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ANNUAL MEETING. 
The Fifty-second AnnualMeeting of the Royal 2 kx)logical and 
Acclimatisation Society of Victoria was held at the Town Hall, Mel¬ 
bourne, on Friday, 25th February, 1916, at 3 p.m. 
The following were present:—Hon. D. Mackinnon (in the chair), 
Messrs. C. D. Lloyd, T. R. James, A. Rutter Clarke, E. J. Dunn, 
C. Barrett, E. G. Brook, G. Howat, H. G. Turner^and Cr. Fleming. 
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and con¬ 
firmed. 
The Annual Report and Statements of Accounts were taken as 
read, and the Chairman moved their adoption, and, in so doing, stated 
that although there had been a falling olf in revenue during the past 
year on account of the war, he was informed that the rev'enue from 
the takings at the gates was improving, and he congratulated the 
Societ} on their position. He mentioned that the horse tramway, 
linking the main tram with the gates of the Gardens, would shortly 
be under new management, and he trusted that when that was so the 
service would be improved, as he noticed that over 300,000 persons 
uaa visited the Gardens last year, and the greater portion of these 
must have gone by the tram. The Gardens were still an object of 
iiicitructJun for the people as a whole, and it says much for them that 
they had been visited by such large numbers, considering the incon- 
v t:;;iL,iiCo oi getting there. He was also glad to see that tlie Govern¬ 
ment iiU'i iielpcd in the matter of gravelling some of the footpaths 
: down tar-paving; both w'ere necessary, and were a great 
uii^rotL-mcnl to the Gardens as a w^hole. He was pleased to notice 
that the concrete buildings w'ere still being gone on with in preference 
to w'ood, although some structures had to be postponed until the war 
was over. 
Mr. LIo)d seconded the adoption of the Report and Statement 
of Accounts, and said he ejuite agreed W'ith what had been said by 
the Chairman as to the value of the Gardens from an educational 
point of view. 
The election of President then took place, and Colonel Charles 
S. Ryan was, on the motion of Mr. Lloyd, elected. Appreciation 
was expressed of the services rendered to the Empire by the Presi¬ 
dent, lx>th in Egy])t and elsewhere, and the general interest he took 
in the Society. Some animals wdll probably be secured by him w^hile 
in Egypt, aiid sent to our Gardens at the conclusion of the w'ar. 
On the motion of (T. Fleming, Messrs. C. D. Lloyd and C. W. 
Maclean were re-elected as Vice-Presidents of the Society; both 
gentlemen ha<l the welfare of the Gardens at heart, an<l were untiring 
in their efforts to improve them. Mr. T, R. James was re-elected 
Honorary Treasurer, on the motion of Mr. E. J. Dunn. 
