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FEEDING THE BEASTS. 



\ VKAIi'S FOOD FOR THE ANIMALS, BIRDS AND REPTILES AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARD] NTS 



IX LONDON. 



The above sketch, made by W. B. Robinson, f>>r the ! Ion X. »•- shows the 



enormous amount of food cons il the Zoo. Amongsl other remarkable items will be noticed 



25.238 mice, 7,217 rats, 1,095 pints of Bhrimps, 9,207 sparrows. 316 horses, 62 guinea pius. and 1.495 

 rabbits. The figures arc taken from the Reports "i the Council and Auditors .>f the Zoological 

 Society of London for the year 1912." 'I of provisions was is follows:— Hay, £909 9s. 6d.: 



-. 8d.; green-food and chaff, £332 lis. 6d.; oats. £574 6s.; bran. £84 16s.; maize. £68 

 7s 3d • grain and seeds. £352 14s. 5d.; sea Ash, E517 10s. 3d.; fresh water fish. £126 12s. 4d. ; h 

 £755 11s 5d • coats. £134 2s.; meat. £58 6s. 2d.; fowls" heads. £105 19s. 6d.; milk. £215 6s. 5d. ; 

 fruit, £496 7s. 2d.; vegetables, £217 7s. 2d . h :36 16s. 5d. ; biscuit. £217 13s. 6d. : eggs. £168 



2s lid • food for insectivorous birds 04 6s. 4d. ; vermin. £319 10s. 9d.; miscellaneous. £58i 



16s. Id. a total of £6.600 0s. 9d.. as against £5.274 13s. 8d. for 1911. These Bgures account f.>r the 

 chief item of expenditure. 



