Scarborough, a
variety of very rare British Shells, and some Fossils
from the Drift near Scarborough ; Mr. Bate, a num-
ber of Coins, many of them silver. The donations,
in full, are on a further page.

Among the visitors for the last year, the names are
found of individuals of high scientific attainments,
whose researches, directed to the geology of this
quarter, have been aided by the Society's collection ;
for the specimens on the shelves of a museum in its
various departments hold the same place as the
typographical contents of a library to a lover of
books. Some additions have been made to the
numbers, already obtained, of [those birds which are
known to frequent our neighbourhood ; and though.

of late, we have Dot been so successful in this respect
as at the outset, the object in view will not be for-
gotten. The Ribbon Fish lately procured, which was
cast ashore near Whitby, is pronounced, as a specimen,
to be a great rarity. It was rescued and preserved
by Mr. Kitching.

This season, only three Lectures have been
delivered. One by the Rev. John Andrew, " On
New Zealand ;'* " On Natural History," by Mr.
Martin Simpson ; " The Physical Geography of New
Zealand," by the Rev. Gideon Smales.

The visitors' admission money for the present
year amounts to ^9 10s.

LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

1. — The Society- shall be called the Whitby Liter aby and
Philosophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for
promoting the interests of Science by such other means as may
be found practicable.

2. — All Subscribers of One Guinea, and upwards, on admission
and Half-a-Ouinea annually, may be members of the Society; and
Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission and Half-a-Guinea
annually, or of Ten Gui/neas at one time, without any annual
subscription, shall be Governors of this Society.

3. — The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron,
a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and
two Curators, who, with the Committee of eight Members, shall
form the Council of the Society.

4. — The Council shall meet on the first Thursday of every month,
or as often as necessary, — three members forming a quorum.

5. — All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. — A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October in each year, for electing a new Committee,
receiving the report of the retiring Committee, auditing the
Accounts of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business. —
Special Meetings may be called by the Council, or by any ssven
Members, a week's notice being given.

7. — The Museum sball comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous articles,
whether of nature or art ; to which may be added Scientific Books
and Philosophical Apparatus.

8. — The Museum shall be open for the inspection of Members,
Subscribers, and their families, on such days of the week and
under such regulations as the Council shall appoint. On special
occasions, the Curators or the Secretaries may admit Members,
Benefactors, or Strangers, on those days when it is usually shut,

9. — All new Members shall be admitted by ballot at a General
Meeting of the Society on such terms as that meeting shall appoint ;
but the Council may, at any of its meetings, admit to the benefits
of the Institution, Subscribers paying Twelve Shillings yearly, in
advance. Such Subscribers shall have no share in the property of
the Society, nor vote at its meetings, nor hold office in it ; but they
shall have the privilege of introducing strangers and members of
their own family to the Museum, and of attending Lectures, on the
same terms as Members of the Society.

10. — Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the
Society, may be elected Honorary Members, but such Honorary
Members, unless Subscribers, shall have no share in the property of
•the Society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. — The Museum may be open to the public under such restric-
tions as the Council may deem necessary.

12. — Every Member shall be at liberty to sell or dispose of his
share; and if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death,
descend to his representative ; but the Society shall decide by ballot
whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted as a
Iklember of the Institution. When any share is transferred, all
assignees of a Life-governor shall continue to pay the Annual
Subscription of Salf-a-Guinea or Five Guineas in lieu of sub-
scription.

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13. — The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer, in
advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the
General Meeting in each year. If any Member neglect to pay his
subscription before the Annual Meeting, he shall be excluded from
the benefits of the Institution until all arrears due on his share be
paid up ; and if any member neglect paying his subscription for
two years, he shall, after due notice given him by the Secretary to
that ejffect, be excluded from the Society, and forfeit all right and
interest in the property of the Institution.

14. — If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause
any damage to the property of the Society, such Member shall
make good the loss or damage so sustained.

15. — Any Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards the
Society, or persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled, after
means have been used by the Council without efiect for bringing
him to order ; but such expulsion shall not take place without
giving him a month's notice, nor without the concurrence of three-
fourths of the Members present at a Meeting of the Society held
for that purpose.

16. — Every Member on his admission, shall sign an obligation
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the
Society so long as he continues a Member.

17. — These Laws may be amended or enlarged at any General
or Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been
submitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two
months previous to the Meeting.

18. — Members can borrow or take away from the Museum books
belonging to the Society, by permission, and under regulations
sanctioned by the Council.

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RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE MUSEUM.

Adopted by the Council and Confirmed by a General Meeting^,

1. — The Museum shall be open every week-day by application
at the Baths.

2. — Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally or by
a written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All persons not so introduced, not being Honorary
Members, Benefactors, or belonging to the household of Members
or Subscribers, shall pay Sixpence each for admission ; Children
and Servants shall be admitted at half-price.

3. — The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of
the Members introducing them, shall be entered in a book for that
purpose.

4. — IS^o person shall be permitted to handle the specimens, or
take a stick or umbrella into the Museum, or anything likely to
occasion damage,

5. — The Museum shall be open to the public on the first Monday
in each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions : —

6. — The admission shall be by ticket given by Members or
Subscribers.

7. — Children under 14 years shall not be admitted unless under
the care of an adult.

8. — All who thus visit the Museum are expected to conduct
themselves in an orderly manner.

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1866.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.
Rev. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M. |

%xmuxtx :

CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., St. Hilda's.

CHIESMAN, Mr. W. G.
DOWSON, Dr.
KEANE, Rev. W., A.M.
OWEN, Rev. J. ,

PANNETT, R. E., Esq.
RIGG, J. J., Eeq.
STONEHOUSE, Mr. W.
WILSON. Dr.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

CRAVEN. Mr. RICHARD.

BARRTCK, H., Esq.
BLANCliARD, J., Esq.
CHAPMAN, J. B., Esq.
CHAPMAN, E. H , Esq.
CHAPMAN, T., Esq.
CHAPMAN, E. W., Esq.
CHAPMAN, W. R.,'Esq.

NOEL, E. F., Esq.
RICHARDSON, C, Esq., St.Hilda'e
SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN.
SMALES, Rev. GIDEON.
YEOMAN, H. W., Esq.

Smetertes :

TAYLERSON, Dr. | ROBINSON, Mr. F. K.

CLARKSON, W. N., Esq. | SIMPSON, Mb. MARTIN.

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

Atkinson, Anthony, Esq.
Atkinson, Anthony 0., Esq., A.M.
Anderson. Mr. Francis.
Barrick, H., Esq. (West Side.)
Belcher, Thomas W., Esq.
Blanchard, John, Esq.
Brodrick, Rev. J. B., A.M.
Chapman, T., Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.
Chapman, Edward Henry, Esq.
Chapman, Edward W., Esq.
Chapman, Joseph B., Esq.
Chapman, W. R., Esq.
Cholmley, Mrs.
Clarkson, W. N., Esq.
Corner, Mr. John
Craven, Mr. Richard
Chiesman, Mr. W. G.
DotchoD, Mr. William
Dowson, John, Esq., M.D.
Frankland, Mrs.
Glover, Rev. John
Home, Mr. Ralph
Hewson, Rev. William, A.M.
Hughes, Rev. Joseph, A.M.
Hunt on, Mrs.
Hanter, Joseph, Esq.
Huntrods, Thomas, Esq.
Keane, Rev. William, M.A,
Lockey, Mr. W. G.
Mead, E. Preston, Esq., M.D.
Merryweather, G., Esq , M.D.

Nicholson, Mr. J. "B.
Newton, Mr. William
Owen, Rev. John
Pannett, R. E. Esq.
Peirson, George, Esq.
Percival, Captain
Richardson, C, Esq.
Richardson, C, Esq. (St. Hilda's)
Richardson, J. B,, Esq.
Richardson, Thomas, Esq.
Readman, Mr. T. H.
Rigg, John J., Esq.
Reed, Mr. Silvester
Robinson, Mr. F. K.
Sherwood, E., Esq., M.D.
Simpson, Mr. Martin
Smales, Gideon, Esq.
S males. Rev. Gideon
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq
Strickland, Charles William, Esq.
Suowdon, Mr. Matthew
Stevenson, Mr. John
Stonehouse, Mr. William
Taylerson, John. Esq., L.R.C.P.
Thompson, H. S., Esq.
Trueman, Mr. Thomas H.
Turnbull, Thomas, Esq.
Usherwood, William, Esq., A.M.
Wilson, John, Esq., M.D.
Yeoman, H. W., Esq.
Yeoman, John, Esq., M.D.

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
3achannan, John, Esq. | Barker, Joseph, Esq.

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HONORARY MEMBERS.

Agasslz, Professor Louis, M.D Neufcliatel.

Acbeson, Rev. Henry, B.A., F.C.P.C London.

Anderson, Mr. Samuel, F.L.S Wliithy.

Bagnall, Charles, Esq., M.P Sneaton Castle.

Barlow, Rev. R. J Hutton Rughy.

Bean, William, Esq Scarhorough.

Cockburn, Edwin, Esq London.

Dikes, W. H., Esq., F.L.S Wakefield.

Fryer, William, Esq Newcastle.

Leckenby, J. Esq Scarborough.

Lee, John Edward, Esq Hull.

Moorsom, Major Constantino Birmingham.

Murcbison, Sir Roderick L, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c London.

Phillips, John, Esq., F.G.S., &c Oxford-

Robertson, Mr. W Newcastle.

Scoresby- Jackson, R. E., Esq., M.D,, F.R.S.E Edinburgh.

Sedgwick, Rev. A., D.D., F.R.S •. Gambridge.

Stobbs, Rev. W 8trom.nsss.

Strickland, Arthur, Esq Bridlington Quay.

West, W. J., Esq Tunbridge.

Williamson, Mr. J Scarborc

Williamson, Thomas W. Esq Beverley.

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DONATIONS

Presented to the Museum since the last Report.

Mr. I. BATE, —5 Silver Coins, viz., Colonial Half-crown of
George 4th, 20 Cent Pieces of Napoleon, 3 Cent Pieces of the
United States, a Spanish Coin, 1756 ; Hamburgh Schelling,
2 Copper Coins, viz., a 5 Cent Piece, and a 10 Cent Piece of
Napoleon 3.

Kev. J. B. BRODKICK, A.M.— A Silver Coin of Ferdinand
and others.

G. BUCHANNAN, Esq.— Plans of Lands near Whitby, inter-
esting, as drawn by Lionel Charlton.

Mr, S. BURN". — -A Leaden Token marked with the name of
the Rev. Peter Thompson, formerly of Cliff-lane Chapel, Whitby ;
its use being that of an admission ticket to the Sacrament.

THOS. CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., &c.— 39th Vol., Part 2nd
of the Archaeologia.

Mrs. G. CLARK. — 22 fine specimens of Marine Plants, col-
collected near Whitby ; 2 specimens of Helix Uva.

EDMUND COULSON, Esq.— A large collection of Plants and
Shells, made in the neighbourhood of Whitby, by Wm. Hunter
and Wm. Middleton, Esqs.

COMMANDER HARRINGTON, R.N.— A Model of a Japanese
Rice June.

HULL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—
Their last year's Report.

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Mr. THOS. KING,— 4 Prints of Old Views of Wlaithy.

JOHN LECKENBY, Esq., Scarborough.— 5 very rare British
Shells, viz., 2 Fusns Turtoni, F. Berniciensis, Buccinum Dalei,
Panopoea Norvigica, and 4 Lias Fossils, from the Drift, near
Scarborough.

Mr. LISTER, Glazedale. — ^A fine stuffed specimen of the Black
Grouse, and 25 Insects, collected in the neighbourhood ; a Ring
Dove, Stock Dove, and Fly Catcher.

G. READE, Esq. — A specimen of Medusa in spirit, and a

curious Flint found beneath the chancel floor of Bishopboume
church.

C. RICHARDSON, Esq. (St. Hilda's), Fossils from Cambridge. '

Mr. MARTIN SIMPSON.— A collection of about 200 speci-
mens of Belemnites from the Whithy Lias.

Mr. WM. STONEHOUSE.— A fine stuffed specimen of the
Wood Grouse, from Norway ; and a Photograph of " St. Hilda's
Monument," as an old memorial cross, standing in the chancel of
Hackness church.

Dr. TAYLERSON.— Three Copper Coins ; one being a Greek
coin of Ptolemy ; Engraving of a Chart, drawn by the late Francis
Gibson, F.A.S., of Whitby, for ships sailing to Copenhagen ; Two
French Assignats.

Capt. WHITE, Hawsker.— Sacred Fire Reeds of the Arabs,
from Aran ; a Spider in Spirit, from Africa ; and Iron Pyrites
from Genoa.

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AND

A LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

WHITBY:
S. REED, PRINTER, OLD MARKET PLACE AND WEST CLIFF.

1867.

FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY.

•:o:-

Every person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any Sum of
Money, Specimens, Books, Instruments, or other Property, is
requested to make use of the following Form : —

" / give and bequeath to the Trustees for the time heing^ of
the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society^ the Sum of

to be paid out of such
part of my pergonal Estate^ as I may legally charge therewith
(here enumerate effects or property intended to be bequeathed)
And I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Society, for
the time being ^ shall be an effectual discharge to my Executors for the
said legacy"

REPOET.

In bringing forward the Forty-fifth Report of the
Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society,
the substance in point of detail will be found similar to
that of the two last preceeding years, viz : — a satis-
factory state of the finances, and certain additions to
the Museum Collection. These additions are chiefly
Donations, the Council keeping steadily in view the
desirability of entire freedom from debt, before any
material outlay can be contemplated.

