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geons of London, the Physical and Natural History Society 

 of Geneva, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 

 the National Institution for the Promotion of Science esta- 

 blished at Washington, the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 

 the Royal Institution of Cornwall, the Horticultural Society 

 of London, and the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. 



Donations have also been received from the Editors of the 

 Athenaeum Journal and the Illustrated Polytechnic Review ; 

 Dr. Cantor; Dr. Andrew Smith; Dr. Passerini ; and Isaac Lea, 

 Corr. Members ; the Prince of Canino ; Dr. Ruppell ; A. Va- 

 lenciennes and M. Lesson, Foreign Members ; Lovell Reeve ; 

 P. Kernan ; Sir John Franklin ; Jacob Bell ; M. Burmeister ; 

 Edw. Newman ; Sir W. Jardine ; John E. Gray ; Fred. Ro- 

 binson, R.N.; Dr. Morton ; Professor Agassiz ; J. P. Giraud, 

 Jun. ; F. J. Pictet, and R. I. Murchison. 



3. Scientific Meetings and Publications. 

 The causes alluded to in last yeai-'s Report as having 

 seriously interfered with the attendances and abridged the in- 

 terest formerly taken in the Scientific Meetings of the Society, 

 that is to say the unsettled state of the Museum question, 

 want of immediate and ready access to specimens required for 

 illustration, and the inconvenient situation of the apartments 

 temporarily occupied by the Society, have continued during 

 the last year to impede the regular working of this depart- 

 ment. Whilst the ultimate situation of the Museum was still 

 doubtful, it was impossible for the Council to determine what 

 amount of accommodation the Society would require in town ; 

 but now that that question has been finally disposed of, no 

 time will be lost in procuring permanent accommodation for 

 the Society in an eligible central situation. 



III. GARDEN ESTABLISHMENT. 



1. Works. — New Carnivora Terrace. 

 The Garden Arrangement Committee mentioned in the 

 Report of 1842 as having been then recently appointed, as- 

 sembled shortly after the last Anniversary, and were actively 

 engaged during the summer and winter in prosecuting the 



