408 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1907. 
also to other establishments, public or private, where wild animals 
were reared either for the purposes of acclimation, of general zoology 
or of animal biology. I was therefore led to travel over England, Scot- 
land, the Isle of Man, Ireland, Belgium, and the Netherlands, re- 
ceiving everywhere the warmest welcome, not only from the scientists 
whose laboratories or experiment stations I visited, but also from 
the presidents or secretaries of societies, from the directors or super- 
intendents of zoological gardens and from the great proprietors who 
opened for me their parks. 
THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN AT LONDON. 
The Zoological Garden of London belongs to the Zoological Society 
of London, founded in 1826 for the purpose of “ the advancement of 
zoology and for the introduction into England of new and curious 
animals.” The society performs this double function first by main- 
taining the garden which we are about to describe, then by publish- 
ing Proceedings (two volumes per year), Transactions (id.), the 
Zoological Record, a Guide to the Garden, and illustrated postal 
cards of the animals, finally by holding monthly meetings at which 
the fellows, the corresponding members and even strangers may 
present communications. These communications are submitted to a 
committee of publication which considers them carefully ; thus, among 
132 offered in 1905 only 86 were published in full, 84 in the Pro- 
ceedings, 2 in the Transactions; the others were merely announced 
by title or by a concise abstract. 
The society comprises at present 3,702 active members, 200 corre- 
sponding members, and 25 foreign members. It is administered by 
a council of 21 members, elected annually, among which are a presi- 
dent (the Duke of Bedford in 1906), six vice-presidents, a secretary, 
and a treasurer. The secretary (Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, F. R. S., 
at present) is the executive officer. 
The council meets regularly every two weeks from January to the 
end of June and once a month during the remainder of the year; it 
publishes each year a report for the general session at which all 
members of the society may attend. 
The total receipts of the society amounted, in 1905, to £30,421 
6s. 9d. Among the details of these receipts I will mention the fol- 
lowing: 
£ SiaiGe 
AdmMISssionSito the: Card ene see eee ee ee 17,469 6 4 
Riding receipts (elephants and camels)——______________________ 470 19 8 
Salesiofaiving animals! =) 22 i. Sean ee eee 428 11 8 
SalespOte ei desea Gig O Stel esr Cl See ee ee 894 14 3 
ROT EMEP OTM ROS Ga Ura tees at ee eae Nae et Oe mac ee ee ae 1000s ORO 
Receipts from Ja VAtOTies Then 8 i ene ee Ie eae rem eeRe HOF eye 
