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request of the President and Council, we have the honour to 

 remain, 



BENJAMIN M'DOWFL. i 



Hon. Secs. 



BENJAMIN M'DOWEL, ) 



SAMUEL HAUGHTON, $ 

 31s* December, 1864. 



P.S — Please to forward to "The Honorary Secretaries, Royal 

 Zoological Society, Phoenix Park," the names and addresses of 

 such of your friends as may desire to become Members. 



It appears from Appendix A, that the total gain to 

 the Society, during the year, of Members and Garden 

 Subscribers, has been — 



Members ... ... ... ... ... 97 



Garden Subscribers ... ... ... ... 



Total 103 



Your Council have received the following report 

 from the Fence Fund Committee, from which it ap- 

 pears that £437 6s. were received in subscriptions, 

 and that the entire fence has been completed and 

 paid for, with the exception of about £20. 



COPY OF MR. MUELANd's LETTER. 



" 25, Fitzwilliam- square, 

 " Dear Sir, " 8th April, 1865. 



" I beg to report to the Council of the Zoological Society, 

 that the amount received by Dr. Lyons and myself, as Trea- 

 surers of the ' Fence Fund,' was as follows : — 



Subscriptions, ... £437 6 



Intei-est from Northern Bank ... 6 11 11 



£443 17 11 



" Of this amount we have paid — 



Messrs. Kennan and Sons, ... £433 6 7 



For Printing, ... 8 



£433 14 7 

 We have in hands, 10 3 4 



£443 17 11 



