ANNUAL MEETING. 
The Fifty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Royal Zoological 
and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria was held at the Town 
Hall, Melbourne, on Wednesday, 27th February, 1918, at 3 
p.m. 
Present: Hon. Donald Mackinnon, M.L.A, (in the chair), 
IMcssrs. C. D. Lloyd, E. G. P>rook, E. J. Dunn, A. Rutter 
Clarke, W. Davidson, C. J. Peowrie, Councillor Fleming, and 
ethers. . 
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and 
confirmed. 
The Annual Report and Statement of Accounts were 
read out by the Director. Mr. Dunn moved their adoption, 
and in doing so stated that the Society was to l)e congratu¬ 
lated on the progress of the work in the (lardcns, especially 
with regard to the new yard for the Elephant, and hoped that, 
as lumls permitted, other enclosures would 1)t‘. made on the 
same lines. He also stated that, although substantial im¬ 
provements had been carried out, the Society was in a better 
position, financially, than it was in the preceding year.- The 
large numl)cr of visitors showed how popular the Gardens 
were. * . ^ , 
Air. W^illiam Davidson seconded the motion, and men¬ 
tioned the beautiful floral display in the Gardens this season, 
which he had not seen surpassed anywhere. He also con¬ 
sidered that the concrete l)uildings for the Deer, etc., were 
quite a feature in the landscape of the Gardens. 
The Chairman, in putting the motion, stated that he fully 
concurred with all that had been stated. The beautiful ap- 
])earancc of the Gardens and the way in which they were kept 
reflected great credit on the management in every way. He 
was also glad that the Society had been able to entertain the 
soldiers and sailors of our Allies as they passed through Mel¬ 
bourne. He mentioned that it was imjiossible to estimate 
the educational value the Zoological Gardens were to the 
State. 
