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Treasurer, Secretary, and Under Secretary: and E. T. Bennett, Esq., 

 Dr. Fitton, Davies Gilbert, Esq., Rev. Dr. Goodenough, the Duke of 

 Somerset, and J. F. South, Esq., were elected to fill the vacancies in the 

 Council. 



The Executors of the late President having offered to the Society the 

 whole of his collection and library of Natural History, at the price of 

 £4000, a sum considerably below that at which their value was estimated 

 by Sir J. E. Smith himself, the acquisition of this almost unequalled mass 

 of standard and authentic information appeared so desirable to the Coun- 

 cil, that at its recommendation a subscription was commenced, which 

 amounted before the close of the day to upwards of £600. So liberal a 

 contribution from less than sixty subscribers encourages the hope that a 

 very large proportion of the amount required will be raised by the 

 voluntary donations of the Fellows alone, who exceed six hundred in 

 number. The loss to this country of the collections of Linnaeus, which 

 are included in the purchase, would indeed be generally regarded as a 

 national discredit, and the most strenuous exertions will doubtless be 

 made to prevent their being transferred to the Continent of Exirope. 

 Their chief value is unquestionably to the Botanist; but the Zoologist 

 cannot but feel strongly interested in the preservation of the type speci- 

 mens of the shells and insects described by the great restorer of Natural 

 History, (the latter named with the assistance of Fabricius,) in a situation 

 where they will be continually open to access for consultation and 

 comparison. 



ZOOLOGICAL CLUB OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



Jan. 8, 1828. — A portion of a paper " On the Animals of the Cari- 

 bcsan Islands; by the Rev. Lansdown Guilding, B. A., F.L.S., &c., 

 was read. 



Jan. 22. — On the recommendation of the Committee of the Club, it 

 was ordered that the following entry be made on the minutes, and that' 

 a copy thereof be transmitted to N. A. Vigors, Esq. 



" The Zoological Club of the Linnean Society of London records 

 ** its gratitude to Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Esq., its late Secretary, for 

 *' his zealous and able discharge of the duties of his office since its first 



