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It will be observed that, notwithstanding the depression 

 above alluded to, the total number of visitors to the 

 Gardens does not present any serious decrease. 



4. Zoological Lectures. 



Great interest being taken by many Fellows of the 

 Society in the Zoological Lectures, to which the proceeds 

 of the Davis Trust- fund have been devoted for several 

 years, the Council have determined to continue them 

 during the present season. 



The Lectures for this year will be given in the usual 

 Lecture -room in the Society's Gardens, on Thursdays at 

 5 P.M., commencing June 3rd. 



The following is a list of the subjects : — 



These Lectures will be free to Fellows of the Society 

 and their Friends, and to other Visitors to the Gardens. 



5. Prosector's Department. 



The loss suffered by the Society, and by Science in 

 general, by the deatli of their excellent and accomplished 

 Officer, Mr. Alfred Henry Garrod, F.R.S., in October 

 last, is already well known to most of the Members. The 

 Council feel it hardly necessary to repeat the expression 

 of their great regret at this occurrence, as it has already 

 formed the subject of a special communication to the 

 Society at one of its general meetings, and is, they feel 

 assured, fully participated in by every one acquainted with 

 the late Prosector. 



To fill the vacancy thus caused in the Prosectorsliip, 

 tbe Council have selected, as successor to Mr. Garrod, 

 Mr. William Alexander Forbes, B.A., Scholar of St. 

 John's College, Cambridge. Mr. Forbes, whose name is 

 already well known to many of the Fellows as that of a 

 valuable contributor to the Society's ' Proceedings,' acted 

 as Mr. Garrod's deputy during his absence abroad in the 



