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The Council cannot refrain from reporting, that, among 

 other promises of assistance, they have received the grati- 

 fying announcement of the gift of a pair of Tigers, which 

 have been despatched to England for the Society by His 

 Highness the Guicowar of Baroda. The important rank 

 which His Highness holds among the Princes of Western 

 India, and the power which he possesses of enriching the 

 Menagerie from his own extensive collection, give a claim 

 for the thanks of the Society to Mr. Shaw, Mr. Davis and 

 Col. Outram, through whose interest the favour of His 

 Highness has been conciliated. 



The improved state of the Buildings in the Garden con- 

 tinues to influence most favourably the general health of 

 the Collection ; and as the Council have had the satisfac- 

 tion of receiving and accepting a proposal from Her Ma- 

 jesty's Commissioners of Woods to drain the whole of the 

 land occupied by the Society, in connection with a most 

 complete plan for the Drainage of the Regent's 

 Park in November next, they have reasonable grounds 

 for expecting that one of the most fertile causes of disease 

 in the Menagerie will hencefoi'th be extensively diminished, 

 if not entirely removed, as was urged upon the Commis- 

 sioners in the Memorial which the Council addressed to 

 their Board in 1848. 



Some interesting data are furnished by the following 



List op Species (29) which have bred in the 

 Menagerie, 1850-51. 



MAMMALIA. 



Vervet Monkey. 



Rhesus Monkey. 



Brown Bear. 



Zebu with Danta Bull. 



Angora Goat. 



Alpaca, 



Hog Deer. 



Axis Deer. 



Sambur Deer. 



Chinchilla. 



Lemming. 



