gratulate their Fellow-Members on the continued prosperity of "The Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society;" and would venture to express a hope, that at the termination of every future Session, their successors may be enabled to resign their trust with similar feelings of satisfaction. 5 5 0 0 14 6 Janitor at Mrs. F. Kemble's Readings at the Promenade and Exhibition. Less Receipts. Rent of Cellars under the Hall 15 0 0 146 4 17 0 Purchase, Carriage, and Preparation of Specimens Water Rate, £1, Property Tax, 8s. 9d. Expenses of Conversazione 13 4 8 610 0 6 14 8 54 16 6 17 17 0 15 20 Rent of Music Hall, and extra Expenses for do. Expenses of Mr. West's Lectures Sundry Expenses, Postage, Cleaning, &c. Subscription to the Society of Arts Balance in Treasurer's hands £500 4 8 Balance in Sub-Curator's hands DONATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE SOCIETY'S MUSEUM. Those marked thus (*) are Honorary Members; thus (†) Members of this Society. GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. Fifty-four Specimens of Reptilian Bones, Shells, and Vegetable Remains, from Dr. Mantell, F.R.S., London. the Isle of Wight A very fine Specimen of Lead Ore, from the Keld Lead Mine, near Leyburn, Mr. F. Kirkby, Leeds. weight 2cwt. 1qr. 11lbs. Fine Horn of the Red Deer, found in excavating for the Sewerage in Wilson Mr. S. Buxton, Hunslet. Street, twenty feet below the surface...... Several Bones of the Horse, Ox, Swine, and Goat, found in excavating for the Mr. T. Scattergood. Sewerage in Hunslet Lane Several Bones of the Hippopotamus, Elephant, and Auroch, found at Wortley } Messrs. Longley. Singularly Contorted Specimen of Stigmaria Robert Hudson, Esq. ZOOLOGY. Stuffed Specimen of the Jaguar (Felis Messrs. Frankland and BeckOnca), from Demerara ...... ...... with, Demerara. Mr. Edmund Hay. } + Mr. T. P. Teale, F.L.S. Specimen of the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo Mrs. Eddison. Fine Specimen of the Crocodile (Crocodi lus vulgaris), from South Africa ... Very fine Pair of Horns of the Cape + Rev. C. Wicksteed, B. A., President. Buffalo (Bos Caffer); and Springbock† Mr. W. S. Ward. Several Specimens of Reptiles, Fish, and ......... } Rev. W. Dawson. Specimen of the Red Throated Diver (Colymbus Septentrionalis), immature.. } † Mr. T. P. Teale, F.L.S. Specimen of the White variety of the Jno. Darlington, Esq., Bradford. Common Peacock } Shark's Jaw; Upper Jaw and Tusks of the African Wild Boar....... } Mr. Edward Blackett. MISCELLANEOUS. Five Ancient British Celts; Arrow and Spear Heads; and the Bow and Shield of Mr. John Dixon. Ofversight af Kongl Vetenskaps Akademiens The Academy of Sciences of Förhandlingar, 8vo., for 1850 and 1851..) Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Stockholm. The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, U. S. Report of the Commissioners of Patents The American Government. for 1850, pt. 1, Mechanical, vol. i. Report of the Commissioners of Patents Army Meteorological Reports for Twelve ......... United States Patent Laws, 8vo. ...... The Surgeon-General of the Rules for Obtaining Patents in the United The Commissioners of Patents. States, 8vo. Notices of the Academy of Sciences of Reports of the Royal Institution of Liver- Catalogue of the Paintings and Drawings in the Gallery of the Royal Institution, Liverpool ...... The Academy of Sciences of The Liverpool Royal Institution. Proceedings of the American Philosophical The American Philosophical Society, vol. v., pt. 47 Society, Philadelphia. Laws of the Manchester Natural History The Natural History Society Minutes of the Committee of Council on The Committee, through the The Society of Arts, |