ANNUAL MEETING. 
The Fifty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Royal Zoologi¬ 
cal and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria was held at the 
Town Hall, Melbourne, on Wednesday, 3rd March, 1920, at 
3 p.m. 
Present: Mr. C. W. Maclean (in the chair), Messrs. E. 
G. Brook, J. G. Membrey, E. J. Dunn, W. R. Grimwade, C. J. 
Peowrie, and others. 
An apology was received from Mr. C. D. Lloyd. 
The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and 
confirmed. 
Mr. Maclean thanked the members for having elected 
him to the office of President, and stated that during the 
past year everything had gone on well in the Gardens." The 
attendance had been good, but naturally the influenza epi¬ 
demic affected it to a certain extent in the early part of the 
year, but he was glad to say that the attendance for the be¬ 
ginning of 1920 was more than for the same period during 
the previous year. The health of the animals had been, 
on the whole, good, but he regretted the death of the hybrid 
Zebra, which wan an old animal, having been in the Gardens 
for twenty-eight years. He trusted that now trade was 
settling down, although the prices of animals had increased, 
the Society would have a better opportunity of obtaining 
more animals; he also hoped that the trade in Australian 
animals would be placed on a better basis than it was at 
present. 
A vote of thanks was passed to the Lord Mayor for 
kindly allowing the Society the use of a room in the Town 
Hall for the Annual Meeting. 
A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman. 
The Annual Report and Statement of Accounts were 
adopted. 
The Chairman declared Col. G. Horne, Mr. W. David¬ 
son and Mr. Currie, who had retired as having attended the 
fewest Council Meetings during the year, re-elected, there 
being no other nominations. 
The following gentlemen were nominated for the fol¬ 
lowing positions on the Council: 
President: Mr. C. W. Maclean. 
Vice-Presidents: Mr. J. G. Membrey, Mr. W. Davidson. 
Hon. Treasurer: Mr. E. G. Brook. 
These gentlemen were declared elected by the Chair¬ 
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