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senting a line of 460 yards towards the Park, which has 

 been strengthened with the view of excluding intruders of 

 all kinds, and efficiently protecting the animals in the Vi- 

 varium from the incursions of dogs, vvhich had become a 

 serious evil, and in some instances had occasioned actual 

 loss of life in specimens of value. 



2. A large space on the north side of the Carnivora 

 Terrace has been cleared and gravelled for the accom- 

 modation of Visitors, who were constantly inconvenienced 

 for want of room in that situation. 



3. The Octagonal Eagle Aviary has been thoroughly 

 repaired. 



4. The Giraffe Yard has been raised, re-sloped and re- 

 gravelled. 



5. Two of the Ponds have been re-formed and lined 

 entirely with brick, with the view of keeping the water in 

 a purer state, by facilitating the operation of cleansing the 

 bottom. 



6. The principal lawn has been re-levelled. 



7. The boundary banks towards the carriage-road, which 

 had become overgrown with forest trees, have been thinned 

 and replanted with evergreens ; and several minor improve- 

 ments have been made in various parts of the Garden. 



b. Menagerie. 



The sanitary condition of the Menagerie has been par- 

 ticularly fortunate during the last twelve months ; and 

 probably no winter has produced fewer casualties of im- 

 portance than that which has just passed. 



One of the best tests of general health and judicious 

 treatment is derived from the number of species which 

 reproduce in confinement ; it being borne in mind that 

 limited accommodation and publicity, unavoidable in an 

 establishment like that of the Society, add materially to 

 the obstacles which are opposed to that result. 



The following list is particularly interesting on this 

 account : — 



