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(n) To take or accept any gift whether subject to any special trust or not for all or any of the 



objects of the Society, 

 (o) To sell manage lease mortgage dispose of or otherwise deal with all or any part of the 



property of the Society. 



Ip) To borrow and raise money in such manner as the Society may think fit. 



(q) To invest any moneys of the Society not immediately required for any of its objects in 

 such manner as may from time to time be determined. 



(>) To promote establish subsidise and support and to aid in the promotion establishment 

 and support of any branch or affiliated associations and to inaugurate and carry out any 

 scheme or system of affiliation. 



(s) To promote the passing of or enforcing or to join with any other Society or any body 

 or persons in having passed or enforced any legislation having for its object the pre- 

 servation or protection of the Fauna of New South Wales or elsewhere in Australia or 

 any other object in connection with Zoology. 



(/) To offer give or contribute towards any scholarship prize medal or award for any research 

 literary contribution article essay or effort connected with Zoology or anv kindred or 

 interdependent study. 



(it) To apply the profits (if any) or other income of the Society for the promoting of the above 

 objects. 



(v) To do all such other lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the 

 above objects. 



The incorporation of a Society having these objects provides the machinery, and two essentials 

 are required to make the machinery run smoothly and successfully — labour and lubricant — which in 

 this case mean members and money. As regards the first, the Society's membership roll now contains 

 the names of many of the leading zoologists of New South Wales, and it is confidently anticipated that 

 eventually every resident in this State interested in the study and care of animals will become a member. 

 Although the Society's funds will not benefit from the subscriptions of ordinary members exceeding 

 the 300 agreed upon, every subscription in excess of that number will add to the income of the Taronga 

 Zoological Park, and will thus aid in furthering one of the Society's objects. 



The Society's funds will be augmented by the full amount of the subscriptions paid by associate 

 members. This class was established with a view to enlisting the interest of country residents, who 

 cannot take advantage of the right of entry to the Park, residents of other States and foreign countries. 

 To the amount received from this source will be added such special donations as members and the general 

 public may think fit to contribute. Similar societies in other parts of the world depend largely upon 

 such benefactions for the carrying out of their objects, and there is no reason why New South Wales 

 should not be able to liberally endow its own Society. To cite some instances, the American Museum 

 of Natural History, New York, has a permanent endowment fund exceeding a quarter of a million 

 sterling contributed by wealthy American citizens, and an annual income of several thousand pounds 

 from members' subscriptions ; the Smithsonian Institution is also largely supported by donations, 

 its permanent fund standing at .£205,000, and its income being /22,ooo for the year 1915. In addition 

 to this, the Institution disbursed £\ 36,000 of Government grants for scientific purposes during that year, 

 including £'20,000 on the maintenance and improvement of the splendid Zoological Park at Washington, 

 which embraces an area of 268 acres. 



As the Society grows and enters upon its more important objects, particularly the publication of 

 useful information and the establishment of biological stations for the studv of the different faunal 

 groups of the Australian regions, it also may reasonably look to the. Government of the State for assist- 

 ance in these directions. 



Such objects, carried out in a careful and systematic manner, should be of great value both from 

 a scientific and an economic standpoint, and render appreciable aid to University and research students 

 by providing them with material for study and facilities for its examination. 



It remains only to impress upon all members the value of personal effort directed towards increasing 

 the Society's membership and inducing those who are able to do so to contribute to a Permanent 

 Endowment Fund. 



