REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



In accordance with the provisions of the Charter, the 

 Louncil of the Zoological Society have the pleasure of sub- 

 mitting to the Society their Thirty-first Annual Report 

 upon the progress of the Institution during the twelve 

 months which have elapsed since the last Anniversaiy. 



I. GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT. 

 1. Fellows and Annual Subscribers. 

 The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual 

 Subscribers at the present time amounts to 1709. Of 

 these there are — 



Compounders, paying £20 . . 



Ditto ditto £30 . . 



Paying annual contributions of £2 



Ditto ditto £3 



Dormant 



Admission-fees unpaid .... 



Ditto remitted . . . 



Annual Subscribers, paying £3 . 



223 



269 



309 



674 



143 



22 



10 



59 



1709 



Seventy-five Fellows have been elected since the last 

 Anniversary, and six have been readmitted under the pro- 

 visions of the By-Laws, Chap. 1, Sect. 9. 



The number of Deaths during the same period has 

 been 48. 



The number of Resignations has been 27 ; and the Re- 

 movals ordered by the Council, in conformity with the 

 Laws of the Society, amount to 22. 



The number of Candidates for admission is 12. 



2. Finances. 



a. Income. 



The Receipts of the past year amounted to the sum of 

 £15,194 155. 2c?., which, added to the sum of £1420 16*. 3d., 

 the balance carried over from the previous year, made a 

 total amount of £16,615 11^. 5d. to be placed under the 



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