CONTENTS. 



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I. General Condition of the Society 3 



1. State of the Roll of Members 3 



a. Fellows 3 



I. Corresponding, Foreign, and Honorary Members 4 



2. State of the Finances 5 



a. Income 5 



h. Expenditure 6 



c. Assets and Liabilities 8 



II. Office, Hanover Square 9 



1. Extension of Premises 9 



2. Scientific Meetings 10 



3. Scientific Publications 10 



4. Library 11 



III. Gardens, Eegent's Park 18 



1. Buildings and Works 18 



2. Staff at the Gardens 20 



3. Visitors 21 



4. Zoological Lectures 22 



5. Prosector's Department 22 



6. Menagerie 23 



List of Species new to the Collection exhibited in 



the Society's Gardens in the year 1879 24 



List of Animals which were bred in the Gardens of 



the Society in 1879 25 



List of Donors and Donations 27 



Conclusion 39 



