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refused, subject to an appeal to the Fellows at a General
Meeting. t

Sect. IV. Ladies who are Fellows of the Society have
the right to vote by proxy at all General Meetings;
having previously announced to the Secretary, in writing,
their appointment of any Gentleman, being a Fellow of
the Society, to be their proxy, who shall be registered as
such accordingly, but who shall not be changed within
the year, unless in the event of his ceasing to be a Fellow.



Chapter IV.
Of Honorary Members.

Sect. I. The Honorary Members of the Society shall
be eminent and distinguished persons, subjects of the
United Kingdom, and zealous patrons of Zoology, and
shall not exceed Twelve in Number.

Sect. II. Every person proposed as an Honorary
Member shall be recommended by the Council, and be
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the like form and manner, and be subject to the same
rules and restrictions as Fellows.

Sect. III. Honorary Members shall be exempted from
the payment of fees and contributions ; they shall have
the privilege of attending the Meetings and visiting the
Gardens, Museum, and other similar places open to
Fellows; but they shall not be entitled to vote at the
Meetings of the Society, nor enjoy any other rights or
privileges than those above mentioned.

Sect. IV. Any ex-officio Honorary Member of the
Society ceasing to be an Honorary Member, shall be
eligible to be immediately elected by ballot as an ordinary
Member, on being proposed at a Monthly Meeting.

Chaptee V.

Of Foreign Members.

Sect. I. Every Foreigner, not being domiciled in the
United Kingdom, who has distinguished himself as a
Zoologist, or who has shown himself able and willing to
promote the ends for which the Society is founded, may
be elected a Foreign Member provided that the number
of such Foreign Members do not exceed twenty-five.

Sect. II. Every person proposed to the Society as a
Foreign Member shall be recommended and elected, and
be liable to be removed in the like form and manner as
Honorary Members.

Sect. III. Foreign Members shall be entitled to the
same privileges, and be subject to the same rules and
restrictions as Honorary Members.

Chaptee VI.

Of Corresponding Members.

Sect. I. The Corresponding Members of the Society
shall be constituted of such persons, not resident in
England or Wales, as may show a willingness to promote
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elected, and be liable to be removed in like form and
manner as Honorary and Foreign Members.

Sect. II. Corresponding Members shall not exceed two
hundred in number ; they shall enjoy the same privileges,
and be subject to the same rules and restrictions as
Honorary and Foreign Members.

Sect. III. In case of Corresponding Members taking
up their residence in England or Wales, their privileges
shall cease at the expiration of two years from the date of
the commencement ©f such residence, and their names
shall thereupon be removed from the List. Provided
always, that if the services of any Corresponding Member
appear to the Council to deserve an extension of such
privileges, the Council may grant it. Provided also, that
Corresponding Members shall have the privilege of
becoming Fellows without Ballot, on paying admission
fees and annual subscriptions, or Compositions, at the
rates paid at the period of their elections as Corresponding
Members. Provided also, that any Corresponding
Member of five years' standing and upwards, becoming
resident in England and Wales, and applying to the
Council to become a Fellow, shall be entitled to have his
admission fee remitted.

Sect. IV. Corresponding Members of the Society are
required to keep the Secretary informed of their addresses,
or of that of some agents in London through whom com-
munications may reach them. The name of any Corre-
sponding Member, whose address or that of his agent,
shall not be known for the space of two years shall be
removed from the List, but may be restored again on his
application to the Council on the occasion of the first
vacancy that occurs.

Chapter VII.

Of the Annual General Meeting, and of the Election of
the Council and Officers.

Secx. I. Notice of the time and place of the Annual
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or more of the public Newspapers, at least fourteen days
before the same shall take place.

Sect. II. The course of proceeding at the Annual
General Meeting, after the Chair has been taken, shall be
as follows : —

1. The reading of the Minutes of the previous

Annual Meeting.

2. The appointment of Scrutineers and opening of

the Ballot.

3. The reading of the Auditors' Eeport.

4. The reading of the Annual Eeport of the Council.

5. To receive the Beport of the Scrutineers on the

result of the Ballot.

No other business shall be transacted at such Meeting.

