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pleasure she had derived from the visit, and she g racl0 “ s ‘y 
accepted a large cage full of beautiful Australian Finches. H 
Roval Highness was particularly interested in watching 
Kangaroos bounding at a rapid pace around their’ 1 . a 'g‘SvSes 
The Society possesses about thirty specimens of differen=« 
of these interesting animals, besides a number of the sm. 
Kangaroos known as Wallabies. 
A large military encampment of five thousand men was formed 
in the Royal Park during Their Royal Highnesses visit, and this 
helped to bring many visitors. 
Over eighty thousand people passed through the turnstiles, or 
about* twenty^thousand m L .ban last year, while the ga 0 mo» y 
was increased from ^1429 12s. 3d. in 1900, to £1857 15s- °a. in 
1901—an increase of over /400. 
Thp attendance on Sunday, which is the free day, has also been 
ve^y large It is estimated Sat considerably over three hundred 
thousand visitors availed themselves of the opportunity of visiting 
the Gardens on that day. 
The improvements in these fine and extensive Gardens are 
continuous, and they are becoming widely known in England on 
the Continent, and in America, and are visited byr many agents 
of foreign Zoological Societies and English and Continental 
firms Taling in the fauna of the world, for the purpose of 
purchasing specimens or making exchanges. During the last tv V 
?ears the g So P ciety has sold £200 worth of young Taisias, or 
Scrub Turkeys, all hatched in artificial mounds made by 
Assistant-Director, and reared in the Gardens. 
The Zoological collection is in a healthy condition, and all the 
anftoals are llokiug well The gras* In .he v.nous paddocks a«d 
enclosures is of course, brown at this season of the year, out as 
SSn as the first autumnal rains fall it should be soon green again 
The many flower beds are full of beautiful flowers, and are a great 
attraction. 
On October 17th the President and Council of the Society l °vited 
the Federal and State Houses of Parliament to visit the Gardens 
and afterwards entertained hon. members at lunch in the p 
enclosure. The day was delightful, and the numerous visitors 
over 100 in number, seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves. y 
included Their Excellencies the Governor-General and the Countess 
of Hopetoun and staff, the Right Hon. the Prime Minister, Mr Barton, 
the President of the Legislative Council and Lady and Miss rix , 
the Hon the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and members 
of hS family, Sir John and Lady Forrest, Sir Philip Fysh, the 
