10 
The amount of Liabilities at the corresponding periods 
was estimated as follows :— 
December 31, 
1870. 1871. 
£ ..8.. d.|_ fs eaged: 
crea LBRGS! ".oessisiectacessBeccteereret cress 255° 18" Si - DOs oie 
PT PEE Yds. LAER LS AES ee toa 1479 11 8) 1467 17 10 
TNjcpat cs Mose bass Genin dices os oaech sdaoy ahd copetoraace 1500: 10) , Oll..cmpeeest eee 
3285 9 11} 175919 3 
seeeceee stents 1475 10 8 
3235 9 11} 3285 -9 11 
From this it appears that the Liabilities on the 1st of 
January of the present year (1872) were less by £1475 
10s. 8d. than those of the corresponding date in 1870, 
while the Assets were greater by the sum of £892 6s. 8d. 
II. OFFICE, 11 Hanover Square. 
1. Screntiric MEETINGs. 
The Scientific Meetings have been regularly held on the 
first and third Tuesdays of the month during the year 
1871. Of the 161 different communications on various 
zoological subjects made to them during the year, 113 
were from Fellows, 7 from Foreign Members, and 27 
from Corresponding Members of the Society; the re- 
maining 14 papers were from individuals not belonging to 
the Society, and were communicated to it by the Secretary 
or by other Members. The corresponding number of com- 
munications in the year 1870 was 165. 
These communications were submitted to the Committee 
of Publication, by whom the following orders were made 
respecting them. Seven were ordered to be printed entire in 
the ‘ Transactions’ of the Society, and 154 in the ‘ Proceed- 
ings,’ such illustrations being in every case allowed as the 
Committee considered necessary for the purpose. ~Of ten 
of the communications, abstracts or extracts were consi- 
dered to be sufficient for publication, while 39 were ordered 
to be simply noticed in the Society’s ‘ Proceedings.’ 
