oO XI-:\V YORK /(lOLOC.ICAI. socii'Vrv. 



IN Tui'. i;Asr iNiiii;s. 



Hoinbay . . . . In a jmhlic park, . . . iiiaintaiiud 1)\- llie >j<>vermiiL'iit. 



Madras " " hy the government. 



Siiiijajjore . . . In tin- hotatiic xanleiis, " hy the* ;^<)verniiient. 



Houj^ Koiijj; . . " " " ]>y the ijovLTunifiit. 



Most of the lar^c cities of luiropc maintain zoological 

 gardens, many of which are magnificent in appointments and 

 rich in collections; but all, without exception, are confined to 

 small areas, and some are grievously cramped for room. It is 

 not .sought to establish a mere menagerie, even on a large scale. 

 A Zoological Park in which the larger and more important 

 native animals have free range in large enclosures, where a 

 satisfactory attempt can be made to copy or suggest natural 

 haunts, and where visitors can find enjoyment in the contem- 

 plation of fine, healthy animals, amid beautiftil natural sur- 

 roundings, is (luite different from even the best fifty-acre menag- 

 erie. In obtaining a grant of land, the Zoological Society 

 deems it both expedient and necessary to secure an area large 

 enough that a portion of it can be held in reserve, as breeding 

 grounds for large .species, to meet the demands of the future. 



In conclusion, we beg to recur with emphasis to the xery 

 important fact that in no sense whatever is the land now 

 applied for to be sequestrated from the public. 



\^ery respectfully submitted, 



Xi:\\" YORK ZOOI.OGICAL SOCIETY. 



(Signed) Andrew H. CjREKx, President. 

 (vSigned> INI.vdison Gr.vxt, Rec. Secretary 



(Signed) Hexrv F. Osborn, Chairman, ) 



(Signed) John L. Cadwalader, | 



(Signed) Phieip Schuyler, I Executive 



(vSigned) Charles I-.. Whitehead, | 



(Signed) Andrew D. P.vrker, j 



