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Memoires, Journals, Bulletins, Annals, and Reports have 

 also been received from 



The Royal Academy of Sciences of Brussels. 



The Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin. 



The Agricultural Society of Lyons. 



The Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



The National Academy of Metz. 



The Natural History Society of the Department of the 



Moselle. 

 The Franklin Institute. 

 The Smithsonian Institution. 

 The Royal Agricultural Society of England. 

 The Royal Geographical Society. 

 The Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersbui'g. 

 The British Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 The Asiatic Society of Great Britain. 

 The Geological Society of London. 

 The Geological Society of Dublin. 

 The Leeds Philosophical Society. 

 The State of New York. 

 Her Majesty's Government; and 

 L' Academic des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier. 



Donations have also been received from William C. Dom- 

 vile, Esq. ; Dr. Andrew Smith ; George Ransome, Esq. ; 

 Dr. Mantell ; Dr. Wyman ; Dr. Morton ; Dr. Leidy of Phila- 

 delphia ; M. Alfred Malherbe ; Dr. Baikie, and Robert Heddle, 

 Esq. ; J. D. Dana, Esq. ; Arthur Adams, Esq., R.N. ; Jacob 

 Bell, Esq. ; the Editor of the Athenaeum Journal; H. J. Car- 

 ter, Esq. ; P. Keman, Esq. ; Professor Pictet ; E. Newman, 

 Esq. ; the Editor of the Agricultural Magazine, and the 

 Royal Botanic Society. 



III. GARDEN ESTABLISHMENT. 



1. Works and Repairs. 



The attention of the Council has been actively directed 

 towards the improvement and extension of the Buildings ren- 

 dered necessary by the increasing richness of the Menagerie, 



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