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of £l74 165. 6d.), the Council believe that they have ac- 

 complished a further improvement of the Superintendent's 

 residence in a sanatory point of view, and at the same time 

 gained the additional advantage of having brought together 

 two of the Gardening Establishments heretofore inconve- 

 niently placed on different sides of the road. 



The three works just mentioned, and the consti'uction 

 of a new main drain for the upper portion of the South Gar- 

 dens, at a cost of £234 6s. (which was a necessity following 

 upon the erection of permanent buildings upon this por- 

 tion of the grounds), have all been executed by Messrs. 

 Lucas for the Society. At the same time the Society's 

 own staff of workmen have been kept fully employed. 

 Besides the general repairs and renewals which the nume- 

 rous buildings and inclosures in the Society's Gardens 

 stand continually in need of, the following special works 

 have been carried out by the Society's ordinary workmen 

 since the last Anniversary : — 



I. The building of a Storehouse adjoining the New 



Antelope House, for holding hay, corn, and pro- 

 visions for the animals, at a cost of about £40. 



II. The construction of a Left Wing to the Sambur 



Deer House on the north side of the Gardens, 

 with accommodation for gentlemen, &c. behind it, 

 at a cost of about £83. 



III. The taking down of the Old Pig-sties on the 

 north side of the Gardens, and the construction 

 of an entirely new house for the Suidce on the 

 south side, near the Gull-ponds, at a total cost of 

 about £135. 



The new Swine-house has seven compartments, and 

 enables the Council to bring together into one convenient 

 sj)ot the different species of the Suidce, or Swine-family, 

 which have hitherto been placed in difl'erent parts of the 

 Gardens. 



IV. The removal of the Brush -Turkeys' Enclosure to 

 the south side of the Gardens near the Pheasant 

 Aviary. 



For these last three seasons the Brush-Turkeys {Tale- 

 galla), although they have regularly built their mound and 

 laid their eggs, have not succeeded in rearing their young,. 



