REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
The Council of the Zoological and Acclimatisation 
Society of Victoria has much satisfaction in submitting 
its Eleventh Annual Report to its members. The past 
year has been one of steady progress, and the condition 
of the Society is sound and prosperous. The gardens 
of the Society at the Eoyal Park have considerably 
increased in attractiveness during the last twelve months, 
and the large and increasing number of visitors plainly 
shows how such a place of resort is appreciated by 
the public. 
Thanks to the liberality of Parliament, which last 
year raised the vote in aid from £1,000 to £2,500, 
it has been in the power of the Council to make 
many improvements in the grounds. The greater num- 
ber of the aviaries have been almost re-built, arid 
are now in good repair, and as a permanent addition 
a Bear-pit has been constructed in the most substan- 
tial manner at a considerable cost. Several other impor- 
tant additions are in contemplation, and will be 
steadily proceeded with. The Zoological collection has 
also received considerable additions, especially of speci- 
mens of the Fauna of the Colony, mostly presented 
by friends of the Society, to whom the Council 
tenders its thanks. The Tigers mentioned in last 
year's report (as having been promised by Mr. 
J ames McLachlan) have not yet arrived, but will be sent 
by that gentleman, from Java, as soon as a suitable 
pair can be obtained. 
