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female Indian elephant presented by the King (then the Prince 

 of Wales) on July 24, 1876, comes next. 



In the summer of 1901 a tablet was erected in the meeting 

 room by the Council as a memorial to Sir William Flower.^ 

 It bears the following inscription : 



This Tablet is erected by the Zoological 



Society of London to the memory of 



SIR WILLIAM IL FLOWER, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., 



ITS LATE President, in recognition of 



his great EMINENCE AS A ZOOLOGIST AND 



IN GRATITUDE FOR THE VALUABLE SERVICES 



RENDERED TO THE SOCIETY THROUGHOUT 



THE TWENTY YEARS DURING WHICH HE OCCUPIED 



THE Presidential Chair. 1879-1899. 



On June 19, 1902, the Gold Medal was presented to 

 Sir Harry H. Johnston, who had received the Silver Medal 

 in 1894. " Since that date," said the Council's Eeport : 



Sir Harry has not ceased in his endeavours to promote the advance of 

 zoological discovery in the several posts he has occupied in various parts of 

 Africa ; and has especially distinguished himself by the discovery on the 

 confines of Uganda of the wonderful new African animal the okapi. Sir 

 Harry has also been a frequent and generous contributor to our living 

 collection. 



At the same meeting the Silver Medal was awarded to 

 Mr. Edmund William Harper of Calcutta, who had presented 

 to the Society a large number of Indian birds new to the 

 Collection, and taken great pains to ensure their safe transport 

 to this country. It was also given to Mr. Arthur Thomson, 

 Assistant Superintendent, at the Monthly Meeting, March 17, 

 1904, in consideration of his faithful services to the Society 

 for a period of thirty-four years. 



* Sir Stamford Raffles is the only other President whose services have been 

 commemorated (see p. 159), and his bust in the lion house was the gift of a 

 member of his family, not an official memorial. With the revival of the 

 Society's bionomical work, one would like to see some lasting monument to 

 Lord Derby, who was an original member of the Society, A panel should 

 record the term of office of every President and Secretary. 



