REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



The Council of the Zoological Society, in accordance with 

 the provisions of the Charter, have prepared their Twenty- 

 second Annual Report upon the affairs of the Society, and 

 the principal events which have occurred since the last 

 Anniversary. 



I. GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT. 

 1. Members. 



a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers. 



The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual Sub- 

 scribers at the present time amounts to 1642, of which the 

 following is a summary : — 



Have Compounded, paying £20 . . 308 



Ditto ditto £30 . . 152 



Pay annual contributions of £2 . . 538 



Ditto ditto £3 . . 483 



Dormant 134 



Admission Fees unpaid 8 



Annual Subscribers, paying £3 . . 19 



1642 



Of these, 45 have been elected since the last Anniversary, 

 and 3 have been re-admitted under the provision of the 

 Bye-Laws, Chap. I. sect. 9. 



The number of deaths during the same period has been 

 47. 



The number of resignations has been 24. 



There are 7 Candidates for the Fellowship. 



The number of Elections is the largest, and the number 

 of Resignations is the smallest which has been recorded 

 during the last ten years. The actual decrease in the 

 number of Fellows borne on the books of the Society is 

 only 13. 



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