Park. Of course the zoological collection there was incomparable, 
but as beautiful Gardens they did not compare with our Gardens, 
and also in the comfort and condition of the animals, and the sweet 
and cleanly manner in which the different cages and the exhibits 
therein were kept. Of course the climate was all in our favour, but 
still there was no doubt that the Melbourne Gardens were kept in 
beautiful order and very well managed under the present Director 
and his staff. He also might say that he quite approved of making 
the collection of Australian fauna as complete as possible. There 
was still another matter he wished to revert to. At the last 
annual meeting he called attention to the very small number of 
subscribers. One would imagine, in such a large city as Melbourne, 
there would be at least a thousand guinea subscribers, instead 
of under one hundred. The holder of a family ticket had the 
right of entry for himself and family any day of the year, and the 
Gardens were now so attractive and interesting that he could not 
understand how it was the list of members continued to be so 
small. The Gardens were very accessible, and the fare to them 
from the lower end of Elizabeth Street by the Brunswick and 
horse tram was only twopence to the Garden gates. 
The Report was then unanimously adopted. 
Major Purchas said it gave him great pleasure to move the 
reappointment of the Hon. F. S. Grimwade as President for the 
ensuing year. The alteration of clause 9 in the Regulations now 
enabled the Society to reappoint a President for more than one 
year. He knew that Mr. Grimwade was a busy man, but busy 
men generally found time to perform all their duties, and he was 
one of them. He also had taken great interest in the affairs of 
the Society while President, and he felt sure that he would 
continue to do so. 
Mr. J. C. Tyler seconded the nomination, as he also felt that to 
re-elect the Hon. Mr. Grimwade to the Presidency was a wise step, 
and in the interests of the Society. 
The motion was put to the meeting by Major Purchas, and 
carried by acclamation. 
The Hon. Mr. Grimwade thanked Major Purchas and Mr. Tyler 
for their kind words, and he thanked the Society for appointing 
him to a further term of office as President. He should 
continue to do all in his power to advance its interests, and 
he hoped the coming year would be one of increased prosperity. 
He was quite sure that every member of the Council would do all 
in their power to attain this end, and he was equally sure the 
Directors would do so too. It was their united wish to see the 
advancement of the Society, and he yet hoped to see all the 
