152 The Report of the Council Meeting.


THE REPORT OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.



At a Meeting of the Council held on Feb. 5th, 1912, the

Treasurer submitted the balance sheet for the year 1910—1911,

showing that the deficit of a little over ^30, with which the year

started, had been wiped off, leaving a small balance in hand.


Amongst other matters that came up for discussion was

the question of inviting members of the Society to a friendly and

informal reception, at which tea would be served, in the Zoological

Gardens, after the Council Meeting in the first week in July.

In view of the success that attended last year’s meeting of the

same kind, it was decided to repeat the experiment in the coming

summer. Due notice of this, with full particulars, will be pub¬

lished in the June number of the Magazine.


The question of members of the Society meeting and

dining socially together at a restaurant in London in the evening,

after the Council Meeting in Feb. 1913, was also discussed and

generally approved, and it was decided to bring up the matter

for final decision at the meeting of the Council in July. The

object of such meetings is to give members of the Society the

opportunity of becoming personally acquainted with each other.


R. I. Pocock, Hon. Business Secretary.



APPOINTMENT OF A SUCCESSOR TO

MR. ARTHUR GILL.


Pkof. G. H. Wooldridge, F.R.C.V.S., Hon. Veterinary

Surgeon to the Zoological Society, has kindly undertaken to

carry on, on the same terms, Mr. Gill’s work as post mortem

examiner of birds belonging to members of the Avicultural

Society. Members, therefore, who wish to have their dead birds

examined and reported upon, are requested to forward them

addressed to :—


Prof. G. H. Wooldridge, F.R.C.V.S.,

c/o The Zoological Society,


Regent’s Park, London, N.W.


R. I. Pocock, Hon. Busi?iess Secretary.



