Report, 1847. 49 



Bill due 29th May 

 Do. 23rd July 



In hands of Messrs. Boyle, Low, 



Pirn & Co. 

 In the hands of Superintendent 



OFFICERS AND COUNCIL ELECTED FOR 1847-8. 



President— His Grace the Duke of Leinster. 



Vice-Presidents— His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin ; 

 Sir Philip Crampton, Bart. ; Sir Henry Marsh, Bart. ; 

 The Chief Remembrancer; L. E. Foote, Esq. 



Secretaries— Robert Ball, Esq. ; Hans Irvine, Esq. 



Treasurer — Thomas Hutton, Esq. 



Council — Professor Allman ; Professor Beatty; 

 F. W. Burton, Esq. ; Robert Callwell, Esq. ; Alexander 

 Carte, m.d.; D. J.Corrigan,M.D.; Rev. J. Galbraith,F.T.c.D.; 

 Robert Harrison, m.d. ; William H. Harvey, m.d. ; James 

 Kerin, m.d.; Charles Croker King, m.d.; M. J. O'Kelly, 

 Esq.; Jacob Owen, Esq.; T. W. Warren, Esq.; 

 J. Woodroffe, m.d. 



" Circular A. 

 " In submitting to members of the Royal Zoological Society the 

 accompanying statement and resolution, the Council do not feel it 

 necessary to reiterate the arguments already before the public, but 

 they think it necessary to draw serious attention to the present con- 

 dition of the Society, in the hope that the strong claim now put 

 forth will prevent the necessity, which must otherwise inevitably 

 arise, of breaking up an institution from which the citizens of 

 Dublin and others of all classes have derived so much useful instruc- 

 tion and healthful recreation. Though the Council have, on their 

 personal responsibility, met the demands upon them, yet they are 

 quite determined not to incur further liabilities ; the future fate of 

 the Society must therefore depend on the result of this application 

 to the members. At this particular period it may be proper to state 

 that the use of articles of human food for the Society's animals, has 

 been for some time discontinued, and that rough barley and horse- 

 flesh supply the place of bread, oats, and butchers' meat. Large 

 reductions of expense have been and are being made, which will 

 enable the Society to go on effectively, provided the debt now 

 pressing be met by the payment of subscriptions due, &c. It may 

 be useful to add that during the four years ended May, 1845, the 

 expenses of the Society were considerably within its income, the 

 debt of last year, £86, resulted from the great cost of building' the 

 ' Albert Tower ' for the Giraffe, &c. The other expenses of the year 

 were much less than the receipts. 



"By order, " Robert Ball, ) . ,, 



"Hans Irvine, /Secretaries." 



