REPORT. 11 
The Government was good enough to place the sura 
of £1000 on the Estimates last year for the use of the 
Society, which amount was passed by the Parliament ; 
but it is hoped that a larger vote will be made this 
year, as the extension of the Zoological collection 
necessarily entails largely increased expenditure. 
It is the intention of the Society's energetic collector, 
Mr. Segerberg, to visit the country districts again this 
year, and the Council would desire to express their 
thanks for the liberal support and the kind manner 
in which he was nearly everywhere received on the 
occasion of his last visit. 
The following gentlemen have received the Society's 
silver medal during the past year for services rendered, 
viz. :— Captain Lucas, steamship Southern Gross ; Dr. 
George Bennett, F.L.S., F.Z.S. of Sydney ; and Captain 
Conrad, of the German ship, Ilerzog Ernst Captain 
Chapman, of the brig Firefly, received the bronze 
medal of the Society. 
The Council feel it due to Dr. Black the retiring 
President, that they should express their sense of the 
services rendered by that gentleman to the Society 
since its formation, and the untiring energy and zeal 
which he has devoted to it during the many years he 
has acted as President. 
They would also beg to tender their best thanks 
to Count de Castelnau and Baron Von Mueller, 
C.M.G., for their valuable scientific papers contributed 
during the last three years to the Society's printed 
proceedings. 
The Council would desire, before concluding this 
report, to state that the success of the Society may, 
in a great measure, be attributed to the energy 
