THE AUSTItAMAN MI'SKdM KAIM.V llISKiRV — Kill KIM Im;K. :{75 



account, if couutersigiied by the respoiiKible oHict'i- inakiii<r the ix-quest. 

 This piuctice took its rise as early as 1854- vvlien, on tlie 4tli March, Sir 

 Alfred Steplien moved that any thiee members of the lioaid could so act, 

 instead of two as now"^. 



Another old custom fliat suivived i-vcn up to (he time ol I Ik- writer 

 becomiiifr a member of the Staff was that of forwarding lists of donations 

 to the public press regularly each nn)nth. It was in .Iiilv, ISM, fhiit it 

 was decided to so supply " botli " daily papers' ^". 



On the 'J8rd .laiiuaiy, lS54, the Trustees were invited''"' bv the 

 Colonial Secretary (Hon. K. Deas Thomson), on behalf of His Kxcellencv 

 (Sii- C. A. Fitzroy) to contribute theii- "duplicate specimens of Natural 

 History " to the Official Contributions to the " Universal Exhibition for 

 Agriculture and Industrial Products " to be held at Paris in Mav, 1855. 

 The Trustees were also asked by the Chairman of the Commission (Sir 

 Alfred Stephen) to afford space in the Museum for the display of the 

 exhibits purposed to be forwai-ded tr) Paris, to be opened in the " Long 

 Room " (PI. xlv.) on 2nd October, 1854151. 



There are still alive old Syduey identities who i-emember the 

 Museum " Menagerie." The first resident appears to liave been a Tigress 

 purcliased of a "Mr. Smith" in November, 1848, for £12, aud then 

 placed in the care of Mr. W. S. Wall for six mouthsi^- : — 



"When she will be full grown, and may be then killed for the skin and 

 skeleton." 



but as a tigress was still present in 1854'5', this design does not appear to 

 have been can-ied into effect. 



The next guest was a Grizzly Bear presented by Mr. J. U. Nicholls'si 

 iu April, 1854. Up to October of the same year these wei-e supplemented 

 by a Native Dog, or Warrigal, two Eagles and an Emui^^ and at the 

 beginning of 1856 two Native Companions made their appearance in the 

 Museum grounds, but were almost immediately sold to a "Mr. Wilcox "iS" 

 for £515'. The collection was completed by the additicm of a " large 

 Tortoise " which was ordered to be killed and^ converted into a skeletoui^'^. 

 Apparently the care of the animals became too much for Mr. Wall, or 

 they began to be regarded as a nuisance, for we find Mr. W. Beaumont, 

 of Beaumont and Waller, Menagerie Keepers at the " Sii- Joseph I^anks 

 Hotel, Botany Bay," also known as the " Zoological Gardens, Botany," 



i-is Minutes, 4th March, 1854. 

 '« „ 1st July, 1854. 



J50 Document, M. 11696. 



60.54 



I'l Minutes, 4th March, 1854; Document G 



1 

 '•'- ,, 21st September and 7th November, 1854. 



'•'*' „ 3rd Decern )>er, 185;}. 



'■'^ „ 1st April, 1854. 



1" „ 7th October, 1854. 



!•'« „ 9tli January, 1856. 



'" „ L'nd February, 1856. 



1*8 „ 26th November, 1856. 