During the past year, our President, Thomas Chap-
man, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., has given, as usual, the
publications for that period, of the Archeological
Society, &c. R. M. Hunton, Esq., has added to the
fossil treasures of the Museum a large specimen of the
Icthyosaurus, from the Loftus Alum Works, in this
quarter ; and the Society, in consideration of so valu-
able a donation, have elected him a Governor of the
Institution. The Memoirs of the Geological Survey
of the United Kingdom, eight in number, obtained

free on application through Sir R. Murchison, form,
with their costly and unrivalled illustrations of fossil
specimens, a valuable accession to the Museum Library.

Since the publication of the last Report, death has
removed three of our oldest supporters — Christopher
Richardson, Esq., Field House, one of the Vice-
Presidents of this Society; John Blanshard, Esq., one
of its Life Governors ; and Thomas Turnbull, Esq., as
one among the very few left of our earliest Subscribers.
To these matters of regret, we have to add the early
death of an Honorary Member, Dr. Scoresby-Jackson,
author of '' Medical Climatology," a work which the
medical press has pronounced to be second to none of
its kind ; with other productions, he also wrote the life
of the late Dr. Scoresby, whose liberality to this Society
stands already recorded. Dr. Jackson was a native of
Whitby, but a resident in Edinburgh.

The Council beg to record their thanks to Charles
Bagnall, Esq., M.P., for the late loan of his Collection
of Egyptian Antiquities, and for the pamphlets descrip-
tive of the same, which he placed at their disposal for
distribution.

Mr. W. Dotchon has allowed the comb with Runic
characters which he lately found in this quarter, to be

exhibited in the Museum. Of bone, and belonging to
the 7th century, it is accompanied with a copy of the
inscription as deciphered by the Rev. Dr. Haigh, of
Erdington, near Birmingham.

The Lectures during the past year, were the
following : —

November. — '' On Natural History," by Mr. Martin
Simpson,

January. — "On Coal," by Charles Bagnall, Esq,,
M.P.

March. — " On the Ornithology of New Zealand,"
by the Rev. Gideon Smales.

The admission money to the Museum since last
October amounted to £9 10s.

-:o:

1. — The Society shall be called the Whitby Liteeaey and
Philosophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for pro-
moting the interests of Science by such other means as may be found
practicable.

2. — All Subscribers of One Guinea, and upwards, on admission,
and Half-a-Guinea annually, may be Members of the Society ; and
Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half-a-Guinea
annually, or of Ten Gnineas at one time, without any annual Sub-
scription, shall bo Governors of this Society.

3. — The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron, a
President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and two
Curators, who, with the Committee of eight Members, shall form the
Council of the Society.

4. — The Council shall meet on the first Thursday of every month,
or as often as necessary, — three Members forming a quorum.

5. — All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. — A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October in each year, for electing a new Committee,
receiving the Eeport of the retiring Committee, auditing the Accounts
of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business. Special
Meetings may be called by the Council, or by any seven Members, a
week's notice being given. ^

7. — The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous articles,
whether of nature or art ; to which may be added Scientific Books
and Philosophical Apparatus.

8. — The Museum shall be open for the inspection of Members,
Subscribers, and their famiKes, on such days of the week, and under
such regulations as the Council shall appoint. On special occasions,
the Curators or the Secretaries may admit Members, Benefactors, or
Strangers, on those days when it is usually shut.

9. — All new Members shall be admitted by ballot at a General
Meeting of the Society on such terms as that Meeting shall appoint ;
but the Council may, at any of its Meetings, admit to the benefits of
the Institution, Subscribers paying Twelve Shillings yearly, in advance.
Such Subscribers shall have no share in the property of the Society, nor
vote at its Meetings, nor hold office in it ; but they shall have the
privilege of introducing Strangers and Members of their own family to
the Museum, and of attending Lectures, on the same terms as Members
of the Society.

10. — Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the
Society may be elected Honorary Members, but such Honorary
Members, unless Subscribers, shall have no share in the property of
the Society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. — The Museum may be open to the public under such restrictions
as the Council may deem necessary.

12. — Every Member shall be at liberty to se^T or dispose of his
share ; and if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death,
descend to his representative ; but the Society shall decide by ballot
whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted as a
Member of the Institution. When any Share is transferred, all
Assignees of a Life Governor shall continue to pay the Annual
Subscription of Half -a- Guinea or Five Guineas in lieu of Sub-
scription.

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13. — The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer, in
advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the
General Meeting in each year. If any Member neglects to pay his
Subscription before the Annual Meeting, he shall be excluded from
the benefits of the Institution until all arrears due on his share be
paid up ; and if any Member neglect paying his Subscription for two
years, he shall, after due notice given him by the Secretary to that
effect, be excluded from the Society, and forfeit all right and interest
in the Property of the Institution.

14. — If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause any
damage to the Property of the Society, such Member shall make good
the loss or damage so sustained.

15. — Any Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards the
Society, or persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled, after
means have been used by the Council without effect for bringing him to
order; but such expulsion shall not take place without giving him a
month's notice, nor without the concurrance of three-fourths of the
Members present at a Meeting of the Society held for that
purpose.

16. — ^Every Member on his admission, shall sign an obligation
bindmg himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of th^
Society so long as he continues a Member.

17. — These Laws may be amended or enlarged at any General
or Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been sub-
mitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two months
previous to the Meeting.

18. — ^Members can borrow or take away from the Museum books
belonging to the Society, by permission, and under Regulations
sanctioned by the Council.

KDLES FOR ADMISSION TO THE MUSEUM.

Adopted by the Council and Confirmedhy a Generel Meeting,

1. — The Museum shall be open every week-day by application at
the Baths.

2. — Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally or by a
written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All persons not so introduced, not being Honorary Members,
Benefactors, or belonging to the household of Members or Sub-
scribers, shall pay Sixpence each for admission; Children and
Servants shall be admitted at half-price.

3. — The names and abodes of all visitors, with the names of
the Members introducing them, shall be entered in a book for that
purpose.

4. — No person shall be permitted to handle the specimens, or take
a stick or umbrella into the Museum, or anything likely to occasion
damage.

5. — The Museum shall be Open to the Public on the first Monday
in each month, from 11 to 1, under the followmg restrictions : —

6. — The Admission shall be by Ticket given by Members or
Subscribers.

7. — Children under 14 years shall not be admitted unless under the
care of an adult.

B.— All who thus visit the Museum are expected to conduct them-
selves in an orderly manner.

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THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S, F.S.A.

Ret. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M. | C. RICHARDSON, Esq., St Hilda's

CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., St. Hilda'^

CHIESMAN, Mb. W. G.
DOWSON, Dk.
KEANE, Rev. W., A.M.
OWEN, Rev. J.

PANNETT, R. E., Esq.
RIGG, J. J., Esq
STONEHOUSE, Mb. W.
WILSON, Db.

^avemoxs try StibsxiJnptixin*

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM,

BARRICK, H., Esq.
CHAPMAN, J. B., Esq.
CHAPMAN, E. H., Esq.
CHAPMAN, T., Esq.
CHAPMAN, E. W., Esq.
CHAPMAN, W. R., Esq.

HUNTON, R. M., Esq.
NOEL, E. F., Esq.
RICHARDSON, C, Esq., St. Hilda's
SIMPSON, Mb. MARTIN
SMALES, Rev. GIDEON
YEOMAN, H. W„ Esq.

TAYLERSON, Db. | ROBINSON, Me. F. K.

igutatats.

CLARKSON, W. N., Esq. | SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN

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M^«1IES €F TM« S^-€«TY.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

Atkinson, Anthony 0., Esq., A.M.
Anderson, Mr. Francis
Barrick, H., Esq. (West Side)
C. Bagnall, Esq., M.P.
Belcher, Thomas W., Esq.
Brodrick, Rev. J. B ., A.M.
Chapman, T., Esq.,F.R.S., F.S.A.
Chapman, Edward Henry, Esq
Chapman, Edward W., Esq.
Chapman, Joseph B., Esq.
Chapman, W. R., Esq.,
Cholmley, Mrs.
Clarkson, W. N., Esq.
Corner, Mr. John
Craven, Mr. Richard
Chiesman, Mr. W. G.
Dotchon, Mr. William
Dowson, John, Esq., M.D.
Frankland, Mrs.
Glover, Rev. John
Home, Mr. Ralph
Hewson, Rev. William, A.M.
Hughes, Rev. Joseph, A.M.
Hunton, Mrs.
Hunter, Joseph, Esq.
Huntrods, Thomas, Esq.
Keane, Rev. William, M.A.
Lockey, Mr, W. G.
Mead, E.Preston, Esq., M.D.
Merryweather, G., Esq., M.D.

Nicholson, Mr. J. B.
Newton, Mr. William
Owen, Rev. John
Pannett, R. E., Esq.
Peirson, George, Esq.
Percival, Captain
Richardson, C, Esq., St. Hilda's
Richardson, J. B., Esq.
Richardson, Thomas, Esq.
Readman, Mr. T. H.
Rigg, John J., Esq.
Reed, Mr. Silvester
Robinson, Mr. F. K.
Sherwood, E., Esq., M.D.
Simpson, Mr. Martin
Smales, Gideon, Esq.
Smales, Rev. Gideon
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq.
Strickland, Charles William, Esq.
Snowdon, Mr. Matthew
Stevenson, Mr. John
Stonehouse, Mr. William
Taylerson, John, Esq., L.R.C.P.
Trueman, Mr. Thomas H.
Turnbull, Thomas, Esq.
Usherwood, William, Esq., A.M.
Wilson, John, Esq., M.D.
Yeoman, H. W., Esq.
Yeoman, John, Esq., M.D.
Yorke, Mr. Algernon.

ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS.
Buchannan, John, Esq. | Barker, Joseph, Esq.

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SOUillEY MSMIMS.

Agassiz, Professor Lewis, M.D Neufchatel

Acheson, Rev. Henry, B.A., F.C.P.C , London

Barlow, Rev. R. J Hutton Rughy

Cockbum, Edwin, Esq London

Dikes, W. H., Esq., F.L.S Wakefield

Fryer, William, Esq Newcastle

Leckenby, J., Esq Scarborough

Lee, John Edward, Esq Hull

Moorsom, Major Constantine"' Birmingham

Murchison, Sir Roderick I., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c London

Philips, John, Esq., F.G.S., &c Oxford

Robertson, Mr. W Newcastle

Sedgwick, Rev. A., D.D., F.R.S Cambridge

Stobbs, Rev. W Stromness

Strickland, Arthur, Esq Bridlington Quay

West, W. J., Esq Tunbridge

Williamson, Mr. J Scarborough

Williamson, Thomas W., Esq Beverley

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Rev. J. B. BRODRICK, M.A.— Some British Insects.

Mr. J. BARRY, Esk Terrace.— A Silver 5 Franc, time of the
French Revolution.

Mr. I. BATE.— Silver Half-Franc of the French Republic ; Silver
Sixpence, George III., 1787 ; Silver Threepence, William IV. ; Silver
Groat, Charles 11. ; Silver Quarter Franc, Louis Philip ; Silver Five
Cents., United States ; Coin of Fifty Cents., Napoleon III. ; Half
Franc, Charles X.

Captain BAXTER.—A SHver SchiUmg ; Hamburgh, 1773.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq.-— Vols. 40 and 41 of the Archoeologia,
Vol, 3, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries. Lloyd's List.
July 31st., 1747, No. 1219.

Mrs. G. CLARK. — 12 specimens of rare Algoe, from this neighbour-
hood. A fine specimen of Belemnites Tubularis.

CECIL DENNY, Esq., London.— -Seal, shot by hhn on the Coast
near Whitby.

THOMAS DOTCHON, Esq.— Plan and Section in Colored
Lithography of the Railway between Whitby and Pickering, surveyed
under the dbrection of G. Stephenson, Esq., by Fred. Swanwick ; also
a Copy of Act of Parhament for the same, dated 1833.

EDIt^BURGH ROYAL SOCIETY.— Their Proceedings.

HULL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—
Then- last Report.

R. M. HUNTON, Esq. — Large Fossil specimen of the Icthyosaurus
or Lizard Fish.

LEEDS LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—
Their last Report.

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VV. C. MARQUE, Esq.— Baillier's Gazette of New South Wales.

Sir R. MURCHISON.— Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the
United Kmgdom, eight in number.

Mr. WM. KING. — Five Engraved Views relating to Whitby and
the Neghbourhood, chiefly from Old Drawings. Gray's Genera of
Birds. A Copper Coin.

Mrs. ROTHWELL.— A " Boat Yoke," said to have belonged to
the celebrated circumnavigator Captain Cook.

Mr. F. K. ROBINSON.— Drawing by Dr. Haigh, of the 7th.
Century. Comb alluded to, with its inscription. Volume of Sermons
by the late Rev. Joseph Robertson, of Sleights ; Inscribed to the
Very Reverend the Dean of Ripon, R. D. Waddilove, who was
formerly Incumbent of Whitby. Printed by Webster, on the Crag,
1795.

Mr. M. SIMPSON. — Cincindela campestris taken near the
Museum.

Rev. GIDEON SMALES.— Several Old Acts of Parliament re-
lating to Whitby. Specimen of Coral, from the Mountain Limestone
of Swaledale. His Work on Whitby Authors and their Pubhcations-
A Manuscript Journal of a Whitby ship ; and four other Pubhcations.

