REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
It is with considerable satisfaction that the 
Council of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society 
submits its Tenth Annual Report to the subscribers. 
The Council is "lad to find the effort to establish a 
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Zoological Garden at the Royal Park in connection 
with acclimatisation has met with the decided approval 
of the public, as evidenced by the largely increased list 
of members and number of visitors during the past year. 
The zoological collection is steadily increasing, several 
additions having been made since the last annual 
meeting. His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly has 
kindly undertaken to procure a pair of elands, 
and Mr. James McLachlan has promised to obtain 
some tigers from Java, for the Society. The 
Council is determined to lose no opportunity to 
extend its collection, and only requires to receive a 
larger subsidy or increased subscriptions to provide 
more suitable accommodation for the larger animals, 
as well as to construct a reptile house, which was 
contemplated last year, but which, from the necessity 
for artificial heat and the consequent expense, could 
not be earned out. The garden has also been very 
much improved and beautified, new walks have been 
opened up, and considerable additions made to the 
flower-beds. 
The most notable work of the past year has been 
the construction of the trout ponds for breeding 
purposes at Wooling, Mount Macedon, somewhat 
