REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
April 29, 1863. 
In accordance with the provisions of the Charter, the 
Council have now the pleasure of submitting to the 
Society their Thirty-fourth Annual Report, which, in 
conformity with former precedents, they divide into three 
heads, the first relating to the general affairs of the 
Society, the second to the operations carried on at the 
Office in Hanover Square, and the last to the state of 
the Gardens and Menagerie in the Regent’s Park. 
I. GENERAL ESTABLISHMENT. 
1. Orpinary Memsers, FELLows, AND ANNUAL 
SUBSCRIBERS. 
The number of Fellows, Fellows Elect, and Annual 
Subscribers at the present time amounts to 1744. Of 
these there are— 
Compounders, paying £20 ... . 195 
Ditto ditto £30 .. ° 330 
Paying annual contributions of £2. . . 250 
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Admission-fees unpaid. . . . . . . 30 
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Annual Subscribers, paying £3. . . . 45 
1744 — 
The number of Fellows elected since the last Anniver- 
sary has been 94; of Annual Subscribers 9; and five 
Fellows have been re-admitted under the provisions of the 
By-Laws, Chap. 1, Sect. 9. 
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