CHAPTEK XXXVI 



THE GARDENS OF THE ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF 

 IRELAND, DUBLIN 



This Society was founded on May 10, 1830. On that 

 day a public meeting was held in the Rotunda for this 

 purpose. The Duke of Leinster occupied the chair, 

 and a large and representative gathering was present. 

 The first and most important resolution — viz. , ' That it 

 appears expedient that a society be formed, to be 

 entitled the Zoological Society of Dublin ' — was pro- 

 posed by the Earl of Longford and seconded by the 

 Surgeon -General (Mr. Phihp Crampton). The second 

 resolution, which was proposed by the Earl of Howth 

 and seconded by Dr. Whitley Stokes, was worded as 

 follows : ' That the object of the Society shall be to 

 form a collection of living animals on the plan of the 

 Zoological Society of London.' Towards the close of 

 the meeting Dr. Jacob intimated that the Lord 

 Lieutenant (the Duke of Northumberland) had arranged 

 to give a portion of the Phoenix Park for the purpose 

 of establishing; a Zoological Garden. 



At the second meeting, held on May 15, 1830, 

 Dr. Whitley Stokes, then Begins Professor of Medicine 

 in Trinity College, was elected the first Honorary Secre- 

 tary of the Society, and on May 21, 1830, Mr. James 



