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perly have proceeded. But they avail themselves of the 

 earliest opportunity after his retirement from the office, to 

 record their high sense of the eminent services M'hich Mr. 

 Vigors has rendered to the Society, and to express their 

 cordial concurrence in the thanks which have been given to 

 him by the Fellows at large, at the Annual General Meet- 

 ing, on Monday last. His zeal for the welfare of the Insti- 

 tution to which he has devoted himself during the seven 

 years which have elapsed since its establishment, his sci- 

 entific acquirements, and his readiness of access and of 

 communication, contributed materially in the earlier days 

 of the Society to its success, and have since continued to 

 advance its interests. His liberality, hitherto unacknow- 

 ledged, though deeply appreciated, is shown in every de- 

 partment of the Museum, to which, on the formation of the 

 Society, he gave the whole of the Zoological subjects he 

 possessed, including an extensive and highly valuable series 

 of preserved Birds, obtained from almost every knoM-n 

 locality, and a collection of Insects also brought together 

 from all parts, and equalled at the time of its presentation 

 by only two others in this country. To the Museum he 

 has since continued silently to add, abstaining altogether 

 from collecting for himself, and reserving nothing which 

 could tend to render divided his interest for its increase. 



In the Donation of the first Secretary, and in the liberal 

 present of the Sumatran collection of the first President, 

 the late Sir T. Stamford Raffles, the Museum originated ; 

 and the Council look forward to the day when in a building- 

 worthy of its reception, there may be placed, by the 

 liberality of the Members, lasting memorials of its joint 

 founders. As in the case of the Rafflesian Collection, the 

 Council have ordered that the several articles of the Yigor- 

 sian Collection shall be marked with the name of the Do- 

 nor, the extent of M'hose liberality towards the Society will 

 thus be made evident to every Visitor of the Museum. 



