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suffered a loss after the outbreak of war, and they 
had to consider, too, the effect of the extremely 
bad winter. In all these circumstances, he thought 
they might congratulate themselves upon having 
a surplus on revenue at all, especially a surplus of 
£1,000. 
COST OF THE PROPOSED AQUARIUM. 
The situation was not so satisfactory on the 
capital side. After enumerating the works which 
had been put in hand, Lord Salvesen said the esti- 
mates were largely exceeded, as it seemed impos- 
sible to get accurate estimates for that type of 
work. As a result they had really to mortgage, 
so to speak, their surplus revenue for the present 
year, and take an overdraft on the bank. After 
the outbreak of war all prospects of generous 
donations were suspended for the moment, and 
they would have to rely for the work they had to 
do upon generous donors. The work in the im- 
mediate future would have to be very limited un- 
less they had the assistance of some public spirited 
citizens in Edinburgh. Proceeding to refer to the 
proposed gift by the Carnegie Trustees for an 
aquarium, Lord Salvesen said it seemed a very 
generous gift, but there were conditions attached 
to it — or at all events proposed to be attached to 
it — which made the Council, or the Executive at 
least, hesitate. It was suggested that the Society 
would have to maintain the aquarium, but that 
they should make no extra charge. He was afraid 
that, desirable though the aquarium was, it 
would not attract a number sufficiently great to 
compensate for the increased charges of its, main- 
tenance. That cost would be £500 annually, and 
at present they could ill-afford to shoulder the ad- 
ditional burden. In conclusion, Lord Salvesen 
moved the re-election of the five retiring members 
of Council, with the exception of Councillor Craw- 
ford, in whose place he moved the name of Miss 
Dorothy MacKenzie. Miss MacKenzie would be 
a valuable member of Council, as she had, he 
believed, visited nearly every zoological park in 
the world. 
Mr. J. C. M'Kechnie seconded the adoption of 
the report. 
COUNCIL MEMBER ON SERVICE. 
Mr. Andrew Miller asked if it were owing to 
Councillor Crawford's having taken up military 
duty that another member was moved in his place. 
Had Councillor Crawford attended to the business 
of the Council before his enlistment? Personally, 
had he been treated in a similar manner he would 
have felt it a slur upon him. He moved that 
Councillor Crawford be retained as a member of 
Council. 
Lord Salvesen said that for such a motion to be 
accepted it was necessary to have seven days' 
notice given to the secretary, and inquired whether 
Mr. Miller was speaking with a mandate from 
Councillor Crawford. 
Mr. Miller said that for the first time he met 
Councillor Crawford on a battalion march at Dal- 
keith on Saturday, and Councillor Crawford said 
he had never been spoken to about it, but had 
simply been dropped. 
Lord Salvesen said there was no depreciation of 
Councillor Crawford in his motion, but Councillor 
Crawford was now incapable of attending the 
meetings, and as it was sometimes difficult to get 
a quorum the motion was made. Had a member 
removed to< another part of the country a similar 
motion would have been made. 
After several other points had been raised, the 
report was adopted. 
Lord Strathclyde, in moving a vote of thanks to 
Lord Salvesen and the Council, paid a high tribute 
to work which his Lordship had done in this con- 
nection. It was an open secret, said Lord Strath- 
clyde, that the anonymous donor of the acclima- 
tisation house, which was such a valuable addi- 
tion, was Lord Salvesen. He desired also to as- 
sociate with Lord Salvesen the members of Coun- 
cil, and specially he would mention Councillor 
Crawford. He did not know Councillor Crawford, 
and held no brief for him, but he ventured to hope 
that when Councillor Crawford returned from the 
war his former associates would again re-elect him 
a member of Council (applause). Councillor Craw- 
ford, in his new work, was going to deal with 
"wild beasts," and it was quite appropriate that 
he should be entrusted with their care and atten- 
tion here (laughter). In regard to the position 
of the Society, he thought any Society at this 
time should be well pleased to< hold its own and 
keep the ground it had, for they could not expect 
people to put their hands in their pockets and hand 
over donations for any cause but one connected 
with the war. 
Lord Salvesen, in a few words of reply said 
that, speaking for himsef, he would be very glad 
to consider the suggestion which had been made 
in regard to the only matter which had stirred any 
diverse feeling in the meeting. 
