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Wood, W. C., Esq. 
Three Lesser Black-backed Gulls. 
Wright, A. C., Esq. 
One Dark-green Snake, one Four-lined Snake. 
Conclusion. 
In concluding their forty-fifth Report, the Council beg leave 
to congratulate the members upon the successful results of 
the last financial year, which has been one of marked success 
even after several years of great prosperity. As regards 
future prospects, there can be no better test of the popularity 
of the Society than the large and yearly increasing number of 
admissions to the Gardens, which in 1873 attained an unpre- 
cedented total. Nor do the Council believe that there is 
less reason to be satisfied with the progress made during the 
past year in other branches of their establishment. 
In conducting the Society’s affairs to their present state 
of prosperity, the Council have to acknowledge the assistance 
they have received from the Committee of Publication, and 
from the gentlemen who have served upon the Committees 
of Finance and Audit. 
Signed (for the Council), 
P. L. ScLATER, 
Secretary. 
11 Hanover Square, April 29th, 1874. 
Anes) 
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