Sect. III. The Council for the time being shall annually
cause to be prepared two Balloting Lists, one of which
(No. 1) is to contain the names of such Five Fellows as
they shall recommend to be removed from, and of other
five Fellows to be elected into the Council ; and the other
List (No. 2) is to contain the names of such Fellows as
they shall recommend to fill the offices of President,
Treasurer, and Secretary for the year ensuing; which
Lists shall be read at the Monthly General Meeting in
March in every year, and then fixed up in the Meeting-
room of the Society for the space of fourteen days at least.
And if any six or more Fellows shall desire to substitute
the name or names of any other person or persons not
exceeding five in number, then such as shall be contained
in the said Lists to be removed from or elected into the
Council, or to fill the respective offices of President,
Treasurer, or Secretary, such six or more Fellows shall
leave notice in writing at the bouse of the Society of the
name or names they propose to substitute within seven
days after the said Lists shall have been read. Balloting
Lists shall, after the expiration of the said seven days, be
printed according to the forms (Nos. 1 and 2) in the
Schedule, in case no notice shall be previously left as
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so left, then the name or names of the person or persons
proposed to be substituted shall be added to the Lists
respectively proposed by the Council, according to the
forms (Nos. 3 and 4) in the Schedule; and such Lists
shall be transmitted to every Fellow whose known residence
shall be in London, or within ten miles therefrom, at
least ten days before the Annual General Meeting shall
take place.

Sect. IV. On the day of election each Fellow voting
shall deliver to the person in the chair his Balloting List
or Lists, who shall put the same into the respective
Balloting Glasses to be provided for the occasion, the
name of such Fellow being first entered by the Secretary
or his Deputy.

. Each voter, before he delivers his List or Lists, shall
strike out the name or names of those persons recom-
mended for whom he does not vote ; and if more names
shall be suffered to remain in any List than the number
of persons to be elected or removed, such List shall be
rejected, and in case the names suffered to remain shall
be less than the number of vacancies to be supplied, those
names only which shall remain in the List shall stand as
voted for. The President shall appoint two or more
Scrutineers, being Fellows present, not Members of the
Council, to superintend the Ballots and Eeport the results
to the Meeting.

Sect. V. In the event of any Cross-list being nominated
the Ballot for the Council shall remain open for the space
of one hour at the least ; and the Ballot for the Officers
for one half-hour at the least after the result of the Ballot
for the Council shall have been declared.

Sect. VI. If from any cause any election shall not
take place of persons to fill the Council or any of the
officers aforesaid, then the Election of the Council and
Officers, or the election of Officers as the case may be,
shall be adjourned until the next convenient day; of
which notice shall be given in like manner as is directed
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Chapter VIII.
Of the President and Vice-Presidents.

Sect. I. The business of the President shall be to-
preside at all the Meetings of the Society and Council,
and regulate all the proceedings therein ; and generally to
execute or see to the execution of the By-Laws and
Orders of the Society.

Sect. II. In case of his absence from any of the
Meetings of the Society or Council, his place shall be
filled by one of the Vice-Presidents, or by a Member of
Council then present, who shall for the time being have
all the authority privilege and power of the President.
If no Member of Council shall be present at any Ordinary
General Meeting, the Fellows present shall nominate
and appoint to be Chairman such Fellow as they shall
deem fit.

Chapter IX.
Of the Treasurer and the Accounts.

Sect. I. The Treasurer or his Deputy shall demand
and receive for the use of the Society all moneys due or
payable to the Society, and shall keep full and particular
accounts of all sums so received.

Sect. II. An Account in the name of the Society shall
be opened, and all moneys shall be deposited at a Bankers
to be appointed by the Council.

Sect. III. Every sum of money exceeding £5 shall be
paid by an order made in Council, and by a Cheque upon
the Banker, which shall be signed by two Members in
Council, and Countersigned by the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary.

Sect. IV. An account shall be opened with every
Fellow of the Society, stating the several sums payable
by him, and the times of payment of the same ; the
particulars also of all sums of money received and dis-
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be entered, and the Books and Vouchers shall be open to
the inspection of eyery Fellow.

Sect. V. The Accounts shall be made up to the end of
every year, and be audited in the February following by
a Committee to be appointed at the Ordinary General
Meeting in January, and to consist of seven Fellows of
the Society, not Members of the Council, nor to be elected
into the Council during the ensuing year: three of the
said Committee to be a quorum.

Sect. VI. The Auditors shall have the power of calling
for a statement of the debts, credits, and assets of the
Society, and for any information relative thereto.

