ANNUAL MtbTING. 
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The Fifty-third Annual Meeting of the Royal Zoological and 
Acclimatisation Society of Victoria was held at the Town Hall, 
Melbourne, on Wednesday, February 28, 1917, at 3 p.m. 
Present; Hon. J. G. Membrey, M.L.A. (in the chair), Messrs. 
C. D. Lloyd, T. R. James, C. W. Maclean, E. G. Brook, H. G. 
Turner and C. J. Peowrie. 
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and con¬ 
firmed. 
The Annual Report and Statement of Accounts were taken 
as read, and the Chairman, in moving their adoption, stated that, 
despite the war, the Society was to be congratulated on the in¬ 
crease in its receipts from the entrance gates, being about £300 
more than in the preceding year, and, also, that over 10,000 more 
people had visited the gardens; this, he considered, showed the 
interest that the public took in the Gardens, which were becom¬ 
ing more attractive every; year, and this, he thought, was due to 
the Director and the staff. He was glad the 3d. charge on Sunday 
had^ been inaugurated, and was sure that the public would gain 
by it in the increased attractiveness of the Gardens. 
Mr. Lloyd seconded the adoption of the Report and State¬ 
ment of Accounts, and said he quite agreed with what had been 
said by the Chairman. 
The Report was unanimously adopted. 
On the motion of Mr. C. W. Maclean, Messrs. E. G. Brook, 
W. Davadson and E. J. Dunn, who had retired as attending the 
fewest number of meetings during the year, were re-elected. 
^^r. C. D. Lloyd was elected president, on the motion of Mr. 
Brook, who stated the pleasure it gave him in proposing him as 
■^'dent, knowing the active interest he look in the welfare of 
.1- . Society. Mr, Lloyd thanked the members for having elected 
him, and trusted that he would carry out the duties of his office 
efficiently, but that he hoped that Colonel Ryan would soon be 
president again, on bis return from his military duties in England. 