R. SCORESBY-JACKSON, M.D.— His Pamphlet on a particular
case of Typhus Fever.

Mr. TYERMAN.— Stockton Penny Token.

CAPTAIN WHITE, Hawsker.— Cameleons Eggs in spirits.
African Gourd.

f Dr. TAYLERSON.— -A French Assignat. A Handbill of Sale of
vessel called Three Brothers^ Whitby built, " John Jackson, deceased,
late Master," London, March 20th, 1755.

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OF THE

Whitby Literai^

AND

Philosophical Society,

PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING,
25TH OCTOBER, 1868,

WITH THE

J^attfs M& ^i^nMiQn oj i^ Motu%

AND

A LIST OF THE OFFICERS & MEMBERS,

f WHITBY :

PRINTED BY WILLIAM NEWTON, BAXTERGATE.
^ 1868.

FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY.

Every person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any Sum
of Money, Specimens, Books, Instruments, or other Property, is
requested to make use of the following Form: —

^^ I give and bequeath to the Trustees for the time being, of
the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, the Sum of

to be paid out of such
part of my personal Estate as I may legally charge therewith,
(here enumerate effects or property intended to be bequeathed)
And I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Society,
for the time being, shall be an effectual discharge to my Executors
for the said legacy"

I\^E PORT

TN reporting the proceedings of the Whitby
I Literary and Philosophical Society during
the forty-sixth year of its existence, the Council
have the satisfaction of stating that the affairs of
the Institution continue to prosper, and that in the
various departments of the Museum several acces-
sions, as usual, have been made by donation. At
the same time, a few books of a local character have
been purchased for the Museum Library, such as
the illustrated works of Csedmon, the poet of Streon-
shalh, and the copious philological publication of the
Rev J. C. Atkinson, recently issued, namely, " The
Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect."

It is likewise gratifying to notice the visits to the
Museum during the past year, of men of science
from a distance, for the purpose of consulting its
stores in geology, by the examination and comparison
of which, they are enabled to increase the interest of
their prospective publications, as in previous periods.

And here, another relative point may be alluded to.
We are glad to find that our able curator, Mr Martin
Simpson, has re-published his Hand-book on the
Geology of the Yorkshire Coast, to which he has
added sectional illustrations. The work, for its value,
has been much in request, and apart from its general
use on the subject of Geology, Its details display in
ah admirably comprehensive form, the rich field In
those matters which the Immediate neighbourhood
of Whitby presents. We learn that in studying the
Geology of the Yorkshire coast, much assistance
may be derived from the Museums of Whitby and
Scarborough. The Scarborough Museum, as might
be expected, is the richest In fossils of the Oolite and
the strata above It; whilst the Whitby Museum
contains, along with a good collection of Oolite and
Cretaceous fossils, a very full and valuable collection
of the Lias fossils of the district. Including several
large fossil saurians, especially the almost unique
Teliosaurus or Crocodile, discovered in the adjacent
cliff In 1824. This kind of statement may not be
overlooked, as shewing in a marked degree, that the
Society and Its supporters are carrying out the object
for which the Institution was established.

The Lecture-room hitherto used by the Society
proving Inconveniently small on several occasions,
the Committee of the Subscription Library have

been applied to for the use of their Reading-room,
which has been conditionally granted.

There have been three Lectures delivered during
the past year, viz., by

Charles Bagnall, Esq., M.P., on ** Iron."

Dr. Brown, on **The Dessication of South Africa;
its Cause and Cure.

Mr Martin Simpson, on ** Taste." ^*^

Admission money to the Museum since October
last, £^.

RULES AND REGULATIONS.

1. — The Society shall be called the Whitby Liteeaby and
Philosophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for pro-
moting the interests of Science by such other means as may be
found practicable.

2. — All Subscribers of One Guinea, and upwards, on admission,
and Half' a- Guinea annually, may be Members of the Society ;
and Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half -a- Guinea
Annually, or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any annual
Subscription, shall be Governors of this Society.

3. — The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron,
a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries,
and two Curators, who, with the Committee of eight Members,
shall form the Council of the Society.

4. — The Council shall meet on the first Thursday of every
month, or as often as necessary, three Members forming a quorum.

o. — All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. — A GiJneral Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October in each year, for electing a new Committee,
receiving the Eeport of the retiring Committee, auditing the
Accounts of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business.
Special Meetings may be called by the Council, or by any seven
Members, a week's notice being given.

7. — The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiqui-
ties, specimens of Natural History, with other miscellaneous

articles, whether of nature or art ; to which may be added Scien-
tific Books and Philosophical Apparatus.

8. — The Museum shall be open for the inspection of Members,
Subscribers, and their families, on such days of the week, and under
such regulations as the Council shall appoint. On special occasions
the Curators or the Secretaries may admit Members, Benefactors,
or Strangers, on those days when it is usually shut.

9. — All new Members shall be admitted by ballot at a General
Meeting of the Society on such terms as that meeting shall ap-
point ; but the Council may, at any of its Meetings, admit to the
benefits of the Institution, Subscribers paying Twelve Shillings
yearly, in advance. Such Subscribers shall have no share in the
property of the Society, nor vote at its Meetings, nor hold office in
it ; but they shall have the privilege of introducing Strangers and
Members of their own family to the Museum, and of attending
Lectures, on the same terms as Members of the Society.

10. — Grentlemen who have rendered important services to the
Society may be elected Honorary Members, but such Honorary
Members, unless Subscribers, shall have no share in the property
of the Society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. — The Museum may be open to the public under such restric-
tions as the Council may deem necessary.

12. — Every Member shall be at liberty to sell or dispose of his
share ; and if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death,
descend to his representative ; but the Society shall decide by
ballot whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted
as a Member of the Institution. When any share is transferred,
all Assignees of a Life Governor shall continue to pay the annual
Subscription of Half-a-Guinea or Five Guineas in lieu of
Subscription.

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13. — The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer,
in advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the
General Meeting in each year. If any Member neglects to pay his
Subscription before the Annual Meeting, he shall be excluded from
the benefits of the Institution until all arrears due on his share be
paid up ; and if any Member neglect paying his Subscription for
two years, he shall, after due notice given him by the Secretary
to that effect, be excluded from the Society, and forfeit all right
and interest in the Property of the Institution.

14. — If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause
any damage to the Property of the Society, such Member shall
make good the loss or damage so sustained.

15. — Any Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards
the Society, or persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled,
after means have been used by the Council without effect for
bringing him to order ; but such expulsion shall not take place
without giving him a month's notice, nor without the concurrence
of three-fourths of the Members present at a Meeting of the
Society held for that purpose.

16. — Every Member on his admission, shall sign an obligation
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the
Society so long as he continues a Member,

17. — These Laws may be amended or enlarged at any General
or Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been
submitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two
months previous to the meeting.

18.-^Members can borrow or take away from the Museum,
books belonging to the Society, by permission, and under Regu-
lations sanctioned by the Council.

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RULES FOR ADMISSION to the MUSEUM.

Adapted by the Council and Confirmed by a General Meeting.

1. — The Museum shall be open every week-day by application
at the Baths.

2 — Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally or by
a written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All persons not so introduced, not being Honorary
Members, Benefactors, or belonging to the Household of Members
or Subscribers, shall pay Sixpence each for admission ; Children
and Servants shall be admitted at half-price.

3 — The names and abodes of all visitors, with the names of the
Members introducing them, shall be entered in a book for that
purpose.

4. — ^No person shall be permitted to handle the specimens, or
take a stick or umbrella into the Museum, or anything likely to
occasion damage.

5. — The Museum shall be open to the Public on the first Monday
in each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions; —

6. — The Admission shall be by Ticket given by Members or
Subscribers.

7. — Children under 14 years shall not be admitted unless under
the care of an adult.

8. — All who thus visit the Museum are expected to conduct
themselves in an orderly manner.

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1868.

THE MOST ^'OBLE THE MAEQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

Rev. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M. j C. RICHARDSON, Esq., St Hilda's.

CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., St Hilda's.

PANNETT, R. E., Esq.
RIGG, J. J., Esq.

CHIESMAM, Me. W. G.
DOW SON, Dr.
BAGNALL, C. Esq.
OWEN, Rev. J.

STONEHOUSE, Mr. W.
WILSON, Dr.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

BARRICK, H., Esq.
CHAPMAN, J. B., Esq.
CHAPMAN, E. H., Esq.
CHAPMAN, T., Esq.
CHAPMAN. E. W., Esq.
CHAPMAN, W. R., Esq.
CRAVEN, Mr. RICHARD

HUNTON, R. M., Esq.
NOEL, E. F., Esq.
RICHARDSON, C, Esq., St. Hilda';
STRICKLAND, C. W., Esq.
SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN
SxMALES, Rev. GIDEON
YEOMAN, H. W., Esq.

TAYLERSON, Dr. | ROBINSON, Mr. F. K.

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CLARKSON, W. N., Esq. | SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN

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MEMBERS OF THE SOIETY.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMAN BY.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

Atkinson, A. O., Esq., A.M.
Anderson, Mr. Francis
Barrick, H., Esq. (West Side)
Bagnall, C, Esq., M.P.
Belcher, Thomas W., Esq.
Brodrick, Rev. J. B., A.M.
Chapman, T., Esq., F.R.S., &c
Chapman, Edward Henry, Esq
Chapman, Edward W., Esq.
Chapman, Joseph B., Esq.
Chapman, W. R., Esq.
Cholmley, Mrs.
Clarkson, W. N,, Esq.
Corner, Mr. John
Craven, Mr. Richard
Chiesman, Mr. W. G.
Dotchon, Mr. William
Dowson, John, Esq., M.D.
Frankland, Mrs.
Glover, Rev. John
Home, Mr. Ralph
Hewson, Rev. William, A.M.
Hughes, Rev. Joseph, A.M.
Hunton, Mrs.
Huntrods, Thomas, Esq.
Keane, Rev. William, M.A.
Lockej, Mr. W. G.
Marshall, Mr. B.
Mead, E. Preston, Esq., M.D.
Merry weather, G., Esq., M.D.

Nicholson, Mr. J. B.
Newton, Mr. William
Owen Rev. John
Pannett, R. E . Esq.
Peirson, George, Esq.
Percival, Thomas, Esq.
Richardson, C, Esq., S. Hilda's
Richardson. J. B., Esq.
Richardson, Thomas, Esq.
Readman, >>. T. H.
Rigg, John J., Esq,
Reed, Mr. Silvester
Robinson, Mr. F. K.
Sherwood, E. Esq., M.D.
Simpson, Mr. Martin
Smales, Gideon, Esq.
Smales, Rev. Gideon
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq.
Strickland, C. W., Esq.
Snowdon, Mr. Matthew
Stevenson, Mr. John
Stonehouse, Mr. William
Taylerson, J., Esq., L.R.C.P.
Trueman, Mr. Thomas H.
Turnbull, Thomas, Esq.
Usherwood, Wm., Esq., A.M.
Wilson, John, Esq., M.D.
Yeoman, H. W., Esq.
Yeoman, John, Esq., M.D.
Yorke, Mr. Algernon

ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS.
Buchannan, John, Esq. | Barker, Joseph, Esq.

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HONORARY MEMBERS.

Agassiz, Professor Lewis, M.D Neufchatel.

Acheson, Rev. Henry, B.A., F.C.P.C London.

Barlow, Rev. R. J Hutton Rugby.

Cockburn, Edwin, Esq London.

Dikes, W. H., Esq., F.L.S Wakefield.

Fryer, William, Esq Newcastle.

Leckenby, J., Esq Scarborough.

Lee, John Edward, Esq Hull.

Moorsom, Major Constantine Birmingham.

Murchison, Sir R. L, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c. ...London.

Philips, John, Esq., F.G.S., &c Oxford.

Robertson, Mr, W Newcastle.

Sedgwick, Rev. A., D.D., F.R.S Cambridge.

Stobbs, Rev. W Stromness.

Strickland, Arthur, Esq Bridlington Quay.

West, W. J., Esq Tunbridge.

Williamson, Mr. J Scarborough.

Williamson, Thomas W., Esq , Beverley.

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DONATIONS.

J. R. Appleton, Esq.— Wis Poem on '^Cleveland."

C. B agnail, Esq,, M.P. — Dud Dudley's book on
*4ron."

Mr. Edward Barker. — A large Bamboo.

Mr Isaac Bate. — A 50 cent Italian silver coin of
Victor Emanuel. Two ditto of 1863. Indian coin,
two annas, of Queen Victoria. A half-franc of
Napoleon I, 1808. United States half-dime, 1842.
Two Russian coins; 20 kopecs, 1863; 15 kopecs,
1 86 1. Oscar, Sweden, 185 1. All silver. Silver
penny of Edward III.

Mrs. Boanas. — Humming-bird Moth.

Rev. y. B. Brodrick. — Hastings token. Belgian
coin.

Mr. T. Brodrick. — A fossil tooth.

Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., &c. — Six numbers
of the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries.
Lord Stanhope's Address, and list of members. A
copy of the Will of Katherine Duchess of Buckingham
and Normanby, dated 15th February, 1742, with the
Codicil attached.

Mrs. G. Clark. — Esparta grass. Antique Tortoise-
shell watch case, beautifully chased.

Rev. T. F. Cook. — His work on the Telegraph.

Royal Society of Edinburgh. — Their Proceedings
from 1866 to 1867.

Captain Foster. — Two Japanese brass coins, one a
long oval, and both pierced in the centre like Chinese
string money.