Sect. VII. The Committee for auditing the Accounts
Bhall make their report to the Society upon the day of the
Annual General Meeting, stating not only the balance in
the Banker's hands, but also the general state of the
Funds of the Society ; which report shall be printed for
distribution among the Fellows.

Chapter X.
Of the Secretary.

Sect. I. The Secretary, or in his absence the Vice-
Secretary, shall have inspection over the Assistant
Secretary, Clerks, Keepers, Gardeners, and other the
Servants of the Society, and shall see generally that the
By-Laws and Orders of the Society and Council be
executed.

Sect. II. The Secretary shall conduct the scientific
correspondence of the Society.

Chapter XI.

Of the Assistant Secretary , Clerks, Keepers, and Servants.

Sect. I. The Assistant Secretary, Clerks, Keepers,
•Gardeners, and other the Servants of the Society, with
their respective salaries and duties, shall be subject to the
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whatever receive any perquisite or profit from their con-
nection with the Society, excepting what shall be expressly
allowed by the Council; and any misconduct in this
particular shall subject them to immediate dismissal.

Sect. II. Every Servant of the Society receiving or
paying money on behalf of the Society shall be required,
before he enters upon the duties of his office, to give
security for the due execution thereof, in such penalty,
and with such surety or sureties, as the Council may deem
expedient.

Chapter XII.

Of the Ordinary General Meetings of the Society.

Sect. I. The Ordinary General Meetings of the Society
shall be of two kinds : 1st, For the Despatch of General
Business. 2nd, For the transaction of Scientific Business.

Sect. II. No stranger shall be permitted to be present
during any General Meeting of the Society, unless by
permission of the person in the Chair, on the recommenda-
tion of some Fellow.

Sect. III. The Ordinary General Meetings for the
despatch of General Business shall be held on the
Thursday following the third Wednesday in every month
of the year, except September and October, beginning at
Four o'clock p.m., or on such other day and hour as the
Council shall from time to time direct.

Sect. IV. The ordinary course of proceeding at the
General Meetings for General Business, after the Chair
has been taken, shall be as follows : 1st, The names of the
strangers present shall be notified. 2nd, The minutes of
the proceedings of the previous Meeting for General
Business shall be read and submitted for confirmation.
3rd, Ballots for the Election of Fellows and other Members
shall take place. 4th, A report shall be made by the
Council, giving an account of the proceedings in the
several departments since the last Meeting for General
Business ; a list of the presents which have been received
since that time (such presents, when convenient, being
exhibited) ; and an abstract of the account current of

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receipts and disbursements. And lastly, recommendations
of candidates for ballot shall be announced.

Sect. V. When any motion not relating to elections
or the construction of the By-Laws shall be proposed for
consideration, it shall be reduced to writing and delivered
to the Secretary, and shall thereupon be read from the
Chair, and be fixed up in the Meeting-room, and at the
next meeting for General Business the question shall be
put to the vote or ballot if demanded.

Sect. VI. The Ordinary General Meetings for the
transaction of Scientific Business shall be held twice a
month in every month in the year, except July, August,
September, and October, beginning at half-past eight
o'clock P.M.

Sect. VII. The ordinary course of proceeding at the
General Meetings for Scientific Business, after the Chair
has been taken, shall be as follows : 1st, The names of the
strangers present shall be notified. 2nd, The minutes of
the proceedings of the previous Meeting for Scientific
Business shall be read. 3rd, Correspondence with Scien-
tific bodies and individuals shall be read. 4th, New or
interesting subjects of Zoology shall be exhibited. 5th,
Papers shall be read and communications received on
subjects of Zoology and Animal Physiology. And 6th,
Discussions shall be had on the various subjects which
shall have been brought before the Meeting.

Chaptee XIII.
Of the Publications.

Sect. I. An account of the business transacted at the
Meetings of the Society for Scientific purposes, and the
communications made to those Meetings shall be published
under the title " Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of
the Zoological Society of London. "

Sect. II. The Publications of the Society shall be
supplied to Fellows, and Corresponding and Foreign
Members of the Society, upon payment of a Subscription
of One Guinea for the same in advance before the
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Sect. III. The Fellows, Foreign Members and Corre-
sponding Members of the Society, shall have the right of
purchasing any of the Society's publications at three-
fourths of the price charged for them to the Public.

Sect. IV. The superintendence of the Publications and
the arrangement of the Agenda for the General Meetings
for Scientific Business, shall be entrusted to a Committee,
which shall consist of nine Fellows and the President,
Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary, and Vice-Secretary.

