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tary’s superintendence, and is now on sale at the price of 
One Shilling and Sixpence, reduced in the case of Mem- 
bers of the Society to One Shilling. 
A complete list of all the Mammals and Birds which 
have been exhibited alive in the Society’s Gardens since 
their institution in 1825 has likewise been prepared by Mr. 
Louis Fraser, under the Secretary’s superintendence, and 
is now in the printer’s hands. 
The Index to the Society’s “ Proceedings” from 1848 to 
1860, alluded to in the last Report, was received from the 
printer and issued to the public shortly after the last 
Anniversary. 
2. LIBRARY. 
The sum of £287 1s. 2d. was expended on the main- 
tenance and increase of the Society’s Library during the 
year 1863. Of this the greater part (£194 3s. 4d.) was 
devoted to purchasing standard works on Zoology, which’ 
are requisite for ordinary use as books of reference. A 
Supplement to the Library Catalogue, printed some years 
since, has likewise been prepared, and is now in the 
printer’s hands. 
Besides the purchased additions, the Society’s Library 
has received since the last Anniversary Transactions and 
Proceedings from the following Institutions :— 
ENGLAND. 
The Royal Society, London. 
The Linnean Society, London. 
The Royal Geographical Society, London. 
The Geological Society, London. 
The Royal Institution of Great Britain. 
The Royal Horticultural Society, London. 
The Photographic Society, London. 
The Society of Arts, London. 
The Royal United Service Institution, London. 
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain. 
The Royal Agricultural Society of England. 
The Anthropological Society of London. 
The Tyneside Naturalists’ Field-club. 
The Pharmaceutical Society. 
The Entomological Society, London. 
The Royal Society of Literature. 
