5 
In regard to the portion of our publications which are now in 
actual progress, we have to express our thanks to W. B. Macdonald, 
Esq., to Dr. Lankester, and to H. E. Strickland, Esq., for their 
assistance in translating and editing the several Reports on the state 
of Zoological and Botanical Science, which will occupy the first 
volume. 
We are happy to announce that upwards of 400 Members have 
already joined this Society, and additional names are daily added to 
our list. We feel confident that as soon as its objects and merits 
become known on the Continent, a large number of foreign natu- 
ralists will join our ranks. We would urge on all well wishers to 
the Ray Society, the importance of making it extensively known 
and supported by their scientific friends, as its utility to science, 
and its advantages to each individual Member, will be exactly pro- 
portionate to the amount of its annual income. 
The Treasurer’s Accounts were then laid before the Society, an 
abstract of which follows : 
The Ray Society in Account with J. S. Bowerbank, from 
March 13, to October 3, 1844. 
Stationery, Stamps, and Postage 
Dr. Johnston’s Account £6 10 
Balance 
s. d. 
14 6 
Ditto 
P. 0 Orders 
1 
3 
Dr. Lankester’s Account 
11 
13 
2 
Ditto 
ditto 
9 
13 
5 
E. Newman' 
*s Account 
5 
6 
0 
Ditto 
ditto 
5 
13 
6 
Ditto 
ditto 
5 
5 
0 
6 11 3 
21 6 7 
16 4 6 
Cash from 225 Sub- 
scribers . . 236 
46 
16 
10 
189 
4 
2 
£236 
1 
0 
£236 1 0 
The above Accounts, extending from March 13 to October 3, 1844, have been 
examined by us, and compared with the vouchers, and found to be correct. 
Nov. 15, 1844. 
(Signed) Edwin J. Quekett, 
Robert Warington. 