Sect. V. Of the nine Members of the Committee of
Publication, who shall not be Officers of the Society,
three shall be annually removed from the Committee and
three other Fellows shall be elected in their stead at the
Annual General Meeting, lists of the Members recom-
mended to be removed and of the Fellows recommended
to be t elected being prepared by the Committee and
submitted to the Council previously to the first Ordinary
General Meeting in April. The proceedings at such
elections shall be regulated according to the By-Laws for
regulating the election of the Council.



Chaptee XIV.
Of the Council.

Sect. I. The Council shall meet at such times as
shall be appointed by the President, or in his absence
by one of the Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, or Secretary;
due and sufficient notice being previously sent to every
Member.

Sect. II. No business shall be transacted in Council
unless there be Five or more Members present.

Sect. III. The ordinary method of voting in Council
shall be by show of hands ; but a ballot shall be taken in
cases prescribed by any regulations of the Council, or
when demanded by any Member present.

Sect. IV. The majority of votes shall decide every-
question ; and in case of an equality of votes, the question
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Sect. V. Any Member of Council who shall be
^personally interested in the question before the Council
shall withdraw during the consideration and decision of
the same.

Sect. VI. The Council shall present and cause to be
read to the Annual General Meeting a report on the
general concerns of the Society for the preceding year;
and such Eeport, or the substance thereof, shall be
printed, under the direction of the Council, and be
transmitted to the Fellows.



Chapteb XV.

Of the Common Seal and Deeds.

Sect. I. Every Deed or "Writing to which the
Common Seal shall be affixed, shall be passed and sealed
in Council, and signed by the President, Vice-President,
or Member of Council in the Chair, and countersigned
by the Secretary.



Schedule No. 1.






Farm of the List for the Council.






Five Members of the present Council recommended


by the Council to be removed at the Election on


the




of 190






A B






C D






E F






G H






I K






Five Members recommended to be elected


into


the


Council.






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Schedule No. 2.

Form of the List for the Officers.

A List of the Persons recommended by the Council to
be appointed to the offices of President, Treasurer and
Secretary of the Society, at the Election on the
of 190

President.

B A





Treasurer.






D C






Secretary.






F E






Schedule No. 3.






List for Ballot of Council.




Fellows


recommended to be removed,


according to


Chapter VII


!. Sect. II. of the By-Laws.
A B
C D
E F
G H
I K
L M
N

P Q
R S
T U




Fellows


so recommended to be elected in
B A
D C
F E
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If more than five names shall be suffered to remain,
the vote will be rejected.

The first five names, printed in red ink, in each of the
above Lists, are those recommended by the Council ; the
remainder are recommended by six or more Fellows
according to the above section of the By-Laws.



Schedule No. 4.

List for Ballot of Officers.

President.



A


B


C


D


Treasurer.


E


F


G


H


Secretary.


I


K


L


M



The first name proposed for each office, and printed
in red ink, is that recommended by the Council ; the
subsequent names are those recommended by six or
more Fellows, pursuant to Chap, VIII. Sect. III. of
the By-Laws.

If more than one name be suffered to remain for each
office, the vote will be rejected.



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III. LIST



THE FELLOWS

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AND HONORARY, FOREIGN, AND CORRESPONDING
MEMBERS AND MEDALLISTS

or THE

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.



CORRECTED TO MAY 31st, 1001.



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FELLOWS,



%* The date attached to each name is that of the year of the Fellow's election. Those Fellows to
whose names an Asterisk is prefixed have compounded for their Annual Subscription. Those
to whose names a double Asterisk is attached have had their Composition Fees remitted.



1863. * HIS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII.

1878. * HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS ARTHUR WILLIAM PATHICK ALBERT, DUKE

OF CONNAUGHT, K.G.
1894. * HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS GEORGE FREDERICK ERNEST ALBERT, DUKE

OF CORNWALL AND YORK. K.G.
1884. HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS MICHAELOV1TCH.

The Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1892. • HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE FERDINAND OF BULGARIA. Sofia,

Bulgaria.
1894. MONSEIGNEUR LE DUC D'ORLEANS. c/o Messrs. Coutts $ Co., 59, Strand,

W.C.



Year of
Election

1900
1899

1863



1900
1879
1892

1872

1894

1897
1895



Aarons, Lewis, Esq. 15, Devonshire-place, Portland-place, W.

