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Stumpffi Bttgr. vertreten auf Nossibé die ostmadagassischen Arten Ch. 

 pardalis Cuv,, Ch. nasutus D. B. und Br. supercüiaris (Kühl). Außer- 

 dem besitzt Nossibé von Chamaeleontiden nur noch zwei Arten , Br. 

 Ehenaui und minima Bttgr., beide der Insel eigenthümlich. Trotz der 

 nahen Küstenlage von Nossibé behauptet also selbst dessen Wirbel- 

 thierfauna einen hohen Grad von Selbständigkeit, da nur eine von 

 fünf Arten beiden Inseln gemeinsam zu sein scheint. 



II. Mittheilungen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. The Zoological Society of London. 



The 65th Anniversary Meeting of this Society was held Monday, April 

 30th, at their Offices, 3, Hanover Square, W. The Chair was taken at 

 4 p. m. by the President, Sir William H. Flower, K.C.B., F.R.S. , who 

 was supported by many Members of the Council and other Fellows of the 

 Society. 



After the Auditors Report had been read and other preliminary business 

 had been transacted the Report of the Council on the proceedings of the 

 Society during the year 1893 was read by Mr. P. L. Slater, F.R.S. the 

 Secretary. It stated that the number of Fellows on the 1st of January 1894 

 was 2985 and that the number of Fellows elected in 1893 was 155, being 

 considerably above the average of the ten preceding years. Since the last 

 Anniversary one Honorary, 2 Foreign and 8 Corresponding Members had 

 been elected to fill vacancies , and the Silver-medal of the Society had been 

 awarded to Mr. G. S. Mackenzie, F.Z.S. for the introduction of the Wa- 

 terbuck Antelope. The total receipts of the Society for 1893 had amounted 

 to ä8 26 217. 7. 5, being M 1340. 3. 7 more than those for 1892, the in- 

 crease being mainly due to the larger receipts from admission to the Gar- 

 dens. The ordinary expenditure for 1893 had been û 24 826. 10. 4, being 

 Û 1495. 8. 8 in excess of the expenditure of the previous year. Owing 

 chiefly to the increased price of hay & straw and the large increase in the 

 amount of water consumed during a hot and dry summer, the expenditure 

 under the heads of Provisions and Menagerie for the past year had exceeded 

 the amount expended under those heads in 1892 by upwards of M 500. 

 The purchase of the young Hippopotamus for ^500 had also helped to 

 bring about an increase of nearly se 400 under the head of »Cost of Ani- 

 mals«. There had also been an increase under the head of Publications of 

 û 540 caused by the issue of a rather bulky volume of »Proceedings«, illu- 

 strated by an unusual number of coloured Plates, and by the publication of 

 three parts of the Society's Quarto »Transactions«. Besides the ordinary 

 expenditure above mentioned an extraordinary expenditure of ^451. 11. 1 

 had been incurred upon special objects, which had brought the total ex- 

 penditure of the year to M 25 278. 1. 5. The balance brought forward 

 from 1892 was 41 1113. 5. 0, which added to the Income received in 

 1893 gave a total sum of € 27 330. 12. 5 available for expenditure. Be- 

 sides the expenditure mentioned above the sum of M 1000 had been de- 

 voted towards the re -payment of the Mortgage debt on the Society's 

 Freehold premises, leaving the sum of M 2000 only now remaining due 



