THL ROYAL 
Zoological & Acclimatisation Society 
OF VICTORIA. 
REPORT OF THE COINCIL 
For 1916. • 
The Council of the Royal Zooloi^ical and Acclimatisation 
Society of Victoria begs to submit its Fifty-third Annual Report 
to the subscribers and the public. 
The receipts at the entrance gates were £3.036 16 9 for the 
year, from other sources £862 17 o, irrespective of the Govern¬ 
ment grant, making a total of £3,899 13 9, being £297 8 6 more 
than that received last year. The total number of visitors on 
Sundays was approximately a6 i- )6i C 4 . an increase of 25,585 as 
compared with last year. On week days the number of visitors 
w as f an increase of 10,074 <>ver the figures for 1915, thus 
the total number of visitors was approximately ^0 ^ 396 p^this does 
not include children from Charitable Institutions, State and 
Primary Schools, who are admitted free of charge. 
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The abundant rainfall in the spring materially benefited the 
llower beds and shrubberies and ensured a very fine show of 
masses of flowers during the summer. Much planting has been 
done, especially of shrubs and shade trees, chiefly In the Deer 
and Kangaroo enclosures. 
'I'he part of the Gardens at the back of the large pond by the 
Hippopotamus yard, has been all cleared and planted, and 
several old. unsightly trees removed. The new Hippopotamus 
yard has been finished and is now in use, these animals 
"can now be separated whenever, necessary. The back portion of 
the new part has been planted with Papyrus. 
'I'he large Kangaroo paddocks have been divided and a 
track for the Keeper made through the centre, so that the animals 
can be fed without the enclosures being entered. The old wooden 
fences have been removed and cement structures, representing 
natural rock, erected in their place. New beds hav'e been formed 
each side of the pathway and planted with shrubs, and two 
cement drains made. The old division fences have been removed 
