Oi' NEW SOUTH WALES. 163 



6. — The Committee further recommend that the annexed table of 

 Rules, proposed by Baron Maclay, should be adopted for the 

 general conduct of the Station. 



7. — That this Report be presented to the Society at the next 

 Monthly Meeting. 



Rules of the Sydney Zoological Station. 



1. — The Sydney Zoological Station is instituted in order to 

 advance Biological Science, by affording Naturalists special 

 opportunities for the investigation of the Zoology and 

 Botany of Australia. 



2. —It shall be open, at the discretion of the Directors, to all 

 Naturalists of the male sex, without distinction of nationality, 

 it being understood that gentlemen engaged in original 

 research have a prior claim to those who are only in training. 



3. — That foreign Naturalists visiting Sydney for the purpose of 

 scientific enquiry shall in like manner have the preference 

 over residents. 



4. — The use of the Station shall be given free of any charge for 

 rent, but a fee of Five Shillings per week shall be paid by 

 each tenant in order to meet the expense of service. And 

 all damage done to books or appliances shall be made good 

 by the person during whose tenure the mischief was done. 



5. — No tenant shall disturb any other by singing, whistling, or 

 any other unnecessary noise. 



6. — A book shall be kept in the Station in which persons using 

 the Station may record such notes or suggestions as they 

 may think fit. 



