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REPORT. 
taken to place the Society in a more independent 
position, and to make its attractions so great as to 
ensure its becoming at some future day self-supporting 
and popular, like the zoological societies of Europe. 
Mr. J. B. Were seconded the motion for the adoption 
of the report, with the addition suggested by the 
Chairman, which was carried. 
The Balance-sheet showed that the receipts for the 
past year amounted to i?2,090 Os. Id., while the 
expenditure, including d?300 for the fish-ponds at 
Mount Macedon, amounted to £2 , 136 18s. lid. 
A ballot was then taken for the election of Office- 
Bearers, with the following result : — 
President. 
Albert Purchas, Esq. 
Vice-Presidents. 
F. R Godfrey, Esq. Professor Strong. 
Messrs. J. B. Were, R Hammond, and Dr. Joseph 
Black, were re-elected Members of the Council. 
A cordial vote of thanks was passed to the Presi- 
dent, Hon. Treasurer, Hon. Secretary, and other 
Office-Bearers, for their exertions on behalf of the 
Society during the past year, and the proceedings 
terminated. 