**Abadie, George Howard Fanshawe, Esq. (Royal Scots). Army and Xavy
Club, Pall-mall, S. W.

Abercorn, The Rt. Hon. James, Duke o r , K.G., P.O. • Baron* s- Court, Newtown-
Stewart, Co. Londonderry; Hampden-house, 61, Green-street, Grosvewjr
square, W. ; and Carlton Club, Pall-mall, S. W.

Abercrombie, Mrs. Eliza Amy. 31, Cumberland-terrace, Regent's Park, N. W.

♦AbercTomby, David James, Esq. 35, Prince* s-gardens, South Kensington, S. W.

Aberdeen, The Rt. Hon. John Campbell, Earl of, P.C., O.c.MO, Haddo

House, Aberdeen ; and 58, Orosvenor-street, W.
Abraham, Phineas Simon, Esq., M.A., M.D., B.sc., F.R.c.s.i. 2, Henrietta-street,

Cavendish^square, W.

Acland, Alfred Dyke, Esq. Forest Mere, Liphook, Hants ; and 3, Cadogan-
square, S.W.

Adair, Robert Shafto-, Esq. 9, Lower Berkeley-street, Portman-square, W.

Adams, Lt.-Col. Hamilton John Goold-, C.B., c.m.g. (The Royal Scots). Lieut.-
Governor of The Orange Hiver Colony, British South Africa ; and Guards*
Club, Pall-mall, S. W. {Dormant 1899.)

1895 Adams, Frederick Charlstrom, Esq., P.E.8., F.R.H.S. 50, Ashley-gardens,

I Victoria-street, Westminster, S. W.

1891 Adams, John Robinson, Esq. 2, Nutley-terrace, Hampstead, N.W.; and 66,

Cannon-street, B.C.

1875 j Adams, Lt.-Col. Joseph Wood Richards. 15, De Vere Gardens, Kensington, W. ;

| and Conservative Club, Pall-mall, S. W.



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Year of
Election

1894



1897
1896

1899
1873
1898

1886
1875

1876
1879

1896
1892
1888
1884
1856

1898

1899

1879
1889
1890
1874
1899

1853
1875

1857
1884

1860

1884

1865
1873

1885



20 Adamson, Col.' Charles Henry, CLE. (late I.S.C.). North Jesmond, Newcastle-
on-Tyne ; and care of Messrs. H. S. King $ Co., 45, Pall-mall, S. W.

Addison, Joseph, Esq. 76, Avenue-road, Regent* s-park, N. W.
Aflalo, Frederick George, Esq., f.r.g.s. 50, Carlton-hill, N. W. ; The Club,
Bournemouth ; and The Sports Club, 8, St. James* s-square, S. W.

♦Aggs, Henry Gurney, Esq. Pippbrook, Dorking, Surrey.

Agius, Edward Tancred, Esq. 3, Belsize-grove, N. W.

Agnew, George William, Esq., m.a. 102, Lancaster Gate, W.; and Devon-
shire Club, St. James* s-street, S. W.

Agnew, Mrs. Anne. Fair Hope, Eccles, Manchester.
♦Agnew, Sir William, Bt. 11, Great Stanhope-street, W.; and Reform Club,

Pall-mall, S.W.
♦Ainsworth, David, Esq. 29, Pont-street, S.W.; and The Flosh, Cleator,
Whitehaven, Cumberland.

♦Aird, Sir John, Bart., m.p. 14, Hyde-park-terrace, Hyde-park, W. ; and
Carlton Club, Pall-mall, S. W.

30 Aitchison, Archibald John Thomas Francis, Esq. 25, WUton-place, S.W.

Akroyd, Charles Henry, Esq. Windham Club, St. James* s-square, S. W,

Akroyd, Swainson Howden, Esq. 36, Portland-place, W.

♦Aldam, William Warde-, Esq. Frickley Hall, Doncaster, Yorkshire.

♦Aldenham, Henry Hucks, Lord. Aldenham House, Elstree, Herts; and
St. Dunstan's, Regent* s-park, N. W.

Aldis, Hugh Lancelot, Esq., B.A., F.R.A.S. 10, Old Grange-road, Durham-
road, Sparkhill, Birmingham.

Alexander, Capt. Boyd (Rifle Brigade). Assistant Inspector Gold Coast