PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



COMMITTEE of SCIENCE and CORRESPONDENCE 



OF TIIE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



November 9, 1830. 

 R. W. Hay, Esq. m the Chair. 



The Chairman opened the husiness of the Meeting, by stating the 

 objects contemplated by the Council in the formation of the Com- 

 mittee. He explained these objects in conformity with the sub- 

 joined Extracts from the Minutes and Report of the Council. 



Extract from the Minutes of Council, July 21. 



" On a consideration of the advantages likely to accrue to the 

 Society, by cultivating an extensive correspondence on subjects of 

 Natūrai History ; it was Resolved, that a Committee be appointed, 

 to be entitled ' The Committee of Science and Correspondence,' 

 for the purpose of suggesting and discussing ąuestions and experi- 

 ments in animal physiology, of exchanging Communications with 

 the Corresponding Members of the Society, of promoting the im- 

 portation of rare and useful Animals, and of receiving and preparing 

 reports upon matters eonnected with Zoology. 



" That tiie Committee be reąuested, in the first instance, to pre- 

 pare a Report upon the Animals, for the importation of \vhich it is 

 most desirable that the Council should take measures, -vvhether for 

 purposes of utility or exhibition, under the heads of the seve- 

 ral countries in which they are produced ; and pointing out the 

 means which should be taken for their preservation, either on the 

 passage or after their arrival ; and secondly, to obtain all informa- 

 tion possible, upon the subject of the importation and breeding of 

 Fish." 



Oct. 6. 



" It was ordered, that the Committee of Science, nominated 

 at the Council of the 21st of July, should be reąuested to meet 

 at the Society's rooms, at eight o'clock on Tuesday the 9th of 

 November, and on every subseąuent second and fourth Tuesday of 

 the month. It was also Resolved, that the Committee should have 

 power to add to their numbers ; and that the members of the Coun- 

 cil should be ex officio members of the Committee." 



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