REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



The Council beg leave to present to the Fellows of the 

 Zoological Society of London the following Report of their 

 proceedings during the past year, and of the present condition 

 of the several departments. 



I. GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT. 



1. Members. — a. Fellows. 

 The number of Fellows and Fellows elect at the present 

 moment amounts to 2478, of which the following is a sum- 

 mary : — 



Paying annual contributions of £2 960 



Ditto ditto £3 912 



Have compounded 487 



Are on the dormant list 110 



Have not paid entrance-fees 9 



2478 

 Of this number, 37 have been elected since the last Anni- 

 versary, and 8 re-admitted under the provision of the By- 

 Laws, Chap. 1. sect. 9. The number of resignations during the 

 same period has been 109, and of deaths 45 ; and the removals 

 ordered by the Council, in conformity with the By-Laws, 

 amount to 140, viz. 35 under the provision of Chap. 1. sect. 5, 

 and 105 under Chap. 1. sect. 9. 

 The number of Candidates for the Fellowship is 6. 



b. Honorary and Foreign Members. 



The number of Honorary and Foreign Members remains as 

 at the last Anniversary. 



c. Corresponding Members. 



The number of Corresponding Members at present on the 

 lists of the Society amounts to 141 ; and the Council are happy 

 to announce that the zeal of this useful class of our Associates 