Mr. H. Hayes. — A model of the late Mr. George
Chapman's proposed improvements of the Whitby
old Bridge.

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Htcll Literary and Philosophical Society. — Their
Report for 1 867-1 868.

Mr. Lister. — The Meadow Vole, and a collection
of Butterflies and Moths.

Messrs. W. H. & T. Marwood. — Two Kangaroos.

y. y. Rigg, Esq. — Fossil plant from the sandstone
of Sleights brow.

Mr. T. B. Rose, London. — Three specimens of
volcanic products of the last eruption of Vesuvius,
collected by his son, Mr. T. M. Rose.

Mr. Sayner. — A Puffin.

Mr. Sewell. — A Fish — the Gemmous Dragonette.

Mr, Martin Simpson. — Ammonites fimbriates from
the Jet rock; and above 100 other specimens for
illustrating the different beds of Lias near Whitby.

Mr. W. Smith. — A large Dragon-fly.

Miss Smith. — A Humming-bird Moth.

Captain White, Hawsker. — Parasites taken from
a Sun Fish.

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PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, 29TH OCTOBER, 1869,

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LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE & THE GREEK-EGYPTLAN" DL^ WITH STEPS.
The Dial was presented to the British Museum by J. Scott Tucker, Esq., who found it

at the base of the Obelisk called Cleopatra's Needle, at Alexandria, 1852.

fThis engraving forms the frontispiece to the Rev, Wm. Hewson'S forthcoming work on

the Greek-Egyptian Sun-Dial with Seven Steps, and is kindly lent by the Author,]

WHITBY :
PRINTED BY HORNE AND SON, GAZETTE OFFICE,
1869.

FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY.

Every person desiroup of bequeatliing to the Society any Sum of
Money, Specimens, Books, Instruments, or other Property, is requested
to make use of the following Form : —

" / give and bequeath to the Trustees, for the time being, of the Whitby
Literary and Philosophical Society, the Sum of

to be paid out of such part of my personal Estate as I may legally charge
therewith (here enumerate effects or property intended to be bequeathed.)
And I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Society, for the
time being, shall be an effectual dischirge to my Executors for the said legacy."

REPORT

TN reviewing the affairs of the Institution for the last
year, the Council have to record a continuance of
that prosperity, which, from time to time, has marked
its course ; or, as a member lately observed, " the
Society has well maintained its position, and its progress
though not rapid, has been steady and encouraging."
On the present occasion we are glad to announce, that
the Council are now able to direct their attention to
the enlargement of the Museum building, a step long
desired and urgently needed. For want of room,
specimens and objects of interest , that ought to be
conspicuous, are partly hid; while other articles, espe-
cially books, scores of which are locally curious, can-
not obtain a place and are packed out of sight. It is
confidently hoped, however, that the matter having
been taken into consideration at the last meeting, a
plan will be adopted in a short time for giving more
space to the collection ; while we may notice, that the
proposals of our Curator, Mr. Simpson on the subject,
accord upon the whole, with the suggestions of those
who may be appointed to carry out the work.

The Museum continues to be eminently attractive,
many of its visitors, as in preceding years, being those
of position in science and literature. The value of the
Society is well seen in its connexion with similar in-
stitutions, and to make this observation more apparent.

it would not be difficult to enlarge on the aid in num-
bers of instances, which our geological stores in parti-
cular, have afforded both to individuals and societies
devoted to kindred pursuits in other places ; for in
looking back among previous Reports we find men-
tioned the visits of such men as Agassiz and Buckland
for the purpose of obtaining a loan in the department
of our fossil fishes, and applying them by engraving
and description to illustrate their work on such objects,
which is known to have a national reputation. It
would be easy in this way to multiply cases, but we
may not omit to notice the late loan by request of our
fossil " Zamia Gigas," to the British Museum, as a
rare example pertaining to fossil botany, a subject upon
which certain heads of that Institution were engaged.
Of these treasures, as the yield of this vicinity, how
desirable to have an extended Synopsis when the pre-
sent list may have to be reprinted. Specimens of rare
manifestation are apparent enough to the professional
visitor, but are not so to the numbers, and without a
compendium of leading contents, many a valuable item
is as liable to be overlooked, as though it had never
been deposited.

A noteworthy addition has lately been made to our
natural history selection, by the purchase of an Opal,
or King-fish, a species which Yarrel observes, is as
beautiful as it is rare, being a native of the Western
shores of Africa. Taken on the rocks about six miles
north of Whitby, its body is an oval above three feet
long, the back and sides of a green color, passing
downwards into a hue of purple and yellow, with a
sprinkling of yellowish white spots ; the fins being
vermilion, and the eye-circles scarlet. Of the few that

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have strayed to this country, one was captured at
Bridlington in 1838, and there is one, it is stated, in
the British Museum.

Since the publication of the last Report, we have to
regret the loss by death of W. N. Clarkson, Esq.,
Surgeon, one of our curators. With a share of
geological knowledge, he was well versed in numis-
matic pursuits, and possessed a costly collection of
coins of various periods, pertaining chiefly to our
national or British currency. For many years he
assisted in aiding the objects of this Society. Mr.
Algernon Yorke has kindly agreed to fill the position
which Mr. Clarkson held among us.

A. W. English, Esq., of Aislaby, is added this
year to the list of members.

Since last October, in connection with the Institu-
tion, two Lectures have been delivered, — one by Mr.
Martin Simpson, on "Natural History;" the other
by Dr. Brackebusch, on " The Origin of Coal."

On an appointed evening previous to the summer
months, much to the gratification of a large assemblage,
an Exhibition with Microscopes took place in the
Library-room. There were eight first-class instru-
ments of various types, with objects selected from the
departments of entomology, botany, mineralogy,
minute mineral conchology, &c. The exhibitors and
owners of the microscopes were Geo. Reade, Esq.,
Mr. Wm. Haigh, Mr. Edwin Turnbull, Mrs. Geo.
Clarke, Mr. W. Stonehouse, and Mr. T.B. Bridges,

The amount received for admission to the Museum,
for the last twelve months, is £7. The list of donations
will be found on a further page.

KULES & KEGULATIONS.

1.— The Society shall be called The Whitby Literary and
Philosophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for pro-
moting the interests of Science by such other means as may be found
practicable.

2. — ^All Subscribers of One Guinea, and upwards, on admission,
and Half-a-Guinea annually, may be members of the Society ; and
Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half-a-Guinea
annually, or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any annual Sub-
scription, shall be Governors of this Society.

2. — The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron, a
President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and two
Curators, who, with the Committee of eight Members, shall form the
Council of the Society.

4. — The Council shall meet on the first Thursday of every month,
or as often as necessary, three Members forming a quorum.

5. — All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. — A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October in each year, for electing a new Committee, re-
ceiving the Report of the retiring Committee, Auditing the Accounts
of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business. Special Meet-
ings may be called by the Council, or by any seven Members, a
week's notice being given.

7. — The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, and other miscellaneous articles,
whether of nature or art ; to which may be added Scientific Books,
and Philosophical Apparatus,

8.— The Museum shall be open for the inspection of Members,
Subscribers, and their families, on such days of the week, and under
such regulations as the Council shall appoint. On special occassions
the Curators, or the Secretaries, may admit Members, Benefactors, or
Strangers, on those days when it is usually shut.

9. — All new Members shall be admitted by ballot at a General Meet-
ing of the Society on such terms as that meeting shall appoint ; but
the Council may, at any of its meetings, admit to the benefits of the
Institution, Subscribers paying Twelve Shillings yearly in advance,
Such Subscribers shall have no share in the property of the Society,
nor vote at its meetings, nor hold oflGice in it ; but they shall have the
privilege of introducing Strangers and Members of their own family
to the Museum, and of attending Lectures, on the same terms as
Members of the Society.

10. — Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the
Society, may be elected Honorary Members, but such Honorary
Members, unless Subscribers, shall have no share in the property of
the Society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. — The Museum may be open to the public under such restrictions
as the Council may deem necessary.

12. — Every Member shall be at liberty to sell or dispose of his
share ; and if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death, descend
to his representative ; but the Society shall decide by ballot whether
the purchaser or representative shall be admitted as a Member of the
Institution. When any share is transferred, all Assignees of a Life
Governor shall continue to pay the annual Subscription of Half-a-
GuiNEA or Five Guineas in lieu of Subscription.

13. — The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer, in
advance, in the month of November, or within a month after the
General Meeting in each year. If any Member neglects to pay his
Subscription before the Annual Meeting, he shall be excluded from
the benefits of the Institution until all arrears due on his share be
paid up ; and if any Member neglect paying his subscription for two
years, he shall, after due notice given him by the Secretary to that
effect, be excluded from the Society, and forfeit all right and interest
in the Property of the Institution.

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l4.— If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause any
damage to the property of the Society, such Member shall make good
the loss or damage so sustained.

15. — Any Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards the
Society, or persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled, after
means have been used by the Council without effect for bringing him
to order ; but such expulsion shall not take place without giving him
a month's notice, nor without the concurrence of three-fourths of the
Members present at a Meeting of the Society held for that purpose.

16. — Every Member, on his admission, shall sign an obligation
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Kegulations of the
Society so long as he continues a Member.

17. — These Laws may be amended or enlarged at any General
or Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been
submitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two months
previous to the meeting.

18. — Membsrs can borrow or take away from the Museum, books
belonging to the Society, by permission, and under Regulations
sanctioned by the Council.

JOULES FOI^y^DMISSION TO THE MlUSEUM.

Adopi^ by the Council, and Confirmed hy a General Meeting.

1. — The Museum shall be open every week-day by application at
the Baths.

2. — ^Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally or by a
written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All persons not so introduced, not being Honorary Mem-
bers, Benefactors, or belonging to the household of Members or Sub-
scribers, shall pay Sixpence each for admission; Children and
Servants shall be admitted at haK-price.

3.— The names and abodes. of all Visitors, with the names of the
Members introducing them, shall be entered in a book for that
purpose.

4. — No person shall be permitted to handle the specimens, or take
a stick or umbrella into the Museum, or anything likely to occasion

5. — The Museum shall be open to the public on the first Monday in
each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions : —

6.— The admission shall be by Ticket given by Members or Sub-
scribers.

7.— Children under 14 years shall not be admitted unless under the
care of an adult.

8. — All who thus visit the Museum are expected to conduct them-
«elves in an orderly manner.

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1869.

f atrxxrt.
THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

'^xcz-^xzsxbznis.

Rev. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M.

C. RICHARDSON, Esq., St. Hilda's.

%XZ-$iJSiVcXZX,

CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., St. Hilda's.
Qimxndl

DOTCHON, Mr. W.
DOWSON, Dr.
BAGNALL, C, Esq.
OWEN, Rev. J.

PANNETT, R. E., Esq.
Rlua, J. J., Esq.
STONEHOUSE, Mr. W.
WILSON, Dr.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

BARRICK, H., Esq.
CHAPMAN, J. B., Esq.
CHAPMAN, T., Esq.
CHAPMAN, E. W., Esq.
CHAPMAN, W. R., Esq.
CRAVEN, Mr. RICHARD
HUNTON, R. M., Esq.

NOEL, E. F., Esq.
RICHARDSON, C, Esq.,

St. Hilda's.
STRICKLAND, C. W., Esq.
SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN
SMALES, Rev. GIDEON
YEOMAN, H. W., Esq.

<Saretam«.
TAYLERSON, Dr. | ROBINSON, Mr. F. K.

Cttratxrr^.
YORKE, Mr. ALGERNON | SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MAEQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE EIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

Atkinson, A. 0., Esq., A.M.
Anderson, Mr. Francis
Barrick, H., Esq. (West Side).
Bagnall, C, Esq.
Belcher, Thomas W., Esq.
Brodrick, Rev. J. B., A.M.
Chapman, T., Esq., F.R.S., &c.
Chapman, Edward W., Esq.
Chapman, Joseph B., Esq.
Chapman, W. R., Esq.
Cholmley, Mrs.
Corner, Mr. John
Craven, Mr. Richard
Dotchon, Mr. William
Dowson, John, Esq., M.D.
Frankland, Mrs.
Glover, Rev. John
Home, Mr. Ralph
Hewson, Rev. William, A.M.
Hughes, Rev. Joseph, A.M.
Hunton, Mrs.
Huntrods, Thomas, Esq.
Keane, Rev. William, M.A.
Lockey, Mr. W. G.
Marshall, Mr. B.
Mead, E. Preston, Esq., M.D.
Merryweather, G., Esq., M.D.
Nicholson, Mr. J. B.

Newton, Mr. William
Owen, Rev. John
Pannett, R. E., Esq.
Percival, Thomas, Esq.
Richardson, C, Esq., St. Hilda's
Richardson, J. B., Esq.
Richardson, Thomas, Esq.
Readman, Mr. T. H.
Rigg, John J., Esq.
Reed, Mr. Silvester
Robinson, Mr. F. K.
Sherwood, E., Esq., M.D.
Simpson, Mr. Martin
Smales, Gideon, Esq.
Smales, Bev. Gideon
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq.
Strickland, C. W., Esq.
Snowdon, Mr. Matthew
Stevenson, Mr. John
Stonehouse, Mr. William
Taylerson, J., Esq., L,R.C.P.
Trueman, Mr. Thomas H.
Turnbull, Thomas, Esq.
Usherwood, Wm., Esq., A.M.
Wilson, John, Esq., M.D.
Yeoman, H. W., Esq.
Yeoman, John, Esq., M.D.
Yorke, Mr. Algernon

ANNUAL SUBSOEIBERS.

