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Messrs. W. Davidson, A. Rutter Clarke and E. G. Brook, who 
had attended the fewest numl^er of meetings during tlie past year, and 
therefore retired from the Council, were, on the motion of Cr. Flem¬ 
ing, re-elected as members of the Council for the present year. 
A letter was read, from Dr. Mackenzie, from London, stating 
that he had visited many of the Continental Zoological Gardens, and 
that, although many of them had a larger collection of animals, none, 
as far as he could see, ai>proached these Garrlens regarding pictur¬ 
esqueness as a whole, nor did the animals and birds look anythinc 
like as healthy. In many of the Gardens he had visited tuberculosis 
was prevalent more or less, especially among the monkeys, whereas 
the Melbourne Gardens were practically free from this. The Director 
stated: that in the Melbourne Gardens there was a Macaque Monkey 
which was thirty-three years old, three others were over twentv-five, 
and two others well over twenty, which quite confirmed all that Dr. 
Mackenzie had said regarding the health of the animals in the Mel¬ 
bourne Gardens ; even the Orang-Outan had been in the Gardens 
fifteen years. 
A cordial vote of thanks was moved by Mr. Lloyd to the Chair¬ 
man for presiding at the Annual Meeting, and a vote of thanks was 
also passed to the Ix)rd Mayor for allowing the Society the use of a 
room in the Town Hall for the meeting. 
