220 THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF EUROPE 



£ s. d. 



For subscriptions ... ... 508 5 



Admissions (September 1, 1831, to 



November 1, 1832) ... ... 912 8 10 



1,420 13 10 



Entire expenses since the commence- 

 ment... ... ... ... 1,331 9 9 



Balance in Treasurer's hands ... 89 4 1 



A list of the animals in the Gardens is also fur- 

 nished. This includes forty-six mammals, of which 

 fifteen were monkeys, seventy-two birds, and a few 

 other animals. 



Without question, the most important meeting of 

 the Society since its foundation up to the present day 

 was that which was held in Hunt's Hotel, Dawson 

 Street, on May 15, 1833. Mr. W. Tighe Hamilton, 

 who had in the previous year given notice that he 

 would proj)Ose a new code of laws for the government 

 of the Society, again brought this matter forward. 

 The keynote struck at that meeting was that the 

 Zoological Society should be developed as a Scientific 

 Society, and that its leading aim should be to stimu- 

 late a love of natural history amongst the people. A 

 protracted and animated discussion took place on the 

 new code of laws submitted to the Society. Captain 

 Portlock, R.E., was elected Honoraiy Secretary in place 

 of Dr. Stokes, who had opposed the new code of laws. 

 The Surgeon-General, Mr. Philip Crampton, became 

 the first President, and Mr. James Pirn retained ofiice 

 as Treasui'er. 



It is pleasant to note that the Society showed its 



