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• Colonel Ryan was unanimously re-elected President for the 
ensuing year on the motion of the Lord Mayor, who said the 
esteem in which the Colonel was held and his well-known 
love for Natural History, was known to all; he had been an 
active member of the Council for twenty years, which alone 
showed the great interest he took in the work of the Society. 
Colonel Ryan thanked the Society for the honour they had 
done him and said that he was only too pleased to help its 
interests in any way that lay in his power. 
Colonel Ryan moved, and Mr. T. Braid seconded, that 
Messrs. C. I). Lloyd and C. W. McLean be re-elected as Vice- 
Presidents of the Society, stating at the same time the active 
interest both these gentlemen took in the work of the Society. 
Mr. T. R. James was unanimously re-elected as Honorary 
I reasurer, on the motion of Mr. Davidson, and referred to 
the thorough way in which that gentleman carried out his 
duties ; he had not been absent from one Council meeting 
during the past year. 
1 he Lord Mayor moved a cordial vote of thanks to His 
Excellency Sir Arthur Stanley for so kindly presiding at the 
Annual Meeting, and stated the pleasure it gave the Society 
to welcome him at the first meeting he had presided at in 
\ ictoria. They were very pleased also that His Excellency 
and Lady Stanley had been able to visit the Zoological 
Hardens and view the collection there. 
Mr. Lloyd said that it gave him great pleasure to second 
the vote of thanks on behalf of the Society. 
His Excellency in replying said that it gave him great 
pleasure to preside at the Annual Meeting of the Society, and 
in looking over the Report he was glad to notice that the 
Society had one day in the week on which the charge to the 
Gardens was merely nominal, and that thereby the masses 
were able to visit the Gardens. The number of visitors on 
that day showed how highly they appreciated the collection 
of animals on view. lie also admired the fine collection 
and the houses being erected for them, and he and Lady 
Stanley and their son much enjoyed their visit there, and 
trusted to go many times again. 
