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and promised are sufficient to meet the expense 
of this, and there seems to be no reason why 
a small exhibition should not be opened this 
summer. The number of active members elected 
during the past year is one hundred and thirty- 
seven, making at the present date an active list of 
one hundred and sixty-six. There has been one 
corresponding member elected, Mr. Joseph M. 
Wilson of the Agricultural Department, at Wash- 
ington, D. C, who has shown the liveliest interest 
in the undertaking. The By-Laws have been en- 
tirely remodelled, as it was found that in their 
original condition, they did not meet the require- 
ments of the Society ; the prinicipal feature in- 
troduced in the amendments, being Article IV., 
which provides for the raising of money on cer- 
tificates of loan, paying six per cent. 
In conclusion I would say that the prospects 
of the Society are very flattering, the project has 
been received by the citizens and the press, with 
the greatest expressions of pleasure, interest and 
hope ; and it will require but some energy in 
raising the necessary means, and some active ex- 
ertion in the start, to place our garden on such 
a basis that it will soon become self-supporting, 
and be the admiration and wonder of strangers, as 
well as of our own people. 
All of which is respectfully submitted. 
WILLIAM CAMAC, 
President Zoological Society, 