BUCHANNNAN, JOHN, Esq. | BARKER, JOSEPH, Es<j.

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HONORARY MEMBERS.

Agassiz, Professor Lewis, M.D. Neufchatet

AcHESON, Rev. Henry, B.A., F.C.P.C London.

Barlow, Rev. R. J Button Rughy.

CocKBURN, Edwin, Esq London.

Dikes, W. H., Esq., F.L.S Wakefield.

Fryer, William, Esq Newcastle.

Leckenby, J. Esq Scarborough.

liEE, John Edward, Esq. Hull.

MuRCHisoN, SirR. I., F.R.S., F.G.S^, &c London,

Philips, John, Esq., F.Gr.S., &c Oxford.

Robertson, Mr. W Newcastle.

Sedgwick, Rev. A., D.D., F.R.S Cambridge.

West, W. J., Esq Tunbridge^

Williamson, Mr. J , Scarborough.

WiLLLOisoN, Thomas W., Esq , , Beverley,

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DONATIONS.

J, R. Appleton,Esq., Durham. — His poetical publi-
cations on Cleveland, and nine parts of Twedders
Bards 8^ Authors. Eccles's Yorkshire Songs.

Rev. J. B. Brodrich, A.M. — A 5-cent. piece; a
paper by Mr. Carruthers, on a new Cycadian plant.

Thos. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., F.S. A. —The 41st
vol. of the Arch(Bologia, and the last seven numbers of
the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries. Also,
Lord Stanhope's Address.

The Commissioners of Patents. — 44 vols., being a
Selection of their publications, vs^ith a Descriptive Index.

Mr. Cooke, of the Royal Circus. — A fine fawn.

Mr. W. Dotchon. — Specimen of rough jet.

Mr. G. Hall. — Old English small silver coin, found
on Whitby sands ; probably a Henry.

Hull Royal Institution. — Their Report.

Mrs, Kitching. — A dormouse.

Mr. W. Lister, jun., Glazedale. — 54 specimens of
the moths and butterflies of the neighbourhood.

Mr. B. Marshall. — Specimen of the Belemnites
limatulus, from the upper lias.

Rev. C. Middleton.—BoxAdex from the West Cliff,
supposed to exhibit glacial action.

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Mr. E, Noble. — Three specimens of Spanish jet.

J. J. Ric/g, Esq. — Fossil plant from Bolton's Quarry,
Sleights Moor.

Mr. M. Simpson. — 53 specimens of lias fossils. Also,
his " Rainfall at Whitby," for 1868.

The late J. B. Smales, Esq.^ M,A. — The Pyrenean
Desman (Myogala pyrenaica),

Smithsonian Institution^ America. — Their Report.

Mr. E. TurnbulL — Medal of the Bust of Lord
Palmerston.

Mr. T. Turner. — Specimen of niixed jet and wood.

Capt. White, HawsJcer. — Three tortoise eggs ; two
copper coins.

Mr. Morley Woodhouse. — Abyssinian manuscript,
on a narrow parchment roll, adorned with coloured
grotesque figures ; from the palace of King Theodore.

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THE FORTY-EIGHTH REPORT

OF THE

PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, 29th OCTOBER, 1870,
WITH THE

LAWS AND EEGULATIOWS OP THE SOCIETY,

AND A

LIST OP THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

WHITBY :
FEINTED BY LOCKEY & CLAKK, TIMES OmCE, BAXTERGATE

1870.

FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY.

Every person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any Sum of
Money, Specimens, Books, Instruments, or other Property, is requested
to make use of the following Form : —

"J give and bequeath to the Trustees, for the time being, of the
Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, the Sum of
to be paid out of such part of my personal Estate as I may legally
charge therewith (here enumerate effects m' property intended to be
bequeathed.) And I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the
said Society, for the time being, shall be an effectual discharge * "^ai
Executors for the said lennr"' /"

REPORT.

Iq the Society's Report for 1869, it was intimated
that the Council were about to direct their attention
to the acquirement of more space for the Museum
Collection, as a step long felt to be needed. Accord-
ingly, during the present year 1870, the forty-eighth
year of the Society's existence, this measure of
extension has, in part, been carried out, by raising
the wino; on the south side of the Bath buildino; so as to
attach to the Museum an additional room 40 feet long
from front to back, and upon an average 10 feet wide,
with its amount of wall surface for the placing of
upright glass cases and other fittings for the reception
of specimens. The arrangements in the new part are
nearly finished; while, as a further advantage, the
alterations have given another chamber to the apart-
ments in this quarter, occupied by the tenant of the
Baths. To complete the plan, the north wing will
now require to be raised equal with the south, both
for the sake of external uniformity, and for gaining
the full space and convenience proposed at the outset.

An increase in the Society's rooms naturally points
to a state of prosperity ; and in this respect we have
nothing of a contrary nature to imply. Grifts to the
Museum in its various departments continue to be

made ; and hero, to the donors for the past year, the
thanks of the Council are presented. To its objects
in Natural History there has just been purchased a
" Ribbon Fish," although the collection already has
one of the kind ; but the fish now taken is somewhat
longer, and more perfect than the former in certain of
its parts. On these grounds, as well as^ on? the score
of rarity, it was thought desirable to secure the recent
specimen ; the books* on fishes naming not more than
three or four of the Ribbon tribe known to have been
captured on our coasts. This remarkable stranger,
which naturalists place in tha class "Toenoidoe," a
term connected with Tenia, a tape worm, on account
of its flat and elongated form, is 10 feet 7 inches in
length, 13 inches deep (for it has swum edge down),
and 3 inches thick. Boneless, as belonging to the
cartilaginous kind, both its sides are silvery, and, to
the naked eye, without scales. A number of hair-like
filaments spring out of the head with its protractile
snout and small mouth, while a dorsal, fin traverses,
the whole course of the body and unites with the ^
of the tail.

Visits to the Society's Collection for note-worthj
purposes have been mentioned on previous occasions ;
and lately in this way, A. W. Franks, Esq., at the
head of the Ethnological and Mediaeval department
of the British Museum, has, by permission^ taken
rubbings from our Roman inscriptions ; among which
the Ravenhill stone found in this neighbourhood, and
G igraved in the Histories of Whitby* stands con-

spicuous. These impressions, it was stated, were for
transmission to Berlin, with others of the kind, to be
published along with the principal Roman inscriptions
of Europe, under the patronage of the King of
Prussia ; thus again proving the advantage of local
museums, where matters of interest pertaining to
districts, are treasured for reference and inspection ;
and without such repositories, might be destroyed or
dispersed.

A look through the name-lists in past yearly reports,
reminds us of the many of our members whom death
has removed. We have now to regret the loss of the
Rev. W. Hewson, A,M., known for his erudition in
matters connected with ancient chronological com-
putations.

The lectures delivered to the Society since last
October were the following : — " On the early British
Constitution," Mr. Martin Simpson ; " The Physical
Geography of Palestine as connected with its Polity,"
H. Hallgate, Esq. ; " Railways," Rev. J. Owen ; " On
the Orcades," Rev. Gr. Robertson, A.M. ; " Hygiene,
as more particularly applied to Whitby," A. W.
English, Esq., M.R.C.S.

In N^ovember last we were again favoured by an
exhibition with microscopes, from the parties who
kindly interested themselves in the same kind of
proceedings stated in the Report for 1869.

The amount received for admission to the Museum
for the past year is <£8. The donations are specified
on a further page.

RULES & REGULATIONS.

1. — The Society shall be called The Whitby Literary and
Philosophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for
promoting the interests of Science by such other means as may
be found practicable.

2. — xAll Subscribers of One Guinea, and upwards, on admission,
and Half-a-Guinea annually, may be members of the Society ; and
Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half-a-Guinea
annually, or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any annual
Subscription, shall be Governors of this Society.

3. — The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron,
a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and
two Curators, who, with the Committee of eight Members, shall
form the Council of the Society.

4. — The Council shall meet on the first Thursday of every
month, or as often as necessary, three Members forming a quorum,

5. — All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. — A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October in each year, for electing a new Committee,
receiving the Report of the retiring Committee, Auditing the
Accounts of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business.
Special Meetings may be called by the Council, or by any sevea
Members, a week's notice being given.

7. — The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, and other miscellaneous articles,
whether of nature or art ; to which may be added Scientific Books,
and Philosophical Apparatus.

8. — The Museum shall be open for the inspection of Members,
Subscribers, and their families, on such days of the week, and
under such regulations as the Council shall appoint. On special
occasions the Curators, or the Secretaries, may admit Members,
Benefactors, or Strangers, on those days when it is usually shut.

9. — All new Members shall be admitted by ballot at a General
Meeting of the Society on such terms as that meeting shall appoint ;
but the Council may, at any of its meetings, admit to the benefits
of the Institution, Subscribers paying Twelve Shillings yearly in
advance. Such Subscribers shall have no share in the property
of the Society, nor vote at its meetings, nor hold office in it ; but
they shall have the privilege of introducing Strangers and Members
of their own family to the Museum, and of attending Lectures, on
the same terms as Members of the Society.

10. — Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the
Society, may be elected Honorary Members, but such Honorary
Members, unless Subscribers, shall have no share in the property
of the Society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. — The Museum may be open to the public under such
restrictions as the Council may deem necessary.

12.- — Every Member shall be at liberty to sell or dispose of his
share ; and if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death,
descend to his representative; but the Society shall decide by
ballot whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted
as a Member of the Institution. When any share is transferred, all
Assignees of a Life Governor shall continue to pay the annual sub-
scription of Half-a-Guinea or Five Guineas in lieu of subscription.

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13. — The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer,
in advance, in the month of November, or within a month after
the General Meeting in each year. If any member neglects to pay
his Subscription before the Annual Meeting, he shall be excluded
from the benefits of the Institution until all arrears due on his
share be paid up ; and if any Member neglect paying his subscrip-
tion for two years, he shall, after due notice given him by the
Secretary to that effect, be excluded from the Society, and forfeit
all right and interest in the Property of the Institution.

14. — ^If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause
any damage to the property of the Society, such Member shall
make good the loss or damage so sustained.

15. — Any Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards
the Society, or persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled,
after means have been used by the Council without effect for
bringing him to order ; but such expulsion shall not take place
without giving him a month's notice, nor without the concurrence
of three-fourths of the Members present at a Meeting of the Society
held for that purpose.

16. — ^Every Member, on his admission, shall sign an obligation
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Regulations of the
Society so long as he continues a Member.

17. — These Laws may be amended or enlarged at any General
or Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been
submitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two
months previous to the meeting.

18. — Members can borrow or take away from the Museum, books
belonging to the Society, by permission, and under Regulations
sanctioned by the Council.

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RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE MUSEUM,

Adopted by the Council and Confirmed by a General Meeting,

1, — The Museum shall be open every week-day by application
at the Baths.

2. — Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally or by
a written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
"Whitby. All persons not so introduced, not being Honorary
Members, Benefactors, or belonging to the household of Members
or Subscribers, shall pay Sixpence each for admission ; Children
and Servants shall be admitted at half-price.

3. — The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of
the Members introducing them, shall be entered in a book for that
purpose.

4. — ^No person shall be permitted to handle the specimens, or
take a stick or umbrella into ike Museum, or anything likely to
occasion damage.

5. — The Museum shall be open to the public on the first Monday
in each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions: —

6. — The admission shall be by Ticket given by Members or
Subscribers.

7. — Children under 14 years shall not be admitted unless under
the care of an adult.

8. — All who thus visit the Museum are expected to conduct
diemselves in an orderly manner.

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Ul^FICERS FOR THE YEAR lerro.

PATRON .
THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

PRESI DENT.
THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., r.R.S., F.SvA*

VICE-PRESI DENTS.

Rev. J. BRODRICK, A.M.

C. RICHARDSON, Esq., St. Hilda's.

TREASURER.
CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., St. Hilda's.

COUNCl L

DOTCHON, Me. W.
DOWSON, Dr.
OWEN, Rev. J.
PANNETT, R. E., iEsQ.

RICa, J. J., Esq.
STONEHOUSE, Mr. W.
WILSON, Dr.
TURNBULL, THOS., Esq.

GOVERNORS BY SUBSCRIPTION.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

BARRICK, H., Esq.
CHAPMAN, J. B., Esq.
CHAPMAN, T., Esq.
CHAPMAN, E. W., Esq.
CHAPMAN, W. R. Esq.
CRAVEN, Mr. RICHARD
HUNTON, R. M., Esq.

NOEL, E. F., Esq.
RICHARDSON, C. Esq.,

St. Hilda's.
STRICKLAND, C. W., Esq
SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN
SMALES, Rev. GIDEON
YEOMAN, W. H., Esq.

SECRETARI ES.
TAYLERSON, Dr. | ROBINSON, Mr. F. K.

CURATORS.

YORKE, Mr. ALGERNON I SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

Atkinson, O. A., Esq., A.M.
Anderson, Mr. Francis
Barrick, H., Esq., (West Side)
Bagnall, 0., Esq.
Belcher, Thomas W., Esq.
Brodrick, Rev. J. B., A.M.
Bryan, Mr. Thomas
Chapman, T. Esq.. F.R.S. &(J.
Chapman, Edward W., Esq.
Chapman, Joseph B., Esq.
Chapman, W. R., Esq.
Cholmley, Mrs.
Corner, Mr. John
Dotchon, Mr. William
Dotchon, Thomas, Esq.
Dowson, John, Esq., M.D.
English, A. W., Esq., M.R.C.S.
Frankland, Mrs.
Glover, Rev. John
Home, Mr. Ralph
Hunton, Mrs.
Hunton, R. M., Esq.
Huntrods, Thomas, Esq.
Keane, Rev. William, A.M.
Lockey, Mr. W. G.
Marshall, Mr. B.
Mead, E. Preston, Esq., M.D.
Nicholson, Mr. J. B.

