The following are the principal deaths the Zoological collection 
has sustained :— 
I Zebra Mare 
r Lioness 
I Wapiti Stag 
I Four-horned Antelope 
I Nylghie Antelope 
I Huanaco 
I Alpaca 
1 Reindeer 
2 Deer 
I Cuscus, from New Guinea 
The Council are pleased to know that their labours in the 
cause of Pisciculture have been rewarded with success, as is 
evidenced by the frequent capture of English Trout in many of the 
streams of the colony. At Woodend trout weighing up to 61 bs. are 
constantly caught ; and in the Taggerty, the Watts, the Campaspe, 
and the Coliban and other rivers, they are well established. The 
Council would hope that the residents living near any of these 
streams will see that they are not unfairly destroyed out of season, 
or netted, poached or destroyed with dynamite during the fishing 
season. The Council note with pleasure that Sir Samuel Wilson 
continues his valuable and unselfish efforts in the same direction, 
the trout ponds at Ercildoune being in full working order. 
The Council beg to record their high appreciation of the services 
rendered to the Society by the retiring President, the Hon. R. W. 
Best, M.P., and the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Ronald McLachlan, and 
to add how highly they recognise the great care evinced by the 
Directors, and their devotion to the interests of the Society; and, 
further, to record their appreciation of the efforts of the other officers 
and employes. 
The Council also desire to tender their thanks to Mr, 
W. T. Kendall, Hon. Veterinary Surgeon to the Society, for 
his attendance to its interests when required. 
The accounts for the past year have been duly audited by 
Messrs. Langton and Turner, and the Balance-sheets -wdll be 
published in the Society’s Proceedings. 
Mr. Officer stated, in moving the adoption of the Report, that he 
was glad to see a slight improvement in the receipts for the last 
year, and hoped that this might indicate that the corner was turned, 
