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The Council I'egard with pleasure the pi:ogre«s which has 

 recently been made in the National and Provincial Collections, 

 and which, presenting so striking a contrast with then- condi- 

 tion at the time when the Zoological Society was founded, 

 renders the maintenance of our own Museum, as a separate 

 collection, no longer an object of the importance which it 



^ThfpnncipT Donations to the Museuni since the last 

 Anniversary have been presented by ^'^':^^"'''^^^''^^'''. 

 V.P. : A. Grace, Esq.; Capt. Sir Edward Belcher, R.N ., UB., 

 A. N. Ward, Esq., H.E.I.C. Civil Service; and J. Patten, Esq. 



c. Library. 



Although no important purchases have been effected in the 

 Library, several desirable and valuable works have been added 

 by donations and by exchange for the Publications of the 

 Society. 



The principal Donations to the Library since the last 

 Anniversary consist of Transactions &nA Pfoceeaings h-om 

 The Academy of Sciences of Paris. 

 The Royal Academy of Sciences of Mumcli. 

 The Imperial Academy of Naturalists of Breslau. 

 The Royal Society of Sciences of Gottmgen, 

 The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 

 The Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin. 

 L'Institut Royal des Pays Bas. 

 The Royal Academy of Sciences of Stockholm. 



The Royal Society of Yau Diemen s Land. 



The Institute of France. 



The American Philosophical Society. 



The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 



The Royal Irish Academy. 



The Royal Society of Literatm-e. 



The Linnean Society. 



The Horticultural Society. 



The Royal Society of Edinburgh ; and 



The Literary and Philosophical Society of LiVferpool. 



