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The other building scheme foreshadowed — the enlargement of the 
Haughton House — was commenced during the year, and considerable 
progress has already been made. Plans were submitted in the spring 
b}' Messrs. Bachelor and Hicks, the most important feature of which was 
a considerable addition to the Members' Room, and an extension of the 
balcony outside it. A vahied Member of the Council — one who had, 
indeed, initiated the provision of a Members' Room in the Haughton 
House — generously gave the sum of ;^250 to ensure an increased accom- 
modation for the increasingly large number of Members and their friends 
who now make use of the room. With the greater facilities which will 
thus be afforded for garden-parties and other entertainments, which 
Members have the privilege of giving in the Haughton House, it is hoped 
that the Society may add largely to its list of supporters. 
Besides the enlargement of the Members' Room, the alterations in 
progress at the Haughton House include a considerable addition to the 
size of the kitchen, the addition of a much -needed ladies' cloakroom, the 
extension of the balcony area available for the general public through a 
change in the position of the staircase, the provision of three or four 
new out -door cages on the western aspect of the House, and a large 
additional covered area, available for school parties, beneath the extended 
floor of the Members' Room and kitchen. 
Several further schemes for the improvement of the collections have been 
considered by the Council. The Bears need badly an enlarged set of 
dens and open rockwork ; some open-air cages would be a most desirable 
addition to the Monkey House ; a building is needed for the small 
Carnivora ; several members are eager to provide a modern aquarium. 
It is hoped that one or two of these improvements may be carried out 
during the next twelve months. In these, as in other matters, the power 
of the Council is dependant on the support of the public. 
In each Annual Report it is, unfortunately, necessary to chronicle 
the loss of valuable specimens by death, and the year 191 2 brought 
some sad gaps in the collection. The Oraug, " Bella," which had seemed 
well acchmatised during the summer of 191 1, contracted tubercular 
disease during the winter, and died in April. The White-handed Gibbon 
which was in the Ape House a year ago, also died, and so did another 
of the same species, as well as a Hoolock, kindly brought during the 3-ear 
from Burma, and given to the Society by Dr. J. M. Falkiner. Another 
Hoolock from the same generous donor is, however, still healthy and lively, 
although he arriveel in a very weak condition. The Chimpanzee, '' James," 
having lived for two years in the Ape House, died during the summer, 
and a small female, '' Sally," given by Lieutenant Phillips, never seemed 
at home, and survived only till December. In the latter month the Society 
had the gooel fortune to receive on deposit a splendid male Chimpanzee, 
" Tom," the property of the Hon. Walter Rothschild. The animal is 
nine years old, and has lived for five years in the London Ape House ; 
its owner has now most kindly allowed its transfer to Dublin. '" Tom " 
is so large and strong that the Anthropoid cages with their wire -netting 
and plaster walls were deemed unsafe for his habitation ; three of the 
ordinary cages in the Monkey House were therefore thrown together 
