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Society may be put to under this new regulation, to recom- 
mend the abrogation of the By-Law which entitles Fellows 
of the Society to claim copies of the letter-press of the 
“ Proceedings” without payment. 
The classified List of Animals living in the Society’s 
Gardens, mentioned in the last Report as being in pre- 
paration, was issued shortly after the last Anniversary. It 
has been found of very great use, as establishing a conve- 
nient book of reference for naming the animals in the 
Society’s Menagerie, and likewise as a guide to the Society’s 
numerous correspondents who are desirous of supplying 
desiderata to the collection. 
The cost of preparing this list amounted to £50 19s. 5d., 
which has been likewise charged to the extraordinary 
expenses of the past year. A second edition of this list, 
giving the exact state of the Society’s Menagerie at the pre- 
sent time, is now in preparation, and will shortly be ready 
for issue. To this it is intended to add an appendix, con- 
taining a complete list of all the Mammals and Birds 
which have been exhibited alive in the Society’s Gardens 
since their institution in 1825. 
The issue of the Index to the “ Proceedings” from 1848 
to 1860 has been delayed by the slow progress of the 
volume through the press ; but arrangements have now been 
made for its completion within a few weeks. It will be 
noticed that the sum of £10 on account of this Index has 
been charged under the head of extraordinary expenses 
incurred in 1862. 
2. LIBRARY. 
The greater part of the foreign periodicals in the So- 
ciety’s Library having been bound up, and the sets com- 
pleted, as announced in the last Report, the Council 
thought it would be desirable to purchase certain standard 
books on zoology which had long been wanted for reference, 
and without which it is impossible that the many scarce and 
interesting animals which are continually added to the So- 
ciety’s Menagerie can be correctly determined. The total 
sum expended in this way was £145, of which £109 4s, 6d., 
being the amount of excess over the ordinary expenditure 
under this head, forms part of the extraordinary expenses 
for the year 1862. 
The principal Donations to the Library since the last 
