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the general superintendence of the garden and all the premises. 
He is charged with the preservation and maintenance of all the col- 
lections of the society and must especially see to the enforcement of 
the regulations of the garden and to the execution of all measures 
determined on by the council. He has under his orders all the 
employees of the establishment and recommends them to the council 
for appointment or dismissal. 
The staff of the garden comprises about 100 employees, including 
the clerks in the offices, the gardeners, the keepers, and the different 
classes of workmen. The employees and their families have a right 
to the gratuitous services of a physician, who receives from the 
society an annual compensation of 2,000 francs. After thirty years 
of consecutive service they are allowed a retiring pension equivalent 
to half the salary received by them during the last year of their 
service, provided, however, that this pension shall never exceed 1,500 
francs. In case of decease the pension may, in exceptional cases, be 
continued to the widow and orphans. 
The society pays 1,200 francs per year to a veterinarian charged 
with making a daily visit to the garden. 
The total paid for salaries in 1905-6 was 158,347 francs. Some of 
the other expenses were as follows: 
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The garden, situated in the middle of the city, covers an almost 
level surface about 10 hectares in extent. It has spacious lawns orna- 
mented with beds of flowers, with shrubs and great trees, two large 
ponds for acquatic birds, and several small basins. Here and there 
statuary is placed—a monument to Darwin, the Prometheus group, 
a group of Indians returning from the chase, a horseman attacked 
by jaguars, ete. 
Most of the large buildings are placed along the boundary line of 
the garden, and recall, by their different styles, the countries from 
which were derived the animals they shelter. 
A large playground with gymnastic apparatus that, without 
charge, is at the disposal of children, fine cafés and restaurants, a 
winter garden, and a magnificent building called the Palais des 
Fétes (which occupies about 4,500 square meters and cost about 
1,300,000 francs) contribute to make the Antwerp garden a pleasant 
place whose elements, although a little incongruous, yet together 
form a strong attraction, much appreciated by Antwerp society. 
