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\valk9 and embankments completely formed, and the planting is now being pro- 

 ceeded with from the entrance up to the proposed conservatories, and on either 

 side the grand promenade. From what has already been done, and the various 

 works now in progress, it is evident the committee of management, when called 

 upon for their report in January, will be able to give such an account of their 

 stewardship as cannot fail satisfying the subscribers to the undertaking that 

 there has been no lack of exertions on their part in carrying out the objects pro- 

 posed by the society. We have just heard with much pleasure that R. Capper, 

 Esq., has presented the Society with a donation of £20. We hope his example 

 will be followed by others. — Cheltenham Looker-On. 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The ordinary monthly meeting for general business was held Nov. 2, the Rev. 

 John Barlow, F.R.S., in the chair. — Mr. Yarrell read the report of the 

 council, which, on account of there being no meeting in the past month, em- 

 braced the affairs of the society since June. In the months of July and August 

 the total amount of receipts was £2,424. 2s. 8d., and of expenditure, £2,025. 

 The number of persons admitted to the gardens was 55,364, from whom £l,887 

 lis. was received; and to the museum, 496 persons, from whom £10. 9s. had 

 been received. In the months of September and October the receipts were 

 £l,653. 15s. ; the number of visitors to the gardens, 27,463, from whom £l,058 

 8s. was received, and to the museum, 5GG, the sum received being £9. lis. 

 Various donations were announced to the menagerie, museum, and library de- 

 partments, from the Prince of Musignano, Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg, 

 Mr. Audubon, Major Campbell, &c. ; and the present stock in hand at the 

 menagerie was stated as 1,032; or 284 mammalia, 725 birds, and 23 reptiles, 

 being 12 less than at the last report. No works are at present in progress. Mr. 

 Vigors, M.P., having questioned the secretary as to the great deficiency in the 

 Garden receipts over the corresponding period of last year, and being assured by 

 him that they were short by no less a sum than £3,880, entered into his views 

 as to providing some great additional objects of attraction by which the receipts 

 might be maintained. For this purpose he suggested the carrying into execution 

 the erection of a suspension-bridge, to communicate with the grounds of the 

 society on the opposite side of the Regent's Canal, and the judicious erection of 

 more extensive buildings, similar to those of other establishments in the coun- 

 try. The Chairman announced that the council had, the day previous, ap- 

 pointed a special committee on the subject of the deficiency in the Garden 

 receipts. With regard to the introduction of new animals, a spirited attempt 

 was being made to introduce two living Hippotami into the collection, and they 

 had received a promise of a material addition to their number of Lions. Mr. 