Newton, Mr. William
Noel, E. F., Esq.
Owen, Rev. John
Pannett, R. E., Esq.
PercivAl, Thomas, Esq.
Richardson, C, Esq., St. Hilda's
Richardson, J. B., Esq.
Richardson, Thomas, Esq.
Readman, Mr. T. H.
Rigg, John J., Esq.
Reed, Mr. Silvestet
Robinson, Mr. F. K.
Sherwood, E., Esq., M.D.
Simpson, Mr. Martin
Smales, Gideon, Esq.
Smales, Rev. Gideon
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq.
Strickland, C. W., Esq.
Snowden, Mr. Matthew
Stevenson, Mr. John
Stonehouse, Mr. William
Taylerson, J., Esq., L.R.C.P*
Trueman, Mr. Thomas H.
TurnbuU, Thomas, Esq.
Usherwood, Wm., Esq., A.M.
Wilson, John, Esq., M.D.
Yeoman, John, Esq., M.D.
Yorke, Mr. Algernon

ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS.

BUCHANNAN, JOHN, Esq.

I BARKER, JOSEPH, Esq.

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HONORARY MEMBERS.

-A gassiz, Professor Lewis, M.D. , Neufchatd.

Acheson, Kev. Henry, B.A., F.C.P.C London

Barlow, Rev. R. J RuUon Eiighj.

Cockburn, Edwin, Esq London.

Dikes, W. H., Esq., F.L.S Wakefield.

Fryer, William, Esq Newcastle.

Leckenby, J., Esq Scarhorough.

Lee, John Edward, Esq Hull.

Murchison, Sir R. L, F.R.S., &c London,

Philips, John, Esq., F.G.S., &c Oxford.

Robertson, Mr. W Newcastle.

Sedgwick, Rev. A., D.D., F.R.S Gamhridge.

West, W. J., Esq. ... Tunhridge.

Williamson, Mr. J Scarhorough.

Williamson, Thomas W., Esq. Beverley.

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DONATIONS

Piresented to the Museum since the last Report-^

Rev. J. 0. ATKINSON, Danby.—His Pamphlet, "On the-
Danish Element in the Population of Cleveland, Yorkshire."

J. R. APPLETON, Esq., DurhanK—Gordon's Watering PlaceSv
Part 10 of Tweddell's Bards and Authors.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., P.R.S., F.S. A.— Proceedings of
the London Antiquarian Society from June to December, 1869 ;:
List of the Members, 1870 ; Address of the Right Hon. Earl of
{Stanhope, President of the Society, delivered at their Anniversary

meeting, 1870.

JOHN CORNER, Esq. — ^A draviring of the proposed Monument
to Capt. Cook, designed by Banks, the sculptor.

Mr. M. CO YE RD ALE, Hartlepool. — A violin stated to be above
200 years old.

Mr. W. DOTCHON.— Specimen of Jet with Serpulce; 3
specimens of hard Jet.

Mr. MARK DIXON, Thorpe.— A Dormouse.

DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS OP THE REYENUE.— The
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Society;, several Monthly
Statistical Reports.

Mr. GARBUTT, ClifE Street.— A specimen of hard Jet.

HULL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—
Their last Report.

The Late GEORGE AUGUSTUS PETERS, Esq., by will-
Large Marble Vase, surrounded with Subjects in Sculpture, stated
to have been obtained from Herculaneum ; also an inscribed
Engraving of this beautiful object framed and glazed.

Mr. KITCHING.— An Aquatic Insect. Curious Specimen of
Jet Rock.

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ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH.— Their Proceedings
for Session 1868-9.

Mr. MARTIN SIMPSON.— Eight Reports of the West Riding
Geological and Polytechnic Society.

Mr. JOHN STRATFORD.— Fine Specimen of Copper Ore from
Pomeron, near Cadiz.

SWEDISH CONSUL, London.— From the Universite Royal
de Norvege a Christiana ; Sars's Work on the Living Crinoidea ;
Monrad's History of Philosophy ; and three other works.

Mr. J. TAYLOR.— Manuscript Sermon by the Late Rev. F. S.
Pope, preached at Whitby, on the death of Dr. Bateman.

Mr. G. M. TWEDDELL,Stokesley.— The Works of Emmerson,
the Mathematician, in 4 vols.

Professor WILLIAMSON. — His paper on the " Zamia Gigas,"
from the Linnesan Transactions. — The Professor remarks that the
rich Geological district which he had visited, known as the York-
shire coast, has not furnished a more interesting subject for
investigation than the Zamia Gigas, the frond of the plant being
first figured in Young & Bird's Geological Survey. He then
speaks of having formerly examined specimens of this fossil in
the collections of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, of the lato
Dr. Murray and Mr. Beane, of Scarborough, and of Mr. Ripley,
of Whitby, along with " two invaluable specimens " belonging to
the Whitby Philosophical Society ; "the Council of which Society,"
he adds, " not only allowed me the use of them, but with praise-
worthy liberality, permitted me to exercise my chisel upon them
for the purpose of making out some obscure points in their
structure ; a permission which led to important results." The
plates accompanying this valuable paper, not only exhibit the
plant entire, with its straight imbricated stem and bushy head,
like a diminutive palm tree, but sections also of the several parts
under certain conditions of their growth.

Dr. WOOD. — 3 Specimens of the New Zealand Vegetable
Caterpillar. Tipo, or Maori Devil.

WEST RIDING GEOLOGICAL AND POLYTECHNIC
SOCIETY, through Rev. C. MIDDLETON.— 18 Numbers of
their Proceedings.

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PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, 27th OCT., 1871,

WITH THB

LAWS & REGULATIONS OF THE SOCIETY,

ANH A

LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

WHITBY :
SILVESTER REED, PRINTER, OLD MARKET PLACE, & WEST CLIFF

1871.

FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY.

Every person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any Sum of
Money, Specimens, Books, Instruments, or other Property, is re-
quested to make use of the following Form: —

" I give and bequeath to the Trustees, for the time being, of the
Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, the Sum of
to be paid out of subh part of my personal Estate as I may legally
charge therewith (here enumerate effects or property intended to be
bequeathed). And I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the
said Society, for the time being, shall be an effectual discharge to
my Executors for the said legacy"

REPORT.

Ik presenting the Forty-Ninth Report of the Whitby
Literary and Philosophical Society, it will appear
that the last year in particular has heen a year of
progress, the extension of the Museum, at both ends
of the building, being carried out to completion. The
addition of glass cases, which the enlargement demand-
ed, are placed in the new parts ^ while the increased
accommodation can be duly appreciated by contrasting
the hitherto crowded slate of the Collection with the
spaces and fittings now at command. To many of the
larger objects or specimens requiring more room, a
better position will now be assigned — as to those in the
ethnological section, for instance, with its figures
mythological and otherwise, its showy examples of
costumes, and its implements belonging to various
tribes, which, on the whole, have hitherto lacked that
advantage for due exposition. To form the Collection
of a nature as local as possible is a right commendation;
it being observed, that as the smaller museums are not

able to vie with the larger in a general sense, they
should excel them in those matters of interest for which
their respective neighbourhoods are quoted and famed.
On this point, to the Whitby Collection of birds, eight
new species have lately been added, including a fine
specimen of the Glaucus Gull, as a comparative rarity,
and one of the crested Cormorant ; while several others
of value have been put into order for placing in the new
glass cases. Here the vigilance of Mr. Kitching is
again to be commended; for next to our geological
treasures, which must always command the chief atten-
tion, there is a marked interest manifested by strangers
towards the ornithological portion, as one in which the
feathered tribes frequenting our shores and neighbour-
hood have their representatives.

When the arrangements are made in the new parts
of the building, a convenient quarter for the Museum
collection of books, as mentioned on a former occasion,
would be very desirable. They are both numerous and
various, and of great local value for reference, on
account of their publication, in the main, being con-
nected with Whitby and its vicinity, and as such are
like so many memorials attaching to the place in which
we all feel an interest.

Two lectures have been delivered this last season : —
*'0n the British Constitution," by Mr. Martin Simpson;
and " The Channel Passage, and the proposals to im-
prove it," by C. W. Merrifield, Esq., F.R.S.

We have now the pleasure of adding two new mem-
bers to the list, Mr. Edwin Turnbull, and Mr. Thomas
Miller.

The amount received for admission to the Museum
for the past year is £7 7s. 6d.

RULES AND REGULATIONS.

1. — The Society shall be called The Whitby Liteeaey and
Philosophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for promoting
the interests of Science by such other means as may be found practic-
able.

2. — All Subscribers of One Guinea, and upwards, on admission,
and Half-a-Guinea annually, may be Members of the Society ; and
Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half-a-Guinea annu-
ally, or of Ten Guineas at one time, without any annual Subscription,
shall be Governors of this Society.

3. — The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron, a
President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and two
Curators, who, with the Committee of eight Members, shall form the
Council of the Society.

4. — The Council shall meet on the first Thursday of eyery month, or
as often as necessary, three Members forming a quorum.

5. — All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. — A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October in each year, for electing a new Committee, receive-
ing the Report ef the retiring Committee, auditing the accounts of the
Treasurer, and transacting any other business. Special Meetings may
be called by the Council, or by any seven Members, a week's notice
being given.

7. — The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Antiquities,
specimens of Natural History, and other miscellaneous articles, whether
of nature or art ; to which may be added Scientific Books, and Philo-
sophical Apparatus.

8. — The Museum shall be open for the inspection of Members, Sub-
scribers, and their families, on such days of the week, and under such
regulations as the Council shall appoint. On special occasions the
Curators, or the Secretaries, may admit Members, Benefactors, or
Strangers, on those days when it is usually shut.

9. — All new Members shall be admitted by ballot at a General
Meeting of the Society on such terms as that meeting shall appoint ;
but the Council may, at any of its meetings, admit to the benefits of
the Institution, Subscribers paying Twelve Shillings yearly in advance.
Such Subscribers shall have no share in the property of the Society,
nor vote at its meetings, nor hold office in it ; but they shall have the
privilege of introducing Strangers and Members of their own Family to
the Museum, and of attending Lectures, on the same terms as Members
of the Society.

10. — Gentlemen who have rendered important services to the Society,
may be elected Honorary Members, but such Honorary Members, un-
less Subscribers, shall have no share in the property of the Society, or
in the management of its concerns.

11. — The Museum may be open to the pubhc under such restrictions
as the Council may deem necessary.

12. — Every Member shall be at liberty to sell or dispose of his
share ; and if not previously disposed of, it shall, at his death, descend
to his representative ; but the Society shall decide by ballot whether
the purchaser or representative shall be admitted as a Member of the
Institution. When any share is transferred, all Assignees of a Life
Governor shall continue to pay the annual Subscription of Half-a-
Guinea or Five Guineas in lieu of Subscription.

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13. — The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer, in
advance, in the month] of November, or within a month after the
General Meeting in feach year. If any Member neglects to pay his
Subscription before the Annual Meeting, he shall be excluded from the
benefits of the Institution until all arrears due on his share be paid up ;
and if any|Member neglect paying his Subscription for two years, he
shall, afterjdue notice given him by the Secretary to that effect, be
excluded fromj the Society, and forfeit all right and interest in the
property of the^Institution.

14. — If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause any
damage to the property of the Society, such Member shall make good
the loss or damage so sustained.

15. — Any^Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards the
Society, or persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled, after
means have been used by the Council without effect for bringing him
to order ; but such expulsion shall not take place without giving him
a month's notice, nor without the concurrence of three-fourths of the
Members present at a Meeting of the Society held for that purpose.

16. — Every Member, on his admission, shall sign an obligation
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Eegulations of the Society
so long as he continues a Member.

17. — These Laws may be amended or enlarged at any General or
Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been submitted
to the Council for their consideration, at least two months previous to
the meeting.

18. — Members can borrow or take away from the Museum books
belonging to the Society, by permission, and under regulations sanctioned
by the Council.

RULEg FOF( ADMIgglON TO THE JVlUgEUM.

Adopted by the Council and Confirmed hy a General Meeting.

1. — The Museum shall be open every week-day by application at
the Baths.

2. — Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally or by a
written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles from
Whitby. All persons not so introduced, not being Honorary Members,
Benefactors, or belonging to the household of Members or Subscribers,
shall pay Sixpence each for admission ; Children and Servants shall be
admitted at half-price.

3. — The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of
the Members introducing them, shall be entered in a book for that
purpose.

4. — No person shall be permitted to handle the specimens, or take
a stick or umbrella into the Museum, or anything likely to occasion
damage.

5. — The Museum shall be open to the public on the first Monday in
each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions : —

6. — The admission shall be by Ticket given by Members or Sub-
scribers.

7. — Children under 14 years shall not be admitted unless under the
care of an adult.

8. — ^All who thus visit the Museum are expected to conduct them-
selves in an orderly manner.

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1871

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

Rev. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M.
C. RICHARDSON, Esq., St. Hilda's.

Wxmmxn.

CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., St. Hilda's.

