d. Corresponding Members. 



The following Corresponding Members were elected in 



1884:— 



1. Professor T. JefFery Parker, of the Otago University 



Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand. 



2. The Hon William Macleay, of Elizabeth Bay, Sydney. 



3. Dr. Gustav Radde, of Tiflis. 



e. Medallists. 



The Silver Medal of the Society was conferred, on the 

 16th of January last year, on the Rev. George H. R. Fisk, 

 of Cape Town, one of the Society's most active Corre- 

 sponding Members, in acknowledgment of his numerous 

 donations t<j the Society's collection of living Reptiles. 



2. State of the Finances. 



a. Income. 



The Income of the Society has been well maintained in 

 1884, the total amount of receipts (£28,939 8.?. 8^.) 

 having been only £26 12*. 9d. less than that of the very 

 favourable year 1883. A shght decrease in the Garden 

 receipts (£319) was more than counterbalanced by a very 

 gratifying increase (£480) in the receipts for Compositions. 

 During the past twenty years the Annual Income of the 

 Society has only four times been higher than in 1884, as 

 will be seen by reference to the following Table : — 



Annual Income of the Society during the past 20 years. 



Tear. Total Income. 



£ 



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 



1874 28,417 



Year. Total Income. 



£ 



1875 28,738 



*1876 34,955 



*1877 30,988 



1878 ...... 27,944 



1879 26,463 



1880 27,388 



1881 25,810 



*1882 34,270 



*1883 28,966 



1884 28,939 



