110 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



In the foreign department, eighteen gentlemen have been elected 

 Honorary Fellows, thirty-five Corresponding Members, and twenty 

 Local Secretaries. Communications have been received from nearly 

 all of these gentlemen, expressing great interest in the work of the 

 Society and offering to advance its objects in every way in their 

 power. 



Honorary Fellotvs. The Council have felt it their duty to limit 

 the present number of Honorary Fellows to twenty-five. It is pro- 

 posed, however, eventually to increase this number to forty. 



Corresponding Members. Thirty- five Corresponding Members have 

 been elected, and the Council recommend that no more than forty 

 be elected. 



Local Secretaries. Twenty-two Local Secretaries have been ap- 

 pointed in Great Britain, of these seven are Fellows of the Society. 

 The Council are still anxious to increase this number, and to have 

 their official representative in every county, and also in every large 

 town throughout the kingdom. They will be glad to hear from gen- 

 tlemen who are really anxious to promote the objects of the Society. 

 Twenty Local Secretaries have been appointed abroad, but the Council 

 hope during the next year that their number will be largely increased. 

 The Council invite the assistance of the Fellows in nominating gentle- 

 men to fill this important office in different parts of the world. The 

 Council have not yet been able " to indicate the class of facts required," 

 but they hope during the ensuing session to be able to do so. 



Donations. Besides the valuable donations which the Society have 

 received for the Library and Museum, they have also the pleasure of 

 announcing the following : Henry Christy, Esq., 5. ; J. F. Colling- 

 wood, Esq., 10; S. E. Collingwood, Esq., 5.; Henry Hotze, Esq. 

 5 (for the library). 



Special Donations. The following sums have been received as a 

 special fund for preparing or stuffing a specimen of male Gorilla, 

 presented to the Society by Mr. Winwood Reade : J. Frederick 

 Collingwood, Esq., 5 ; S. E. B. Bouverie Pusey, Esq., 5 ; S. E. 

 Collingwood, Esq., 5; James Hunt, Esq., 1; Charles Stenning, 

 Esq., 1 ; C. R. des Ruffieres, 1 ; W. Chamberlain, Esq., 5s. 



The Council having made a few remarks on each of the chief ob- 

 jects of the Society, would now beg to invite the attention of the 

 Fellows to the important question of Finance, which will necessarily 

 regulate its future operations. The experience of the past year has 

 convinced the Council, after mature and earnest consideration, that 

 the objects of the Society cannot be fully carried out until there are 



