CONTENTS. 



Page 



I. General Condition of the Society • 3 



1. State of the Eoll of Members 3 



a. Fellows and Annual Subscribers 3 



b. Corresponding and Foreign Members 5 



2. State of the Finances 5 



fl. Income 5 



h. Expenditure 6 



c. Assets and Liabilities 8 



. (?. Davis Trust-fund 9 



II. Office, Hanover Square 10 



1. Scientific Meetings 10 



2. Scientific Publications 10 



3. Library 11 



4. Staff at the Office 20 



III. Gardens, Regent's Park 20 



1. Buildings and "Works 20 



2. Staff at the Gardens 22 



3. Visitors 22 



4. Zoological Lectures 23 



5. Menagerie 24 



List of Animals which were bred in the Gardens of 



the Society in 1878 25 



List of Species new to the Collection exhibited in 



the Society's Gardens in the year 1878 27 



List of Donors and Donations 29 



Conclusion 42 



