CONTENTS. 



Page 



I. General Condition of the Society 3 



1. State of the EoU of Members 3 



a. Fellows 3 



b. Corresponding Members 4 



2. State of the Finances 4 



a. Income 4 



h. Expenditure 5 



c. Assets and Liabilities 7 



II. Office, Hanover Square , 8 



1. Proposed new Meeting-room 8 



2. Scientific Meetings 9 



3. Scientific Publications 9 



4. Library 10 



III. Gardens, Regent's Park 22 



1. Buildings and "Works 22 



2. Insect-house 23 



3. Proposed Eailway through the Gardens 24 



4. Staff 25 



5. Yisitors 25 



6. Zoological Lectures 27 



7. Prosector's Department 27 



8. Menagerie 29 



List of Special Additions to the Society's Menagerie 

 in 1881 30 



List of Species new to the Collection exhibited in 

 the year 1881 32 



List of Animals bred in the Gardens of the Society 

 in 1881 .......... ^...^ 33 



List of Donors and Donations 35 



Conclusion 48 



