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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Jlpril 29. — At the anniversary meeting held for the election of officers 

 for the ensuing year. Baring Wall, Esq., M.P., Vice-Pres., in the Chair, 

 a Report was presented by the Council, in which were enumerated the 

 various steps that have been taken since the last Anniversary in further- 

 ance of the objects of the Society. 



Since that period a charter has been obtained, by which the Society 

 lias been incorporated under the name of The Zoological Society of Lon- 

 don. Under the provisions of this instrument, which correspond gene- 

 rally with those by which other similar societies are governed, the mem- 

 bers nominated in it have proceeded to associate to themselves others, 

 who have already joined that institution to the number of 1326. In the 

 Fellows the whole property of the Society is vested and they have also the 

 right of electing the Council and Officers, and of confirming the Bye 

 Laws which are to be proposed by the Council. A code of Bye Laws is in 

 preparation, and will be submitted for approval to the genera! meeting of 

 the Society, which will take place early in June. Meetings will be 

 held for the future unce in each month for the election of Fellows, for the 

 receiving of reports on the progress and state of the establishments, and 

 for the communication of any interesting information resulting from 

 experiments conducted under the authority of the Society. 



The finances of the Society are in a very satisfactory state. From the 

 audited accounts, it appears that the receipts of the last year have amount- 

 ed to £11,515., while the expenditure has been only £10,044. 195. 4d, 

 leaving, with the surplus on the 1st of January, 1828, a balance in hand 

 of £2, 313. 14s. In the expenditure is included the sum of £6,068. II5. 3c?. 

 for works, and buildings, and labour at the Garden established in the 

 Regent's Park; about £350. for the purchase of animals, and upwards 

 of £1,100. for the keep of animals, including the salaries of the keepers. 

 The large balance has been reserved in consequence of a resolution of 

 the Council to lay aside and invest as permanent capital, with the view of 

 securing the stability of the Society, one-fifth part of the whole of the 

 receipts from all sources. The books of accounts will be constantly open 

 to the inspection of the Fellows. 



The arrangement of the Museum in Bruton Street has occupied much 

 of the attention of the Council. Additional cases have been erected wher- 

 ever space could be obtained, but the limited accommodations abridge 



