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(i) a. Free admission to the Taronga Zoological Park to each Member of the Society upon 

 production of his or her card of membership as issued by the Society under its rules. 

 b. Twenty tickets per annum for admission of adults or children to the Park in respect 

 of each Member of the Society ; provided that the Society shall pay to the Trustees 

 the sum of twenty-one shillings in respect of each Member in excess of two hundred 

 and fifty to whom such free admission and tickets shall be granted. 



(2) Permission to the Society to conduct scientific investigations in Zoology in the Park 



on such terms and conditions, and subject to such supervision as the Trustees may 

 require, and for that purpose the Society shall be allowed such facilities as the Trustees 

 may approve. 



(3) Suitable premises within the Park for use by the Council or other governing body of 



the Society for the purpose of holding its meetings, and of storing its books and records, 

 and otherwise of conducting its business. 



When the transfer of the collection has been effected, it is proposed to devote the funds of the 

 Society and the energies of its Members to the scientific and practical study of the Australian fauna 

 and introduce exotic animals in captivity. To this end the " Australian Zoologist" will be utilised 

 as a means of recording and disseminating the work anil observations of the Members. 



The lease of the premises at Moore Park that the Society now holds from the Municipal Council 

 of Sydney, terminates in 1920. 



The following addition has also been made to Rule 7 : — 



(7a) On payment of annual subscription a Member shall receive (in addition to the 

 Member's ticket) 20 tickets available for use during the current year ; each ticket to admit 

 one adult or two children ; children only to be admitted when accompanied by an adult. 

 Tickets must be signed before leaving a Member's possession ; unsigned tickets being in valid . 



The preparation of Taronga Zoological Park for the reception of the animals has been energetically 

 proceeded with during the year by the Department of Public Works, and it is hoped that it will be 

 sufficiently forward by April, 1916, to be occupied, though it will take some time longer to complete. 

 The enclosures are well built and designed, and the Park should in all respects be very interesting and 

 attractive. 



