Comparative Statement of Elections, Deaths, Resignations, and Removals 

 during the past Ten years, loith the number of Fellows at the end 



of each Tear. 



A slight decrease in the total number of Members is 

 thus shown after a long period of increase. This is attri- 

 butable^ in the first place, to the number of new Members 

 elected in 1879 having been rather less than the average 

 (145 against 176 in 1878), and, secondly, to the number of 

 resignations and removals for non-payment of subscrip- 

 tions having been rather greater than usual. 



The Council believe that this temporary check in the 

 Society's progress is solely attributable to the effects of 

 the general depression that universally prevailed during 

 the past year. 



b. Corresponding, Foreign, and Honorary Members. 



Thirteen Corresponding Members were elected during 

 1879, namely : — 



Dr. John Dean Caton, of Ottawa, Illinois, U.S.A. 



Frederick E. Cobb, Esq., Colonial Manager of the Falk- 

 land Islands Company, Stanley, Falkland Islands. 



W. A. Conklin, Esq., Director of the Central Park Mena- 

 gerie, New York, U.S.A. 



John Colman, Esq., of St. Paul de Loanda, Angola, West 

 Africa. 



George Dundas, Esq., C.M.G., St. Vincent, West Indies. 



Theodore Hance, Esq., of Chinkiang, China. 



William Hume Hart, Esq., Colonial Surgeon, Sierra Leone. 