RIGG, J. J., Esq.
STONEHOUSE, Mr, W.
WILSON, Db.
TURNBULL, THOS., Esq.

DOTCHON, Mr. W.
DOWSON, Dr.
OWEN, Rev. J.
PANNETT, R. E., Esq.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

BARRICK, H., Esq.
CHAPMAN, J. B., Esq.
CHAPMAN, T., Esq.
CHAPMAN, E. W., Esq.
CHAPMAN, W. R., Esq.
CRAVi-N, Mr. RICHARD
HUNTON, R. M., Esq.

TAYLERSON, Dr.

YORKE, Mr. ALGERNON

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NOEL, E. F., Esq.
RICHARDSON, C, Esq.,

St. Hilda's
STRICKLAND, C. W., Esq,
SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN
SMALES, Rev. GIDEON
YEOMAN, W. H., Esq.

ROBINSON, Mr. F. K.

SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN

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MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD FEVERSHAM.

Atkinson, 0. A., Esq., L.L.I).
Anderson, Mr. Francis
Barrick, H., Esq. (West Side)
Bagnall, C, Esq.
Belcher, Thomas W., Esq.
Brodrick, Rev. J. B., A.M.
Bryan, Mr. Thomas
Chapman, T., Esq., F.R.S., &c.
Chapman, Edward W., Esq.
Chapman, Joseph B., Esq.
Chapman, W. R., Esq.
Cholmley, Mrs.
Corner, Mr. John
Dotchon, Mr. William
Dotchon, Thomas, Esq.
Dowson, John, Esq., M.D.
English, A. W., Esq., M.R.C.S.
Frankland, Mrs.
Glover, Rev. John
Home, Mr. Ralph
Hunton, R. M., Esq.
Huntrods, Thomas, Esq.
Keane, Rev. William, A.M.
Lockey, Mr. W. G.
Marshall, Mr. B.
Mead, E. Preston, Esq., M.D.
Miller, Mr. Thomas
Nicholson, Mr. J. B.
Newton, Mr. William

ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS.

BUCHANNAN, JOHN, Esq. | BARKER, JOSEPH, Esq.

Noel, E. F., Esq.
Owen, Rev. John
Pannett, R. E., Esq.
Percival, Thomas, Esq.
Richardson, C, Esq., St. Hilda's
Richardson, J. B., Esq.
Richardson, Thomas, Esq.
Readman, Mr. T. H.
Rigg, John J., Esq.
Reed, Mr. Silvester
Robinson, Mr. F. K.
Sherwood, E., Esq., M.D.
Simpson, Mr. Martin
Smales, Gideon, Esq.
Smales, Rev. Gideon
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq.
Strickland, C. W., Esq.
Snowden, Mr. Matthew
Stevenson, Mr. John
Stonehouse, Mr. William
Taylerson, J., Esq., L.R.C.P.
Trueman, Mr. Thomas H.
Turnbull, Mr. Edwin
Turnbull, Thomas, Esq.
Usherwood, Wm., Esq., A.M.
Wilson, John, Esq., M.D*.
Yeoman, John, Esq., M.D.
Yorke, Mr. Algernon

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HONORARY MEMBERS

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Agassiz, Professor Lewis, M.D Neufchatel.

Acheson, Rev. Henry, B.A., F.C.P.C London.

Barlow, Bev. B. J Hutton Rugby.

Cockburn, Edwin, Esq London.

Dikes, W. H., Esq., F.L.S Wakefield.

Fryer, William, Esq Newcastle.

Leckenby, J., Esq Scarborough,

Lee, John Edward, Esq Hull.

Murchison, Sir B. L, F.B.S., &c London.

Philips, John, Esq., F.G.S., &c Oxford.

Bobertson, Mr. W Newcastle.

Sedgwick, Bev. A., D.D., F.B.S Cambridge.

West, W. J., Esq Tunbridge.

Williamson, Mr. J Scarborough.

Williamson, Thomas W., Esq , Beverley.

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DONATIONS

PRESENTED TO THE MUSEUM SINCE THE LAST REPORT.

J. REED APPLETON, Esq.— Part XI. of Tweddell's Bards and
Authors of Cleveland.

Rev. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M.— Introductory Address of the Win-
chester and Hampshire Scientific and Literary Society.

Mr. I. BATE. — Silver coin of Queen Mary. Quarter dollar, in gold,
from Cahfornia. A silver 50 cent piece of the French Republic.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., &c.— Four volumes of the
Archseologia. Three numbers of the Proceedings of the Society of
Antiquaries, with a list of members. Address of the President at the
annual meeting. Mr. Parker's Lecture on the Ashmolean Museum.

Mrs. G. CLARK. — Female domestic Fowl in male plumage. Two
Crinolines.

Mr. W. DOTCHON. — Five specimens of hard Jet. Sermon on the
death of Dr. Scoresby, by the Rev. R. R. Wolfe, A.M.

W. H. GLADSTONE, Esq., MP.— Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Science and Art Reports. Education Report. Fourth Ritual Report.

HULL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.— Their last Report.

J. KERSHAW, Esq., Warwick. — Four specimens of Lingula
venusta, Upper Lias, Whitby. Report of the Warwick Philosophical
Society.

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Mr. F. K. ROBINSON.— Print of White Cross, between Danby and
Rosedale. Rev. D. H. Haigb's publication on the Coins of Alfred the
Great, with Notes on Old EngUsh Coins. Runic Monuments of North-
umbria, by the same author. Copy of a rubbing from St. Oswald's
Bell, Lyth Church. Copy of the Greek Inscription on stone found at
Sextos, (printed for private circulation.)

Mr. T. H. READMAN.— Etching of Thames Scenery, cut by the
late celebrated George Chambers, a native of Whitby.

Mr. M. SIMPSON. — Paper of Rainguage Experiments at Hawsker,
by Rev. F. W. Stow, A.M. Two specimens of Lingula venusta.

THOS. STEPHENSON, Esq.— Fine specimen of the Water Rail.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, U. S.— Their Report for 1869.

THOMAS TURNBULL, Esq.— Two Lances, with a Shovel and
Knife, used in the Whale fishery. Vitrified Stone from the Fort at
Knockfarrel, Ross-shire.

Dr. TAYLERSON.— Balyell's Planariae. Roman Pottery from
Aldborough.

JAS. WILKINSON, Esq.— Copy of a Lecture by R. E. Brown, Esq.,
F.G.S., on the Cultivation of the Soil by Steam Power.

G. WADDINGTON, Esq.— Sample of fibrous Iron Ore or Hsematite
rom Lindal Moor Mines, Ulverston.

Capt. JOHN WALKER.— Skeleton of a Rat's Head.

Mr. THOS. WILSON.— Spotted Woodpecker, taken in the neigh-
bourhood of Whitby.

W. USHERWOOD.— Skeleton of a Dog's Head.

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MEAN TEMPERATURE AT WHITBY,

Taken at a Quarter before Nine o' Clock every Morning, with a
Thermometer by Negretti, hung against a North wall, 190 Feet
above the sea ; together with the amount of Rainfall and the
Number of Days on which some Rain fell, for each year.

1867.

1868.

1869.

1870.

1871.

January ,

F'pHrnai'V . . ........

DEG.

35-19
42-82
37-22
48-48
52-36
58-76
60-64
63-03
57-33
48-55
43-53
39-16

DEG.

39-06

42-72

44-

48-83

59-13

6310

64-93

64-03

59-20

47-03

42.96

43-45

DEG.

40-30
43-64
39-45
5070
4961
57-43
63-73
60-58
58-46
49-84
42 20
37-71

DEG.

37-10

35-78

40-

50-40

56-19

61-53

65-71

61-80

5606

4909

40-13

35-55

DEG.

32-35

41-10

44-

46-20

53-35

56-30

62-61

65-51

56-40

49-58

39-76

March

April

May

June ••••••••• •••

July

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October

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Mean of each Year

48-92

51-53

49 47

49-11

Mean from March 2l8t, to
September 22nd

54-87

57-92

54-59

54-25

55-77

RAINFALL

INCHES

25-02

on

185 days.

INCHES.

25-90

on

179 days.

INCHES.

23-93

on
190 days.

INCHES.

26-08

on

176 days.

INCHES.

Dec. 1st, 1871.

MARTIN SIMPSON.

THE FIFTIETH REPORT

OF THE

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EiJpFPBPg anb p^il^o^oplSirall ^oriFfg,

PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, 27tH OCT., 1872,

WITH THE

LAWS AND REGULATIONS Or TKL SOGILTY,

LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS.

WHITBY :
WILLIAM NEWTON, PRINTER, &c., BAXTERGATE.

1872.

FORM OF A BEQUEST TO THE SOCIETY.

Every person desirous of bequeathing to the Society any Sum of
Money, Specimens, Books, Instruments, or other Property, is re
quested to make use of the following Form :

" I give and bequeath to the Trustees, for the time being, of
Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, the sum of
to be paid out of such part of my personal Estate as I may
charge therewith (here enumerate effects m' property intended to be
bequeathed J. And I direct that the receipt of the Treasurer of the
said Society, for the time being, shall be an effectual discharge to my
Executors for the said legacy"

REPORT.

In the Report now brought forward, we would
observe that the Whitby Literary and Philosophical
Society having been set on foot in 1822, the present
year 1872 is the 50th, or ''Jubilee year" of the institu-
tion. ^''

Since the last annual meeting, an improved
arrangement among the larger objects in the museum
will be perceived.

During the past season, the collection has been
well visited ; and judging from the many with whom
we have come in contact, a greater portion than
usual were of that class for whose benefit the
advocates for the spread of intelligence, have recom-
mended the formation of museums and kindred
institutions. To the growing interest in those matters
among the general public in different parts of the
country, the press of late has frequently alluded ; the
pursuits of Geology with its wonderful types of former
life, being among the most prominent. On our liassic
fossils, one who seems to quote from what he has
read, remarks, that at Whitby, situated as it is in
the centre of the Yorkshire Lias, a great object with
the founders of its museum, has been to make it the
treasure of such choice specimens as that formation
affords. The large Saurians, he adds, are particularly

, * The printed proposals for forming the Society and a Museum, are dated
November 28th, 1822.

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interesting, as the rocks from which they were
extracted can be seen in the neighbouring cHffs.

One of our members, Mr. Dotchon, has lent to the
museum for exposition, along with a comb inscribed
with Runic characters found in this quarter, a variety
of ancient British implements and objects from his
valuable collection, the fruits of his own researches
in the parts about Whitby, chiefly in former years.
They belong to the class of arrow points, spears,
saws, drills, and sharp edged flakes or knives of flint,
with celts of stone, beads of jet both ball and barrel-
shaped. Also glass beads streaked in different
colours, deemed by some to be Druidical, but which
more probably, are due to a period later than the
term will imply. Here among the lias fossils, we
doubtless take the lead, .but in those relics of a
people's art of the kind enumerated, which mark the
occupancy of a place in pre-historic times, our museum
is deficient ; and the surprise is sometimes expressed
that so little has been obtained to which so much
interest is attached, as the yield of the hottes or grave-
hills and other earth works with which this neigh-
bourhood is surrounded.

In April last, communications were received from
the South Kensington Science and Art department
in connection with the popular educational move-
ment, for forming classes in the Whitby district, when
arrangements were made for our Society's super-
vision of the same. An examination committee with
Mr. Martin Simpson as secretary, was then appointed,
and their services continued during the space of the
session. Lieut. Col. H. Wray, R.E., came to preside
at this the first meeting of the candidates, and those

who were successful, afterwards received certificates
that their work had been duly registered. The same
superintending committee have been appointed for
the forthcoming session.

In November last, a lecture was delivered before
the Society by Mr. Hallgate, on ** The Theory
of Education "; another subsequently by Mr. Martin
Simpson, " On the Sun "; and recently Dr. -Dowson
read a paper on Dr. Beddoes, and Sir Humphrey
Davy.

The amount received for admission to the museum
for the past year is ;^io. The donations appear on
a further page.

The Institution has now existed for half-a-century,
and the annual Reports collectively, form a chronicle
of its progress. Changes follow in the lapse of time,
and lately from the list of our honorary members,we
have lost the distinguished name of Sir Roderick
Murchison. Some of us remember the zeal of our
Society's earliest promoters ; and on the present
occasion which marks the period referred to, we
would repeat the names of Young, Bird, Ripley;
Belcher, Mewburn, Moorsom, Holt, Sanders, in this the
place of their proceedings and that of our assemblage.

PLES AND I[EGULATIONS.

1. — The Society shall be called The Whitby Literary and
Philosophical Society, for supporting a Museum, and for
promoting the interests of Science by such other means as may
be found practicable.

2. — ^All Subscribers of One Guinea, and upwards, on admission,
and Half-a-Guinea annually, may be Members of the Society ; and
Subscribers of Five Guineas on admission, and Half-a-Guinea annu-
ally, or of Ten Ckiineas at one time, without any annual Subscrip-
tion, shall be Governors of this Society.

3. — The Businsss of the Society shall be conducted by a Patron,
a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries,
and two Curators, who, with the Committee of eight Members,
shall form the Council of the Society.

4. — The Council shall meet on the first Thursday of every
month, or as often as necessary, three Members forming a quorum.

5. — All Governors shall have a right to attend and vote at the
Meetings of the Council.

6. — ^A General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Friday in October in each year, for electing a new Committee,
receiving the Eeport of the Eetiring Committee, auditing the
accounts of the Treasurer, and transacting any other business.
Special meetings may be called by the Council, or by any seven
Members, a week's notice being given.

