The Report of the Council 



OF THE 



Royal Zoological Society 01 New South Wales 



FOR THE 



YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31st. 1915. 



At the Annual General Meeting of the Society, which was held on February nth, 1915, at the Royal 

 Society's Hall, Sydney, the following retiring Members of the Council were re-elected : — Dr. Sydney 

 Dodd, Dr. Sydney Jamieson. Mr. Allan K. McCulloch, Mr. J. M. Smail, Dr. R. H. Todd, and Mr. G. A. 

 Waterhouse. 



At a subsequent special meeting of the Council the following Office-bearers were elected : — President, 

 Colonel A. Spain ; Vice-Presidents. Charles Hedley. A. F. Basset Hull. Albert P. Nash, Dr. R. H. Todd ; 

 Treasurer, W. J. Green. 



Attendance of Members ot the Council at meetings during 191 5. Meetings held : — 11 ordinary 

 and 1 special : Major J. S. Brunton. 6 ; Dr. Sydney Dodd, 8 ; Mr. H. E. Finckh, to ; Mr. W. W- 

 Froggatt, 10; Mr. W. J. Green, 12 ; Mr. Chas. Hedley, 6; Mr. A. F. Basset Hull, 12 ; Dr. Sydney 

 Jamieson (on active service, granted leave). 3 ; Mr. A. E. Jaques, 5 ; Mr. T. W. Keele, 8 ; Mr. Allan 

 McCulloch. 7 ; Mr. Albert E. Nash, 4 ; Mr. W. J. Rainbow, 9 ; Mr. J. M. Smail, 5 ; Colonel A. Spain, 

 12 ; Mr. S. T. D. Symons, 8 ; Dr. R. H. Todd, 3 ; Mr. G. A. Waterhouse, 9 ; Government Representatives : 

 The Hon. Fred. Flowers, M.L.C. ; The Hon. H. C. Hoyle, M.L.A. City Council Representatives: 

 Alderman YV. J. Walker ; Alderman J. H. Laurence. 



ATTENDANCES. 

 The number of visitors to the Gardens during the year under review was as follows : — 



Sundays, Adults 53.460 



Children 28,792 



Week Days, Adults 85,426 



Children 41,414 



Schools 986 



Naval and Military 1 ,052 



2 1 1 , 1 30 



showing a decrease of 20,530 as compared with the attendance during 1914. The very adverse 

 conditions caused by the war were largely responsible lor the decrease. 



ANIMALS. 

 The collection has been kept well up to standard, many interesting specimens being added. With 

 special assistance from the Government, the Society was enabled to obtain a splendid collection of 

 Antelopes and other animals from Africa, many of which are extremely rare and have not been 

 previously exhibited in Australia. These include Blessbok, Lechee, Impala, Bushbok, Springbok, 

 Duiker, and Sable Antelope. One Brown Hyaena, Black Mangabees. Squirrels, several species of 

 Mongoose, Baboons, Hinged Tortoise, Stanley Cranes, Hombills, Egyptian and Spur-wing Geese, 

 and several Turaco — the latter are very brilliantly coloured birds and form one of the principal 

 attractions of the large Flight Aviarv- 



