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b. Three-Island Pond. 



Among the other works undertaken and completed du- 

 ring the past year, the enclosure of the Three-Island Pond 

 and the adjoining mound, by rat-proof wire fence of light 

 and ornamental construction, though a work of no great 

 magnitude, nor attended with much expense, has effected a 

 very sensible improvement in the south-east corner of the 

 Gardens, and will afford additional security and accommoda- 

 tion for breeding and rearing the different species of Water 

 Fowl. 



c. The Well. 



The supply of water having fallen considerably short of 

 the necessary consumption during the early part of the 

 autumn, and it appearing, on examination of the machinery, 

 that the pipes were stopped up with sand, in consequence 

 of the well terminating in a bed of this material which over- 

 lies the chalk, the boring was ordered to be continued into 

 the latter stratum ; and, at the depth of fifty-four feet below 

 the old level, a copious spring was tapped, which proves to 

 be of superior quality, and is more than sufficient for all the 

 purposes of the Society. 



d. Minor Works. 



Among the less important works of the past year ma^ be 

 mentioned the construction of an ice-well for the use of the 

 tenant of the Confectionary department ; the foi*mation of a 

 straw-yard for the accomodation of the larger Ruminating 

 animals, and the cleansing of the ponds ; besides the ordi- 

 nary annual repairs which are required in so extensive an 

 Establishment. 



2, Menagerie. 



This department, as the primary and most attractive 

 branch of the whole Establishment, and that to which every- 

 thing else is subsidiary, is an object of constant care to the 

 Council ; nor have the numbers, interest or variety of the 