7. — The Museum shall comprise collections of Fossils, Anti-
quities, specimens of Natural History, and other miscellaneous
articles, whether of nature or art ; to which may be added
Scientific Books, and Philosophical Apparatus.

8. — The Museum shall be open for the Inspection of Members,
Subscribers and their families, on such days of the week, and
under such regulations as the Council shall appoint. On special
occasions the Curators, or the Secretaries, may admit Members,
Benefactors, or Strangers, on those days when it is usually shut.

2. — All new Members shall be admitted by ballot at a General
Meeting of the Society on such terms as that meeting shall
appoint ; but the Council may at any of its meetings, admit to
the benefits of the Institution, Subscribers paying Twelve Shillings
yearly in advance. Such Subscriber shall have no share in the
property of the Society, nor vote at its meetings, nor hold office in
it; but shall have the privilege of introducing Strangers and
Members of their own Family to the Museum, and of attending
Lectures, on the same terms as Members of the Society.

10. — Gentlemen who have rendered important service to the
Society, may be elected Honorary Members, but such Honorary
Members, unless Subscribers, shall have no share in the property
of the Society, or in the management of its concerns.

11. — The Museum may be open to the public under such
restrictions as the Council may deem necessary.

^12 — Every Member shall be at liberty to sell or dispose of his
share; and if not previously disposed of, it shall at his death, de-
scend to his representative ; but the Society shall decide by ballot
whether the purchaser or representative shall be admitted as a
Member of the Institution. AVhen any share is transferred, all
Assignees of a Life Governor shall continue to pay the annual Sub-

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scription of Half-a-Gmiea or Five Guineas in lieu of Subscription.
13. — The Annual Subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer,
in advance, in the month of November, or within a month after
the General Meeting in each year. If any Member neglects to
pay his Subscription before the Annual Meeting, he shall be
excluded from the benefits of the Institution until all arrears due
on his share be paid up ; and if any Member neglect paying his
Subscription for two years, he shall, after due notice given him
by the Secretary to that effect, be excluded from the Society, and
forfeit all right and interest in the property of the Institution.

14. — If any Member, or any one introduced by him, shall cause
any damage to the property of the Society, such Member shall
make good the loss or damage so sustained.

15. — Any Member who is guilty of improper conduct towards
the Society, or persists in any breach of its laws, may be expelled,
after means have been used by the Council without effect for
bringing him to order ; but such expulsion shall not take place
without giving him a month's notice, nor without the concurrence
of three-fourths of the Members present at a Meeting of the Society
held for that purpose.

16. — Every Member, on his admission, shall sign an obligation
binding himself to conform to the Laws and Eegulations of the
Society so long as he continue a Member.

17. — These Laws may be amended or enlarged at any General
or Special Meeting of the Society, such amendments having been
submitted to the Council for their consideration, at least two
months previous to the meeting.

18. — Members can borrow or take away from the- Museum books
belonging to the Society, by permission, and under regulations
sanctioned by the Council.

RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE MUSEUM.

Adopted hy the Council and Confirmed hy a General Meeting.

1. — The Museum shall be open every week-day by application
at the Baths.

2. — Any Member or Subscriber may introduce, personally or
by a written order, a friend or stranger residing above ten miles
from Whitby. All persons not so introduced, not being Honorary
Members, Benefactors, or belonging to the household of Members
or Subscribers, shall pay Sixpence each for admission ; Children
and Servants shall be admitted at half-price.

3. — The names and abodes of all Visitors, with the names of
the Members introducing them, shall be entered in a book for
that purpose.

4. — No person shall be permitted to handle the specimens, or
take a stick or umbrella into the Museum, or anything likely to
occasion damage.

5. — The Museum shall be open to the public on the first Mon-
day in each month, from 11 to 1, under the following restrictions : —

6. — The admission shall be by Ticket given by Members or
Subscribers.

7. — Children under 14 years shall not be admitted unless under
the care of an adult.

8. — All who thus visit the Museum are expected to conduct
themselves in an orderly manner.

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OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1872.

iatron.
THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A.

Wxcz-'^xcsxhtnts.

Rev. J. B. BRODRICK, A,M.

C. RICHARDSON, Esq.. St. Hilda's.

^xznnnxzx.
CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON, Esq., St. Hilda's.

€amnxitiet.

DOTCHON, Mr. W.
DOWSON, Dr.
OWEN, Rev. J.
PANNETT, R. E., Esq.

RIGG, J. J., Esq.
STEVENSON, Mr. J.
WILSON, Dr.
TURNBULL, THOS., Esq.

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

NOEL, E. F., Esq.

BARRICK, H., Esq.
CHAPMAN, J. B., Esq.
CHAPMAN, T., Esq.
CHAPMAN, E. W., Esq.
CHAPMAN, W. R., Esq.
HUNTON, R. M., Esq.

TAYLERSON, Dr.

YORKE, Mr. ALGERNON

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(Sttralors.
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RICHARDSON, C, Esq.

St. Hilda's
STRICKLAND, C. W., Esq
SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN
SMALES, Rev. GIDEON
YEOMAN, W. H., Esq.

ROBINSON, Mr. F. K.

SIMPSON, Mr. MARTIN

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MFMBERS OF THE SOCIETY,

THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.

Atkinson, O. A., Esq., L.L.D.

Anderson, Mr, Francis

Barrick, H., Esq. (West Side)

Bagnall, C, Esq.

Belcher, Thomas W., Esq.

Brodrick, Rev. J. B., A.M.

Bryan, Mr. Thomas

Chapman, T., Esq., F.R.S., &c.

Chapman, Edward W., Esq.

Chapman, Joseph B., Esq.

Chapman, W. R., Esq.

Chohnley, Mrs.

Comer, Mr. John
Dotchon, Mr. William
Dotchon, Thomas, Esq.
Dowson, John, Esq., M.D.
English, A. W., Esq., M.R.C.S.
Frankland Mrs.
Glover, Rev. John
Hallgate, Mr. H.
Home, Mr. Ralph
Hunton, R, M., Esq.
Huntrods, Thomas, Esq.
Keane, Rev. William. A.M.
Lockey, Mr. W. G.
Marshall, Mr. B. '
Mead, E. Preston, Esq., M.D.
Nicholson, Mr. J. B.
Newton, Mr. William

Noel, E. F., Esq.
Owen, Rev. John
Pannett, R. E., Esq.
Percival, Thomas, Esq.
Richardson, C, Esq., St. Hilda'*
Richardson, J. B., Esq.
Richardson, Thomas, Esq.
Readman, Mr. T. H.
Rigg, John J., Esq.
Reed, Mr. Silvester
Robinson, Mr. F. K.
Sherwood, E., Esq., M.D.
Simpson, Mr. Martin
Smales, Gideon, Esq.
Smales, Rev. Gideon
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq.
Strickland, C. W., Esq.
Snowden, Mr. Matthew
Stevenson, Mr. John
Stonehouse, Mr. William
Taylerson, J. Esq., L.R.C.P.
Trueman, Mr. Thomas H.
Turnbull, Mr. Edwin
Tumbull, Thomas, Esq.
TJsherwood, Wm., Esq., A.M.
Wilson, John, Esq., M.D.
Yeoman, John, Esq., M.D.
Yorke, Mr. Algernon

ANNUAL SUBSCRIBER.— BARKER, JOSEPH, Esq.

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HONORARY MEMBERS,

Agassiz, Professor Lewis, M.D Neufchatel.

Acheson, Rev. Henry, B. A,, F.O.P.S London.

Barlow, Eev. R. J Button Rughj

Beecroft late Governor — The Family. Whithj.

Cockburn, Edwin, Esq London.

Dikes, W. H., Esq. F.L.S TVahefield

Fryer, William, Esq Nevmstle.

Leckenby, J. Esq Scarborough.

Lee, John Edward, Esq Hidl.

Philips, John, Esq, F.G.S., &c Oxford.

Robertson, Mr. W Newcastle.

Sedgwick,' Rev. A., D.D., F.R.S Cambridge.

West, W. J., Esq Tunbridge.

Williamson, Mr. J. Scarborough.

Williamson, Thomas W., Esq Beverley.

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DONATIONS

PRESENTED TO THE MUSEUM SINCE THE LAST REPORT,

J. EEED APPLETON, Esq., Durham.— Part xii of Twed-
delFs Bard's and Authors of Cleveland.

A. 0. ATKINSON, Esq., L.L.D.— A fine specimen of the fe-
male Capercailzie, Tetrao, Urogallus, Norway.

Mr. ISAAC BATE.— A silver penny of Edward I.

CHAS. BAGNALL, Esq. — Fragment of granite from the
Sinaitic Range. Fragment of a Mineral curiously streaked, from
the desert of Sinai. Fossil Echinus said to have been found in
the Lybian Desert, near the Pyramids of Gizeh. Fossil wood
from the Petrified Forest near Cairo. A large fine specimen of
Haematite.

The late GOVERNOR BEECROFT'S Family.— Cabbooceers
stool and foot-stool presented to Governor Beecroft by the King
of Dahomey in 1851.

Rev. J. B. BRODRICK, A.M.— Sixpence of William III. 10
cent piece of Napoleon III, 1854

M. GOULY de Chavilles. — Symbols of Language.

THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., &c.— Proceedings of the
Antiquarian Society, Nos. 2, 3 of Vol. 5. Earl Stanhope's
Address and list of Antiquaries, 1872.

"Mr. WM. CLARK. — Pair of Pattens of antiquated shape.

Mr. ROBT. M. CORNER.— A Prussian coin. Congressional
Directory of the forty-first Congress, third session.

Mr. DALTON, Cliff-street. —Specimen of the Eupledella
speciosa.

S. DIXON, Esq., Cornhill, London. — Fine specimen of the
Duck-billed Platypus, Ornithorynchus jparadoxus, from Australia.

Mr. WM. DOTCHON.— Ancient Lock from St. Michael's
Church, York.

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EDINBUEGH ROYAL SOCIETY.— Their Proceedings for
the Session 1870-71.

S. GARDNER, Esq., Sheffield.— Crested Cormorant or Shag,
Pelicanus cristatus.

W. H. GLADSTONE, Esq., M. P.— Education Reports 1871,
1872.

Miss HEWSON. — An Indian Idol. 6 Roman coins.

Rev. D. H. HAIGH, Erdington.— His "Yorkshire Runic
Monuments," in which the Whitby 7th century Comb is engraved
and described.

HULL LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—
Their Report, 1872.

G. T. KNAGGS, ESQ.— A piece of wood from Jerusalem.

Mr. MACNAUGHT.— Fac simile in lead of a Jewish Shekel
with a Hebrew inscription, found in the fallen part of Henrietta
street.

Mr. MAGREGOR.— A Tail of hair cut from the head of a
Chinese Pirate.

Rev. JOHN OWEN.— Wellbeloved's "Eburacum."

Mrs. PATTEN, Ontago, New Zealand. — Four specimens of
Hippocampi, a description of Pipe Fish.

Mr. THOS. H. READMAN.— The little Crebe, Co/^/mJws mmor.
Female Teal duck. Anas crecca

SMITHSONIAN Report for 1870.

Mr. SPEEDY.— The Kite, Falco milvus.

THOS. STEPHENSON, Esq.— A fine female Partridge, Tetrao
cinerea.

Dr. TAYLERSON.— Six Roman coins from Aldborough, near
Boroughbridge.

Lieut. H. C. WALKER, R.N.— A Sword and Krease from an
Arab slave Dhow, with a club from Zanzibar on the east coast of
Africa. Native cloth made of the bark of the wild fig tree from
great Nicobar Island in the Bay of Bengal. 37 recent shells from
Ceylon. A portion of an Elephant's tooth.

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MEAN TEMPERATURE AT WHITBY,

Taken at a Quarter before Nine o'clock every Morning, with
a Thermometer by Negretti, hung against a North wall, 190
Feet above the sea ; together with the amount of Rainfall and
the Number of Days on which some rain fell, for each year.

1867.

1868.

January,,,
February ,
March . . .
April , , , , .
May ...,,
June ••..,
July ....,
August . . ,
September
October . .
November
December

Mean of each Year

Maan from Mar. 21
to Sept. 22nd

1869.

DEU.

35-19
42-82
37-22
48-48
52-36
58-76
60-64
63-03
57-33
48-55
43-53
39-16

48-92

54-87

DEG.

39-06

42-72

44-

48-83

59-13

63-10

64-93

64-03

59-20

47-03

42-96

43-45

51-53

57-92

DEG.

40-30
43-64
39-45
50-70
49-61
57-43
63-73
60-58
58-46
49-84
42-20
37-71

49-47

54-59

1870.

DEG.

37-10

35-78

40-

50-40

56-19

61-53

65-71

61-80

56-06

49-09

40-13

35-55

49-11

54-25

1871.

DEG.

32-35

41-10

44-

46-20

53-35

56-30

62-61

65-51

56-40

49.58

39-76

39-22

48-78

55-77

1872.

DEG.

40-

42-41

43.45

48-66

53-61

61-86

66-09

62.06

56-46

47-71

44-47

41-22

50-66

56-09

EAINFALL

INCHES.

25-02

on

185 days.

INCHES.

25-90

on

179 days

INCHES.

23-93
on
190

INCHES.

26-08

on

176 days,

INCHES.

24-54

on

173 days,

INCHES.

38-62

on

234 days.

Dee. 2nd 1872

MARTIN SIMPSON.