60 Royal Zoological Society of Ireland 



Balance against Society last year 

 Debts of old standing discharged 

 Equivalent contracted 



Bill due Bankers 17th May 

 Over-drawn on Bank 



Less in Superintendent's hands 

 Balance at present against the Society 



being considerably less than it was in the years 1847-8. 



Thanks were voted to the respective donors and the 

 retiring members of Council. 



List of donations— The Right Hon. R. More O'Farrell, 

 three ostriches, one Fezzan sheep, four partridges, two 

 doves ; Mr. Davis, a pair of Manx cats ; Dr. Carte, a 

 hedgehog ; Mr. Carte, per Mr. Richardson, a dog, between 

 deer dog and Russian ; Mr. Jack, a hare; Mr. MDougall, 

 six horned owls ; Mr. Buckley, six barn owls ; Colonel 

 Johns, a chacma ; Mr. Hone, sparrow hawks ; Mr. 

 Espinasse, kestrels ; Mr. Bright, rabbits ; Dr. Smith, 

 kestrels ; Mr. Tottenham, three pea fowl ; Mr. Murphy, 

 per Dr. Carte, a rattlesnake ; Mr. Gamble, a rhesus 

 monkey ; Rev. Mr. Stirling, a squirrel ; Mr. Barker, a 

 barn owl ; Lady Harriet Kavanagh, a pair of gazelle 

 hounds ; Sir P. Crampton, some common toads ; J. Snowe, 

 Esq., an eagle ; W. Warren, a heron ; Mr. Dillon, a 

 rabbit and a pair of Brent geese. 



The following Officers and Council were then duly 

 elected, and the meeting adjourned : — 



President — Sir Philip Crampton, Bart. 



Vice-Presidents — His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin; 

 the Chief Remembrancer ; Sir Henry Marsh, Bart ; 

 Professor Beatty, D. J. Corrigan, Esq. 



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



Treasurer — Thomas Hutton, Esq. 



Council— Professor Allman, F. W. Burton, Esq. ; 

 R. Callwell, Esq. ; Richard Carmichael, Esq. ; Alexander 

 H. Haliday, Esq. ; Professor Harrison, Professor Harvey, 

 G. W. Hatchell, m.d. ; G. W. Hemans, Esq.; C. Croker 

 King, m.d.; M.J. O'Kelly, Esq.; Professor Oldham, Jacob 

 Owen, Esq. ; W. Cooke Taylor, ll.d.; T.W.Warren, Esq. 



