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was delayed for thirteen years, after which time the project 
was revived, and at the first meeting for reorganization, 
held March 14th, 1872, Dr. Camac was re-elected President, 
and continued to hold that office until April 1878, at which 
time, feeling that the preliminary work had been done and 
that the Gardens were then firmly established, he resigned, 
remaining as a Director until the following year. 
As acknowledgment which the Society owes to the origi- 
nality of his plans, and to the faithful labor with which he 
forwarded their execution, and as a tribute to the affection- 
ate regard in which he was held by his colleagues, the 
Directors place upon the records of the Society these few 
words of remembrance. 
The Gardens. 
At the close of the year the collection was composed of 
^6 mammals, 506 birds, 224 reptiles, and 18 batrachians ; 
a total of 1134 living specimens. 
The accessions were as follows : — 
Mammals : — 
Purchased 84 
Presented . . 78 
Born in the Gardens 88 
- — 250 
Birds : — 
Purchased 191 
Presented 62 
Born in the Gardens 13 
266 
Eeptiles and Batrachians : — 
Purchased 271 
Presented 106 
Born in the Gardens 17 
394 
— 910 
Of these the following may be mentioned as worthy of 
special notice : — 
