50 Royal Zoological Society of Ireland 



"At a meeting of the Council of the Royal Zoological Society, 

 held on Saturday, February 27th, 1847, present, Sir P. Crampton, 

 President ; the Chief Remembrancer and R. Callwell, Esq., Vice- 

 Presidents ; R. Ball, Esq., and H. Irvine, M.B., Secretaries; 

 T. Hutton, Esq., Treasurer ; Professor Allman, Frederick Burton, 

 Esq. ; L. E. Footc, Esq. ; W. V. Drury, M.D. ; .M.J. O' Kelly, Esq. ; 

 Professor Oldham ; J. Owen, Esq., and J. Woodroffe, .m.d., members 

 of the Council, the following statement was made : — 



"The liabilities of the Society are now about £350, a portion of 

 which is a debt incurred last year in the building of the Giraffe 

 house. The remainder has necessarily occurred from the heavy ex- 

 penses of the past winter. The payment of members' subscriptions 

 would be sufficient to liquidate this debt, but in consequence of the 

 great difficulty of collecting them, it has been found necessary for 

 the support of the Society to raise a temporary loan on the personal 

 security of a few individuals. Repayment of this loan will soon be 

 demanded, and it therefore becomes necessary for the Council to 

 provide for it. 



" It was resolved — That the subject be brought under the imme- 

 diate individual consideration of the members of the Society, and 

 that they be called upon to support the officers and council by a 

 prompt payment of the subscriptions due — that this claim be urged 

 on the grounds that the gentlemen who undertook the difficult task 

 of carrying on the Society did so in the full faith that subscriptions 

 of members would be punctually paid, and they therefore now claim 

 from the members' sense of justice support to relieve them from 

 personal responsibility. 



" Philip Crampton, Chairman. 



" Life members may aid in the present emergency by donation or 

 by returning the names of friends as members; in this manner 

 members who have paid may aid. Those who have not paid will see 

 the necessity of doing so promptly. Members who have fallen off at 

 any time may have their names again placed on the roll by payment 

 of £1, the Council having cancelled all claims to arrears of sub- 

 scriptions. 



"Subscriptions may be paid to the treasurer, T. Hutton, Esq., 

 114 Summer Hill; or to Mr. Porter, 72 Grafton Street; and com- 

 munications may be addressed to the Secretaries, 3 Granby Row, 

 Dublin." 



