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down and removed to another portion of the cage. Repairs are 

 now under way, and with good weather during the winter and 

 spring months, the re-occupation of the cage in the spring 

 should be only slightly delayed. 



Service Building. — In the Service Building a number of 

 changes were made. The old ice-house was converted into a 

 store-room for guide books and other Privilege Department pub- 

 lications. The cook-room was changed into an office and store- 

 room, and the former store-room was made ready for use as an 

 office for the Chief Clerk's Department. A former store-room 

 in the southwest corner of this building was converted into 

 a room for the Chief Forester's Office. The electric lighting 

 system of this building was thoroughly overhauled and ex- 

 tended. 



Aquatic Bird House. — The cage work in this building was 

 overhauled, repairs made to the roof, and the entire interior 

 was cleaned and painted. 



Elephant House. — Under the supervision of the Architects 

 and Consulting Engineer of the Society, the tile and gravel roofs 

 of the Elephant House were overhauled, and rebuilt in part, by 

 contract; but a great number of minor repairs inside of the 

 building were made by our force. Portions of the upper walls 

 of the cage of the male African elephant were lined with one- 

 quarter inch sheet steel to prevent further damage to the walls. 



Eagles' and Vultures' Winter House. — An extension was 

 added to the winter house for eagles and vultures, to supply a 

 laboratory for the Curator of Birds. 



GENERAL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. 



The usual amount of general maintenance work, such as 

 the cleaning of walks and lawns, the collection and disposal of 

 garbage and refuse, was carried on the same as in previous 

 years. During the winter months, hundreds of loads of fertil- 

 izers were deposited at a central point, and removed by the New 

 York Botanical Garden and the Park Department, and one car- 

 load was shipped to the Bronx Parkway Commission for use in 

 their nursery at Crestwood. The ever increasing amount of 

 ashes, which had become a serious burden, was this year (for 

 the first time) removed by the Street Cleaning Department, 

 through the courtesy of the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Carroll 

 H. Dunphy. 



