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confirm these elections, and to fill the vacancy in the Council 
caused by the resignation of Mr. Haines, Mr. Campbell, and • 
Mr. Loader. 
Since the last Annual Meeting there have been fifty (50) Meet¬ 
ings of the Council, at which the attendance of members has been 
as follows :— 
Names. 
# 
No. ofMectingsheld 
; during' the holding 
of office. 
Attendances. 
•Dr. Black ... 
GO 
40 
l)r. Mueller 
... 
CO 
32 
Professor M'Coy 
... 
50 
22 
Mr. S. II. Bindon ... 
50 
5 
Dr. ,T. Black 
... 
60 
28 
Mr. D. S. Campbell... 
60 
10 
Comte de Castelnau 
... 
50 
7 
Colonel Champ 
... 
50 
23 
Mr. E. M. Cuit 
24 
12 
Mr. F. S. Dobson ... 
41 
24 
lion. W. C. Haines... 
... 
45 
1 
Mr. G. S. Lang 
60 
27 
Mr. T. Loader 
50 
2 
•Mr. \V. Lyall 
60 
2 
Mr. L. Maclcinnon... 
28 
4 
Dr. Madden 
22 
7 
•Hon. A. Michie 
60 
0 
Mr. A. Purehas 
... 
50 
31 
Mr. A. R. C. Selwyn 
... 
50 
2G 
Mr. J. Steavenson ... 
30 
27 
Mr. T. J. Sumner ... 
50 
2 
Mr. H. E. Watts ... 
... 
50 
11 
The Council are pleaded to be able to inform the members that 
both His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly and Lady Barltly continue to 
manifest great interest in the Society’s progress, and within the last 
few weeks have sent over several valuable birds as a donation to 
the Society. 
With regard to some of the more prominent results of the 
Society’s labours during the past year, the Council would observe 
that seven Sambiir deer have been liberated at Westeruport, six Axis 
deer at Yering, and twelve Hog deer in the neighbourhood of Cape 
Liptrap ; with these last were also set free several Ceylon peafowls 
Guinea-fowls, and pigeons. A number of Guinea-fowls were also 
* These three gentlemen are members ex officio , having been appointed by 
the Government. 
