VPRS 2226 Register of Animals Received at the Zoological Gardens

This series was created to record details of animals received at the Zoological Gardens in Melbourne. This includes animals that were purchased, donated or born in captivity.Information is recorded in columns across a folio and includes, date, quantity/stock received (e.g 3 wallaroos) and remarks. The remarks field was usually used how the animals were received and, if relevant or known, from whom and or from where. A column headed Latin Name was not used for this purpose and occasionally includes other remarks.The existence of other volumes from this series is unknown.

本数据集系列旨在记录墨尔本动物园（Zoological Gardens）接收的各类动物的详细信息，涵盖购入、捐赠或圈养繁育的动物。相关信息以栏目的形式记录于单张对开档案页中，包含接收日期、接收动物数量/存栏量（例如3只岩袋鼠（wallaroo））以及备注信息。备注栏通常用于记录动物的接收方式，若有相关信息或可查来源，还会标注接收来源方及来源地。标注为‘学名（Latin Name）’的栏目并非用于记录上述信息，偶尔会被用于补充其他备注内容。本系列是否存在其他卷册目前尚不明确。