entlemen who have taken the matter in hand are
well known for their energy and breadth of view, and if sustained in
their endeavors will carry out the scheme in a manner worthy of this
great and growing city.

In undertaking this work the managers have the advantage of the
experience and counsel of similar societies in the Old World, and
particularly of the magnificent London Zoological Gardens, the officers
of which are extremely interested in the success of the enterprise here,
and are prepared to aid, by advice and contributions, the Philadelphia
Garden. A description of the English society may be useful in forming an
opinion of the feasibility and advantages of the proposed scheme. The
London Zoological Society was organized in 1826, under the auspices of
Sir Humphry Davy, Sir Stamford Raffles and other eminent men, for the
advancement of zoology and animal physiology, and for the introduction
and acclimatization of subjects of the animal kingdom. By the charter,
granted March 27, 1829, Henry, marquis of Lansdowne, George, Lord
Auckland, Charles Baring Wall, Joseph Sabine and Nicholas Aylward
Vigors, Esqs., were created the first fellows. These gentlemen were
empowered to admit such other persons to be fellows, honorary members,
foreign members and corresponding members as they might think fit, and
to appoint twenty-one of the fellows to be the council, which should
manage the entire affairs of the society and elect members thereof until
the 29th of May following; at which time and annually thereafter the
society should hold a meeting, and by ballot remove five of this
council, and elect five others in their place, being fellows of the
society, who, with those remaining, should constitute the council for
the ensuing year. It will thus be seen that every year five of the
council are voted out, and five others elected in their stead, thus
retaining a large proportion of managers acquainted with the workings of
the organization.

[Illustration: PLAN OF THE PROPOSED ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.]

By the by-laws fellows are required to pay twenty-five dollars
initiation fee and fifteen dollars per annum, or one hundred and fifty
dollars at once in lieu of such dues. Annual subscribers pay the same
amount yearly, but no initiation fee, and they are not permitted to vote
at elections. Ladies are admitted as fellows upon the same terms and
with the same privileges; with the addition, however, that they are
allowed to vote by prox