The Report of the Council 



OF THE 



Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 



FOR THE 



YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31st. 1914. 



The Annual General Meeting of the Society was held on February 2ist, at the Royal Society's Hall, 

 at which the following retiring Members of the Council were re-elected: Major J. S. Brunton, 

 W. \V. Froggatt. W. J. Green, L. Harrison, A. E. Nash, and S. T. D. Syraons. 



Vt a meeting oi the Council held subsequently the following Office-bearers were elected:— 

 President. Colonel A. Spain: Vice-Presidents, A. F. Basset Hull, < harli Hedley, Dr. R. II. Todd 

 and A. E. Nash : Treasurer. \v. J. Green. Mr. I.. Harris,,,, resigned from the Council in October, in 

 consequence of taking up his residence in England. lie was elected a corresponding member oi the 

 Society. Mr. G. Vthol Waterl se was elected to the vacancy. 



Attendance ol Members ol the Council it Meetings during 1914 : -Major |. S. Brunton, 5; Dr. 

 Sydney Dodd 3; . H. E. Finckh, 9 ; VV. W. Froggatt, 1. W.J Green to; L. Harrison 4; Charles 

 Hedley, 8 ; A. F. Basset Hull, 10 ; Dr. Sydnej famieson, -. \ 1. faques, 5 ; [\ W. Keele, 7 ; Allan 

 R. McCulloch, ro ; Albert E. Nash, 2; W. J. Rainbow. 8; J. M. Smail, 3; Colonel \. Spain, 11; 

 S. T. D. Symons, 4; Dr. K. II. Todd, 11; G. A. Waterhouse, 2. 



Mr. Nash and Mr. Harrison were granted leave of absence, and Mr. Waterhouse was only elected 

 in November. 



ATTENDANCES. 



A total ol 231,660 people visited the Gardens during the year ; this shows ,, falling off of 64,028 

 as compared with the figures lor last year. The primarj causes were the increase of the city tram 

 fares on Sundays, continuous wet weather, and. to a lesser extent, the unsettled conditions of the 

 last four months ol the year, owing to the war. Details of the attendance are as follow : — 



Sundays, Adults 66,616 . s== 



Children 29,001 ^Qd'M ifllW 



Week Days, Adults 93.035 



Children 41,266 1 IIADOn 



Schools 1,742 



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ANIMALS. 



The collection has been kept well up to standard, several large animals having been added. These 

 include a splendid pair of American Bison, very generously presented to the Society by Mr. A. B. 

 Spreckles, of San Francisco. The principal purchases were a well-grown pair of Canadian Wapiti 

 and a large Black Bear, while others include Tree Porcupines, Ocelot, Badgers, Peccaries, Rheas, 

 Barking Deer, European Cranes and Macaws, besides many Australian animals, birds and reptiles. 



