c. Foreign Members. 



Three Foreiga Members were elected in 1883 to fill 

 vacancies in the list. 



1. Dr. Christian F. Liitken, of the Royal University, 



Copenhagen. 



2. Dr. Joseph Leidy, of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 



Philadelphia, U.S.A. 



3. Dr. Rudolph Leuckart, Director of the Zooloo-ical In- 



stitute, Leipzig. ° 



2. State of the Finances. 



a. Income. 



The Income of the Society in 1883, although falling 

 short of that of the preceding year, which was swollen 

 by special circumstances, attained the large total of 

 £28,966 Is. 5d., a considerably greater amount than that 

 of 1879, 1880, or 1881, and far exceeding the general 

 average of ordinary years, as will be seen by the foUowino- 

 Table :— ^ " 



Annual Income of the Society during the past 20 years. 



Tear. Total Income. 



£ 

 1864 21,713 



1865 23,457 



1866 24,379 



1867 25,041 



1868 24,958 



1869 22,768 



1870 23,257 



1871 24,620 



1872 26,728 



1873 28,099 



Year. Total Income. 



£, 

 1874 28,417 



1875 28,738 



1876 34,955 



1877 30,983 



1878 ...... 27,944 



1879 26,463 



1880 27,388 



ISSl 25,810 



1882 34,270 



1883 28,960 



The subjoined Table contains a comparative statement of 

 the various heads of income in 1882 and 1883: — 



